LISTENING
Listen to five people talking about social media. Choose from the list below what each
speaker says about it.
1. __________
a. I use it to find out what my friends
think about films.
2. __________
b. I’m sometimes bored by all the
photos on it.
3. __________
c. It won’t be fashionable for much
longer.
4. __________
d. It’s the main way I keep in touch
with my friends.
5. __________
e. I’d like a job related to social
networking sites in the future.
READING
Read the article about teenager called Tina who tries to live without throwing things
away. For each question, choose the best answer, a, b or c.
Zero-waste teenager
Tina Garratt is, in many ways, an ordinary teenager. She goes to school, enjoys hanging out
with friends, and does a bit of sport. There’s one thing, however, that makes Tina unusual:
she tries never to put anything in the waste bin. Some parents might say that a lot of
teenagers live like that anyway, but Tina is doing it for a reason.
According to Tina, who writes a blog about ‘zero waste’ (living without throwing things
away unless they can be recycled), quite a lot of people are interested in what she’s doing
and read her blog regularly. Her parents are encouraging, too. However, although a few of
her friends believe in helping the environment and had often discussed different things they
could do before Tina started her zero-waste lifestyle, she was the only person in the group to
make this choice. She’s also certain that she’ll live this way for the rest of her life.
Tina says that her family have always been careful not to produce too much rubbish, taking
their own bags with them when they went shopping rather than using the plastic ones
provided, and only very occasionally eating takeaway food. They’ve always enjoyed plenty
of fresh fruit and vegetables, avoiding anything covered in plastic, and that hasn’t changed
since they’ve started trying to help Tina with her waste-free lifestyle.
Tina admits it’s sometimes hard to live this way, but her family have really helped her. Her
mum has given her a special cup which she takes with her everywhere, so she doesn’t have
to use paper ones when she’s out. She doesn’t mind when people she’s never met before ask
her why she’s using her own cup in a cafй. ‘It’s an opportunity to let people know what I’m
trying to do,’ she says. ‘Takeaway cups are often covered in a thin layer of plastic so can’t
