LISTENING B1 “AMAZING FACTS”

ACTIVITY 1

The smallest part of an animal or plant that can work independently. All plants and animals are made of these. CELLS

The simplest and smallest forms of life. They live in air, water, soil, as well as in humans and animals (dead or alive). They are often the cause of disease. BACTERIA

Very tiny creatures that live on plants or animals. MITES

The smallest part of a chemical element. ATOM

 

SCORE= 4/4= 100%

 

ACTIVITY 2

Only about one tenth of the cells in your body are REALLY YOU.

Bacteria are mostly REALLY HELPFUL.

Animals need bacteria to DIGEST FOOD.

You have 7 OCTILLION cells in your body.

Most of the atoms are EMPTY SPACE.

You probably have mites in your EYELASHES.

Mites are very small creatures that are about A THIRD OF A MILLIMETRE LONG.

Mites eat DEAD SKIN.

SCORE= 5/8= 63%

ACTIVITY 3

1. Only one tenth of the cells in your body are really you. The rest are BACTERIA.

2. An experiment found that animals that did not have bacteria DIED or had to have a special diet.

3. There are SEVEN octillion cells in the human body.

4. Most of the atoms in the human body are just empty SPACE.

5. Without the empty space, you could fit your body inside a box measuring ONE FIVE HUNDREDTH of a centimetre either side.

6. You would be much too small to SEE.

7. Mites are really small creatures, like INSECTS.

8. They live in eyelashes and EYEBROWS.

9. Only about 50 per cent of people have mites.

10. Mites eat dead SKIN.

SCORE= 7/10= 70%

 

 

LISTENING B2 “HIGH-ACHIEVING TEENAGERS”

 

ACTIVITY 1

People working in arts and media: TOP DESIGNERS, PHOTOGRAPHERS, EDITORS, TALENT SCOUTS.

The audience for arts and media: FOLLOWERS, FANS, LISTENERS, READERS.

SCORE= 8/8= 100%

 

ACTIVITY 2

Many famous and successful teenagers have USED NEW TECHNOLOGY.

Justin Bieber started off POSTING VIDEOS ON YOUTUBE.

Some people say Justin Bieber is the most influential person in the world because HE HAS SO MANY FOLLOWERS ON TWITTER.

A negative consequence of fame for Justin Bieber is HE HAS VERY LITTLE PRIVACY.

Tavi Gevinson started a fashion blog WHEN SHE WAS 11 YEARS OLD.

"Rookie" means A BEGINNER.

"Style Rookie" SOON HAD A LOT OF READERS.

When some poeple didn't believe her age, Tavi WAS SAD AND ANGRY AT FIRST.

Tavi employs WRITERS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS OF ALL AGES.

SCORE= 8/10= 80%

 

ACTIVITY 3

1. Justin Bieber started off posting videos on YouTube at the age of 14.

2. Justin Bieber has over 35 MILLION followers on Twitter.

3. Tavi Gevinsen started Style Rookie when she was only 11 years old.

4. Tavi's blog soon built up a huge following of up to THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND readers per day.

5. One magazine upset Tavi by printing an article saying the writer didn't believe Tavi was only 12.

6. Tavi started Rookie Magazine in 2011.

7. Less than a week after it started Rookie Magazine had 1 MILLION readers.

8. Tavi employs about 50 writers and photographers.

SCORE= 4/8= 50%