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LISTENING
1 Look at the sentences and tick the ones that include the speaker’s opinion. T hen listen to Unit 3 Listening
the extracts and choose f rom A–E what each speaker says.
A It’s more enjoyable watching a film at the cinema than at home.

B It’s not always necessary to watch the whole programme to enjoy it.
C It allows me to watch up-to-date programmes at any time.
D I appreciate the way television can bring people together.
E I plan to continue watching films in this way.
Speaker 1:
Speaker 2:
Speaker 3:
Speaker 4:
Speaker 5:
Score: /5
READING
What do you think about online video sites?
It’s more than 10 years since the first video was uploaded to YouT ube. T he first clip, called ‘Me at the zoo’ was not
very original but it represented a new way of watching videos. Now, nearly five billion videos are viewed every day –
and that’s just on YouT ube. We’ve asked some of our readers: what do you think about online video sites?
A Gabby
I’m not sure what to think. You can find interesting things like educational programmes or ‘how to’ guides and that’s
what I usually use them for. However, there are also a lot of videos of people playing silly jokes and making fun of
animals. I really don’t understand why people want to upload that sort of thing. If I want to see something funny, I can
just watch a sitcom on T V. Another thing which annoys me is the number of adverts – a few years ago, there weren’t
any and now you might have to watch 30 seconds of adverts before the video starts.’
B Neil
I really like them! I don’t often post my own videos but I enjoy watching ones that other people have uploaded,
especially funny home videos. My favourite is called ‘Charlie bit my finger’ and it’s had more than 800 million views. It
shows a little boy and his baby brother called Charlie, and basically the boy keeps putting his finger in Charlie’s mouth
and Charlie keeps biting it. When the brother finally gets upset, Charlie just laughs at him. I keep watching it again and
again! It’s simple and funny and, most importantly, everyone can identify with it. I think the inventors of YouT ube
thought that people would upload exactly this type of video.
C Megan
I think it’s great that people can share their videos online. It means that anyone can have their 15 minutes of fame. For
example, lots of pop stars spend thousands of dollars on making videos so that they go viral, but some of the most
popular ones are made by ordinary people. ‘Evolution of dance’ is a great example of this. It shows a man dancing to
different types of music in a school concert. He’s a good dancer but he also dances in an amusing way so viewers love
it. It’s clearly not a professional video but it’s very popular, it’s had more than 290 million views!
D Justin
I used to spend hours online watching short videos but I hardly ever do this now. T he problem for me is that it’s hard
to tell if they are real or not. For example, some of the vlogs (video logs) want you to think that the presenter is an
ordinary young person talking in their bedroom about beauty products or video games. However, the reality is that
they are often paid huge sums by big companies to advertise their products. I don’t have a problem with advertising
but it’s important to know if the video is real or not.
2 Read the text. For each question, choose f rom the people A–D. T he people may be chosen more than once.
Which person
1 says some the videos are not well-made?

2 has a weakness for a particular video?
3 doesn’t think it’s easy to know which videos are the real thing?
4 has a negative opinion of advertising on online video sites?
5 believes that online videos should be easy for people to understand?
Score: /5
VOCABULARY
3 Complete the sentences with a word or phrase f or T V programmes.
1 I don’t like because the guests just talk about themselves.

2 Friends is a very entertaining from the 1990s. T he characters are extremely funny.
3 You can always learn something new about nature when you watch a .
4 The Great British Bake Off is a popular in the UK. It’s a competition to see who can make the
best cakes.
5 My dad watches every day. He says it’s important to know what’s happening in the world.
Score: /5
USE OF ENGLISH
4 Write a f orm of the word in capitals in each gap.
Nowadays we have a huge (1) of videos to watch online, especially if you like CHOOSE
videos of people in dangerous situations. T wo popular videos in recent years show a woman
nearly being hit by lightning and a man fighting off a shark in the sea. However, it seems that
these videos were just a bit of (2) fun because an Australian company has HARM
admitted that there wasn’t any (3) in them. T hey say that their TRUE
(4) were part of an experiment to see how many downloads they could achieve. CREATE
T hey thought that people would watch their videos even if they were completely
(5) . T hey were right because the shark video alone got more than 30 million hits, BELIEVE
and although people now know that it’s not authentic, they still keep watching it.
Score: /9
WRITING
5 T hink of your f avourite website and write a paragraph which talks about the positive and negative points of the
website.
Score: / 10

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A It’s more enjoyable watching a film at the cinema than at home.

What do you think about online video sites?

1 says some the videos are not well-made?

3 Complete the sentences with a word or phrase f or T V programmes.

1 I don’t like because the guests just talk about themselves.

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