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13-year-old Alessandra talks about her favourite chatroom, Teen-Age
I joined a chatroom called Teen-Age last month. A classmate read about it in a magazine and told me all about it. She said it’s a really great way to
make friends with people in other countries. And she was right!
Everyone on the chatroom is a teenager. We share information about home life, music and films. Friends that I chat to often ask me about school life
in Britain. One friend in Spain sometimes asks me to write the words of English songs for her. My favourite thing is finding out how to prepare food people
eat in different countries.
Some of my friends on Teen-Age live on the other side of the world, so when I chat to them at lunchtime, it’s nearly midnight where they are. My
parents like it that I have international friends, but they get upset if I’m chatting to people all evening. They always want me to finish my homework first.
Chatting to people online is different from chatting to people at school. Some people at school aren’t very friendly and don’t want to talk much, but
everyone I’ve met on Teen-Age is really nice. It’s easy to talk about problems with them and they usually give good advice.
Many of my schoolfriends have joined several chatrooms, but I won’t ever do that. I like the online friends I have now, so I’ll keep using Teen-Age. If
I have friends in different chatrooms, it’ll be too hard to chat to them all.
1. How did Alessandra find out about the chatroom?

A) from a magazine
B) from someone at school
C) from a friend in another country
2. What does Alessandra like doing best on the chatroom?
A) learning new dishes
B) talking about music and films
C) finding out about schools around the world
3. What does Alessandra say about her parents?
A) They worry that she is chatting online while she is at school.
B) They think schoolwork is more important than chatting online.
C) They don’t understand why she goes on the chatroom every day.
4. What does Alessandra say about chatting to people online?
A) She never tells them about problems.
B) She gives them advice when they need it.
C) She thinks they are very kind.
5. Alessandra thinks that in the future she will
A) try other chatrooms.
B) stop using all chatrooms.
C) continue to use Teen-Age.
My name’s Zack and I’m 14. This summer my dad and I travelled to Tanzania to climb Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest mountain. My dad and I
have climbed many mountains in Scotland since I was little, but, at 5,895 metres, Kilimanjaro was higher than anything I’d done before. Planning the trip
took months, including a few weeks training in the mountains of Switzerland.
Over 20,000 people climb Kilimanjaro every year. Some do it because the countryside is very interesting, going from rainforest to snow at the top.
Our reason was that you can get to the top without ropes and special climbing kit. There are also few storms on the mountain, but we only learnt that later.
Some UK travel companies only take people older than fifteen up Kilimanjaro. I thought this was strange because the youngest person to climb it was
only seven. But a company in Tanzania with experience of climbing with kids allowed us to book their trip.
Climbing above 4,000 metres can be difficult because some people get terrible headaches. I was fine, but others in our group were sick, including
Dad, so I had to look after him as we got near the top. The other problem was he lost his gloves. His hands got so cold, he couldn’t feel them. This was
dangerous, so I gave him my socks to keep his hands warm.
It took us six days altogether and it was my best experience ever. I’d do it again tomorrow.
6. Where did Zack and his dad practise before climbing Kilimanjaro?
A) Scotland B) Switzerland C) Tanzania
7. Why did Zack and his dad want to climb Kilimanjaro?
A) Not much equipment is needed.
B) The countryside is beautiful.
C) There aren’t storms on the mountain.
8. What problem was there with booking the trip?
A) Not many UK companies offer climbing holidays.
B) It was hard to book with Tanzanian travel companies.
C) Some travel companies thought Zack wasn’t old enough.
9. What does Zack say about some of the other people in their group?
A) They were surprised by how cold it was.
B) They became ill as they climbed the mountain.
C) They weren’t wearing the right clothes for climbing.
10. What is the best title for this article?
A) A difficult trip for me
B) My dad’s first big climb
C) Helping my dad on the mountain
Playing the drums

