NEW YORK SCHOOL

FOREIGN LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT

THIRD TERM LISTENING TEST
IB PROGRAMME YEAR 2

STUDENT’S NAME: _________________________________ DATE: _____________ Teacher: Patricia

Saltos ,William Vásquez ,Andrés Verano CLASS: 11TH _____
According to IB evaluation requirements you cannot use during the evaluation a dictionary or white-out. Write your answers in
pen. Do not use a pencil. You are not allowed to ask vocabulary questions. All of this in order to train you for international
exams. REMEMBER TO WRITE YOUR ANSWERS ON THE ANSWER SHEET.

Listen to the audio High- achieving teenagers and choose the correct option to complete the sentences.

1. Many famous and successful teenagers have ___________________.

a. used new technology

b. worked from an early age

c. been inspired by You Tube videos

2. Justin Bieber started off ___________________.

a. singing with R& B star Usher

b. sending videos to talent scouts

c. posting videos on You Tube

3. Some people say Justin Bieber is the most influential person in the world because
___________________.

a. he has had so many number one songs

b. he has so many followers on Twitter

c. he is friends with Barack Obama

4. A negative consequence of fame for Justin Bieber is ___________________.

a. he has very little privacy

b. people get bored of hearing about him

c. people criticize his appeareance

5. Tavi Gevinson started a fashion blog ___________________.

a. when she was 11 years old

b. when she was in 11th grade in high school

c. in 2011

6. "Rookie" means ___________________.

a. a beginner

b. a fan

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 c. someone who is bad at something

7. "Style Rookie" ___________________.

a. allowed readers to post pictures of themselves.

b. soon had a lot of readers.

c. was noticed by Karl Lagerfeld

8. When some people didn't believe her age, Tavi ___________________.

a. was sad an angry at first

b. decided to attack them in return

c. completely ignored them and continued working

9. Tavi employs ___________________.

a. only teenagers

b. writers and photographers of all ages

c. a very small group of people

10. Louise thinks ___________________.

a. it’s difficult for Tavi to have a normal life

b. there´s more pressure when you are a writer

c. there´s more pressure when you are a performer

Write the numbers to fill the gaps.

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

2. Justin Bieber has over _____________________ followers on Twitter.

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

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

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

6. Tavi started Rookie Magazine in _______________________

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

8. Tavi employs about _______________________ writers and photographers.

Taken from: https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/listening/upper-intermediate-b2-listening/high-achieving-

teenagers

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