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SECTION 2. Reading (30 minutes)
Part 1.
Read the blog. Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)?
Lara’s blog: Recycled art competition
A group of us in my class recently entered an art competition for teenagers. We had
to create a sculpture, but the thing that made it unusual was that we could only use
recycled materials to create our artwork. The organisers said we mustn’t buy
anything new, or use anything in our design that we had at home but still needed,
like plates, books, or stuff like that. They also said we ought to check with our
parents whether we were taking something broken that they planned to fix. We
couldn’t stick things together with glue or new tape, either, just
old bits of ribbon or
string that had already been used for something else. They said that we mustn’t use
anything sharp, like glass or nails, in case we hurt ourselves, and that we should be
sensible and avoid taking anything we found in bins in public places.
We spent several days collecting lots of bits, without knowing what our sculpture
would actually be or look like. Finally, we decided to make a horse pulling a cart –
it was a photograph on the internet that gave us the idea. We followed all the
competition
instructions carefully, in case the organisers sent back our sculpture
saying we’d broken the rules! We used cardboard from cereal packets and some old
pieces of wood, all tied together with old bits of string, balloons and old (clean)
socks.
We decorated the cart with sweet wrappers and coloured paper from old magazines.
Though you could only just about see it was a horse and cart, we thought it was the
best thing ever. We didn’t
win a prize, but we had a lot of fun doing it!
1. Maria says that celebrities’ lives are often boring. T / F
2. Ben says that people can get to know celebrities online. T / F
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3. Maria thinks that people are more likely to try new things because
of celebrities. T / F
4. Ben says that celebrities behave badly. T / F
5. Maria says she’d like to be famous. T / F