Beth Jones was only eight years old when she first tried playing the drums. This was during a lunchtime music club at school, which she only went to
because it was cold and rainy. Also her friends were in the playground playing hockey – a sport that Beth hated. Of all the musical instruments that the
teacher had in the music room, the drums were the most interesting to Beth. She thought it was cool that there were many different shapes and sizes of drums,
and she wanted to hit them, to see what they sounded like.
Now Beth is thirteen and gives concerts around the country. She also has her own YouTube channel and gets over a million hits a year. What’s
amazing is that Beth hasn’t ever been to a drum lesson. ‘You can learn anything on the internet, so I’ve never felt it was important for me to take classes,’
explains Beth.
Giving concerts wasn’t easy for Beth at the beginning because usually she only played drums alone in her bedroom when she came home from
school. At her first concert, she played in a band with adults. She could feel hundreds of pairs of eyes looking at her, and that made her feel frightened.
So, does Beth enjoy being famous now? ‘I didn’t plan to be famous,’ she says. ‘All I want is to show others what I love. I don’t think I’m someone
special. I just want everyone to have a great time at my concerts.’
11. Why did Beth go to the music club at her school?
A) She was too ill to play hockey outside.
B) She wanted something to do one lunchtime.
C) Her friends were away from school on a sports trip.
12. What is the writer explaining in the first paragraph?
A) Why Beth chose the drums and not another instrument.
B) Why the music teacher wanted Beth to try the drums.
C) Why Beth thought the drums were so hard to play.
13. What does Beth say about drum lessons?
A) She is sometimes sorry she didn’t take lessons.
B) She thinks lessons can be useful for some people.
C) She has always thought she doesn’t need lessons.
14. What do we learn about Beth’s first concert?
A) It was scary because many people were watching her.
B) It was easier playing in a band than at home alone.
C) It was difficult to be in a concert and do her schoolwork.
15. What do we learn about Beth in the final paragraph?
A) Being a young drummer makes her feel special.
B) She hopes people enjoy themselves at her concerts.
C) Her life has changed a lot since she became famous.
Will’s blog
One day my dad said, ‘Why don’t we have a street party?’ This means that the street is closed so cars can’t use it, and people put tables and chairs out
in the street, then have a party! Dad said there was one in 1977 and he still remembers it well. Everyone loved it! I couldn’t believe that since 1977 they
never had another one. If it was so good, why not do it again?
We started to organise it, together with some other people. I helped to make the web page, so everyone on the street knew about the party and could
post their old photos from the party in 1977. There were some pictures of my dad when he was a kid, together with his friends, who have moved away from
the street now. It was interesting to see that the buildings on the street haven’t changed at all!
My mum was a bit worried about the party. ‘But a lot of people on the street don’t really know each other’, she said. ‘What if they don’t have
anything to talk about?’ I just said, ‘Relax, Mum. It’ll be great.’
So, what was the party like? It was fantastic! My friends and I really liked speaking to an old lady called Louisa. She’s 89 and was telling us about
when she and her friends were our age. So now I always chat to her when I see her on the street. I didn’t know who she was before, so I’m glad we had the
party.
16. Why was Will surprised?

A) His father wanted to have a street party.
B) There hasn’t been a street party for a long time
C) Many people remembered the last street party.
17. What did the photos from 1977 show?
A) The street still looks the same now.
B) There are more children living in the street now.
C) The same people still live on the street now.
18. Why was Will’s mother worried?
A) She thought that the party was too expensive.
B) She thought that people might not come to the party.
C) She thought that the guests might not talk to each other.
19. Will and his friends enjoyed
A) hearing Louisa’s stories.
B) meeting Louisa’s friends.
C) telling Louisa about their lives.
20. What is the best title for the article?
A) Why I love street parties
B) The street party we had
C) How to have a street party

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13-year-old Alessandra talks about her favourite chatroom, Teen-Age

1. How did Alessandra find out about the chatroom?

Playing the drums

16. Why was Will surprised?

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