A1 - A2 Teen media Reading Exercises

A1 - A2 Teen media Reading Exercises

by Waine Evans

​Mark Zukerberg

Mark Zuckerberg was born on 14th May 1984, in New York. He is an American computer programmer and an internet businessman. He is the co-founder of Facebook. He is the 5th richest person in the world. His father is Edward Zuckerberg, and his mother is Karen Kempner. He has got three sisters. He went to Ardsley High School, and he was a very good student. After that he was transferred to a private school, Phillips Exeter Academy. He won prizes in science and classical studies. Zuckerberg began using computers and writing software in middle school. He enjoyed developing computer programmes, especially communication tools and games. He went to Harvard University, and he was a programming genius. He studied psychology and computer science. He launched Facebook from his Harvard dormitory room on 4th February 2004, he wanted to make the world open. He married Priscilla Chan in 2012 and he has got a baby girl.

Multiple Choice

Mark the following sentences True or False.

Mark Zuckerberg was born in 1974.

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

Mark the following sentences True or False.

He is an English computer programmer.

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

Mark the following sentences True or False.

He is one of the founders of Facebook.

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

Mark the following sentences True or False.

He is the 6th richest person in the world.

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

Mark the following sentences True or False.

He has got three sisters.

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

Mark the following sentences True or False.

He wasn’t a very good student.

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

Mark the following sentences True or False.

He won some prizes in school.

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

Mark the following sentences True or False.

He studied psychology and computer science.

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

Mark the following sentences True or False.

He launched Facebook in 2004.

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

Mark the following sentences True or False.

He is married, and he has got a son.

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

Facebook has launched Life stage App for school teens. Read and fill the text.

If you are a school teen and a member of Life stage, you can (1) ___________ a visual profile of who you are with your school network; you can (2) __________ pictures and videos expressing your (3) _________, likes and dislikes.

• feelings

• share

• upload

Multiple Choice

Facebook has launched Life stage App for school teens. Read and fill the text.

If you are a school teen and a member of Life stage, you can (1) ___________ a visual profile of who you are with your school network; you can (2) __________ pictures and videos expressing your (3) _________, likes and dislikes.

• feelings

• share

• upload

Multiple Choice

Facebook has launched Life stage App for school teens. Read and fill the text.

If you are a school teen and a member of Life stage, you can (1) ___________ a visual profile of who you are with your school network; you can (2) __________ pictures and videos expressing your (3) _________, likes and dislikes.

• feelings

• share

• upload

Multiple Choice

Facebook has launched Life stage App for school teens. Read and fill the text.

The idea is to (4) _____ members of the same school and allow them to view each other's (5) ________. The problem is that all (6) _____ are public and everyone can see them, inside and (7) ______ your school (there are no privacy settings) and the (8) _________ cannot confirm that people who claim to go to a certain school actually go to that school.

• profiles

• app

• posts

• outside

• connect

Multiple Choice

Facebook has launched Life stage App for school teens. Read and fill the text.

The idea is to (4) _____ members of the same school and allow them to view each other's (5) ________. The problem is that all (6) _____ are public and everyone can see them, inside and (7) ______ your school (there are no privacy settings) and the (8) _________ cannot confirm that people who claim to go to a certain school actually go to that school.

• profiles

• app

• posts

• outside

• connect

Multiple Choice

Facebook has launched Life stage App for school teens. Read and fill the text.

The idea is to (4) _____ members of the same school and allow them to view each other's (5) ________. The problem is that all (6) _____ are public and everyone can see them, inside and (7) ______ your school (there are no privacy settings) and the (8) _________ cannot confirm that people who claim to go to a certain school actually go to that school.

• profiles

• app

• posts

• outside

• connect

Multiple Choice

Facebook has launched Life stage App for school teens. Read and fill the text.

The idea is to (4) _____ members of the same school and allow them to view each other's (5) ________. The problem is that all (6) _____ are public and everyone can see them, inside and (7) ______ your school (there are no privacy settings) and the (8) _________ cannot confirm that people who claim to go to a certain school actually go to that school.

• profiles

• app

• posts

• outside

• connect

Multiple Choice

Facebook has launched Life stage App for school teens. Read and fill the text.

The idea is to (4) _____ members of the same school and allow them to view each other's (5) ________. The problem is that all (6) _____ are public and everyone can see them, inside and (7) ______ your school (there are no privacy settings) and the (8) _________ cannot confirm that people who claim to go to a certain school actually go to that school.

• profiles

• app

• posts

• outside

• connect

​TV Quiz Show - A Challenge

Welcome to Teen FM, your favorite UK Teen pop radio station at www.teenfm.com. Today we will look at a new TV quiz show for teenagers. Have you thought about this? It’s called “A Challenge”, and it will be on channel four at six o’clock every Friday. It’s the equivalent of the adult quiz show on the same channel. Every week there will be twelve teenagers on the programme. They will be divided into four teams and each team will have three members. The questions will be easy at the beginning of the quiz and then they will slowly get more difficult. They will be about science, films, and music. At the end there will only be one team left – the winners. There will be some great prizes. This week the winners will all get a new laptop. Next week the first prize is a mobile phone. If you would like to be a contestant on this quiz show, call 087893466 now.

Multiple Choice

Name of the radio station:

• Teem FM

• Teen FM

• Tean FM

• Team FM

Multiple Choice

The show will be broadcast on:

• BBC1

• BBC2

• Channel 4

• ITV

Multiple Choice

Day of the show:

• Thursday

• Friday

• Saturday

• Sunday

Multiple Choice

Number of teams:

• twelve

• two

• three

• four

Multiple Choice

Questions will be about:

• science, films, and music.

• science, arts, and music.

• leisure, films, and music.

• science, films, and theatre.

Multiple Choice

This week’s prize:

• TV

• computer

• iPhone

• laptop

Multiple Choice

To be on the show, phone:

• 087893436

• 087893446

• 087893466

• 087893456