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Jenny is a fifteen-year old girl from Brighton who is still at school. She has a hobby that takes a lot of her time every day. That’s why she sometimes forgets to do her homework.

Her hobby is music. When she was eleven her parents bought a record player for her as a birthday present. When she played a record she liked to sing along and after some time she was quite good at it. She also watched video-clips of her favourite singers so that she could learn how to move and hold the microphone like a real singer. This gave her a lot of fun.

A few years later she was so good at play-backing that she was often asked to imitate a popstar at parties or at the discotheque in her town. There was one thing that she wanted more than anything else: to be on television. She sometimes saw young people in TV in a play-backing show and she thought ,’ What they are doing, well, I can do that too!’

One day, when she was watching the show, the speaker invited other young people to come and play-back before a jury and then , if were good enough , in the TV programme.

She didn’t listen very well at school the next day. She was thinking about what she was going to write in her letter.

When she came home she wrote at once and a few days later she got an invitation to come to the studio. It seemed a very long time before the big day came. She filled that time with a lot of play-backing and watching singers on TV. She bought new clothes and went to the hairdresser’s. She wanted to look nice before the jury.

Her father took a day off, so that he could drive her to the studio in London.
First she had to act before the jury to see if she was good enough for the TV programme. Of course she was very nervous. And when she had finished she didn’t know if everything had gone right. But after half an hour the jury told her that she was one of the best they had ever seen that afternoon.

Four other people, two boys and two girls, were invited with her to be in the show. Then the moment came that she had so often dreamt of. She was in a real studio.
She saw the cameras and she felt the hot lamps over her. When she came on to the stage she felt great, and to her surprise she was not nervous at all; she knew she was good. It was all over too soon. When she was home again she had a lot to tell to her friends.

Three days later, on a Friday night, Jenny was sitting in front of the television long before the programme started. First she saw the other four young people and then , last of all, it was her turn. She felt strange and cold when she saw herself, but she was very happy at the same time.

The following day the postman brought an envelope and a parcel. When Jenny opened the envelope she saw a picture of herself standing in the lights of the studio lamps in front of the cameras. In the parcel was a videotape of the programme. You can understand that she has kept this photograph and the tape as souvenirs of one of the happiest days in her life.

This text is about:
1. a play-back show at a discotheque.
2. a girl who is invited to be in a TV show.
3. a video-tape of a girl who is still at school.
4. a picture of Jenny in the studio.
Jenny’s parents bought a record-player for their daughter because:
1. she liked music.
2. they wanted her to become a real star.
3. they liked music.
4. she liked listening to music better than doing homework.
By ‘it’ in line 6 is meant:
1. watching vireo-clips.
2. playing a record.
3. singing along.
4. holding a microphone.
Watching video-clips helped Jenny:
1. to act like a singer.
2. to sing well.
3. to become a singer.
4. to become famous.
Jenny was often asked like a pop star:
1. in a London discotheque.
2. in a TV show.
3. in a real studio.
4. in an discotheque in Brighton.
Most of all Jenny was wanted :
1. to sing in a discotheque.
2. to live like a pop star.
3. to have a video-clip of herself.
4. to play-back in TV.
Jenny didn’t listen well at school ( line 7 ) because:
1. she wasn’t such a good pupil.
2. she was thinking of something else.
3. she was writing a letter.
4. she was going to London.
Jenny wrote a letter:
1. immediately after the TV programme.
2. the next day at school.
3. because she wanted to be in a play-back show.
4. because she was asked to watch a play-back show.
Jenny bought new clothes because:
1. she had got money for her birthday.
2. she had won a prize in a show.
3. she was wanted to look pretty.
4. she had to go to a party.
From line 24 we know that:
1. it was a working day.
2. it was weekend.
3. Jenny’s father didn’t have a job
4. Jenny’s parents went with her to the studio.
Jenny went to London:
1. to act like a singer.
2. to sing well.
3. to become a singer.
4. to be famous.
Jenny was very nervous when:
1. the jury told her that she was in the TV show.
2. she saw the cameras and felt the hot lamps.
3. she came on to the stage.
4. she had to play-back before a jury.
When Jenny had finished her act before the jury:
1. she wasn’t sure if she was going to be on TV.
2. she knew that everything had gone right.
3. she was sure that she was the best.
4. she knew that the others were better.
Jenny had to come before the jury:
1. in the morning.
2. in the afternoon.
3. in the evening.
4. late at night.
By ‘They’ in line 28 is meant:
1. Jenny and her father.
2. four other people.
3. the jury.
4. Jenny’s parents.
The four other people (line 29):
1. were all popstars
2. were real singers
3. were in the jury
4. were imitating popstars
Jenny’s act:
1. was very good.
2. wasn’t good because she was nervous.
3. went well, although she made a few mistakes.
4. was the best the jury had ever seen.
The TV programme was recorded on a:
1. Thursday
2. Wednesday
3. Saturday
4. Tuesday
From line 33 we know that:
1. Jenny sang too quickly.
2. the jury send Jenny away.
3. it was over before Jenny realized it.
4. it took a long time to sing the song.
It was one of the happiest days in her life (line 43) because:
1. she had got a photograph and a tape of herself.
2. her dream had come true .
3. her video-clip was on TV.
4. she had won the play-back show.
Jenny sometimes goes to a discothèque in London.
1. true
2. false
Jenny has a lot of hobbies.
1. true
2. false
Only young people were invited to be in the play-back show.
1. true
2. false
Jenny was the first candidate in this show.
1. true
2. false
Jenny was eleven years old when she was in the show.
1. true
2. false
There were five play-backers in the show.
1. true
2. false
The jury had to decide if she was good enough.
1. true
2. false
Jenny thought she was on of the best who played before the jury.
1. true
2. false
Jenny didn’t win any money in the show.
1. true
2. false
It was very strange for Jenny to see herself on tv.
1. true
2. false

JENNY