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INSTRUCTIONS: Read the following text and answer the

questions:

Eminem
1- His name is Marshall Bruce Mathers.
2- He was born in October 17, 1972 in Kansas, Missouri, USA. People call him
Eminem, or Slim Shady.
3- He is an American rapper, record producer and actor.
4- Eminem became popular in 1999 with his album The Slim
Shady LP, which
5- won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Album.
6- The following album, The Marshall Mathers LP, became the fastest-selling hip
hop album in history.
7- The Marshall Mathers LP and his third album, The Eminem Show, also won
Grammy Awards, and in 2002.
8- He won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for a song in the film 8
Mile. He was the actor in the movie too.
9- He has made his last album, Relapse, on May 15, 2009. Eminem sold more
than 75 million
10- albums in the world, and in the United States is the best selling music
artist of the 2000s.
11- Eminem is also ranked in the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time by Rolling
Stone magazine.

Multiple choice activities:

1- Is Slim Shady a nick name?

A- Yes

B-No

(line 2)
C- It is a real name

2- He is an American rapper, record producer and actor: this

sentence means: (line 3)

A-He just acts

B-He sings rap and act

C-He produces rap and movies

D-He does three different things

for living
3- The word BECOME means: (line 4)
A- Change into

B- Come in

C- Turn out

D-look

4- He won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for a song in
the film 8 Mile this sentence means: (line 8)
A- Eminem sang the song in the movie

B-Eminem wrote the song

C- Eminem fought in the movie

D-The movie was a contest

5- Eminem sold more than 75 million albums in the

world, this

sentence means:
(line 9-10)
A-Eminem sell the music albums by himself B-Eminem is very popular
C- Eminem is a singer

D-Eminem has visited a lot places

in the world

6- In the United States is the best-selling music artist of the

2000s, this sentence means (line 10)
A-Eminem sings very well
B-People like too much
Eminems music
C-Eminems music is very cheap

D-Eminem is a very good-looking

guy

7- Eminem is also ranked in the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time by

Rolling Stone magazine: this sentence means: (line 11)
A- Eminem is the best singer of all time
B- Eminem is boring
C- Eminem is ranked 100 by the magazine D- Eminem is ranked 100 by
people