YOUTUBE MILLIONAIRE CELEBRITIES

Geeks, musicians, teenage boys in their bedrooms – (1)_________ can now become a global
internet sensation and a millionaire in the (2) ______. In between the amusing videos of
animals doing strange things and skateboarding accidents, people are building (3) _______ by
uploading videos.

In (4)________ years, there have been many success stories of people who started at home
with just a webcam and have now huge followings. With over 100 million visitors to YouTube
every month, advertisers have started (5) _______ on the most popular video makers to take
advantage of their loyal (6) ______.

Last year, “YouTube” Michael Buckley (7) _______ that he was making over $100.000 a year
from YouTube advertisements alone. The YouTube payment system works (8) _____ a pay-per-
click basis. Effectively, the amount of money you (9)__________ is determined by the number
of views you get. A video of around a million views, which is (10) ______ for popular
YouTubers, may bring in about a thousand dollars.

1 a) someone b) anyone c) everyone d) all

2 a) way b) process c) method d) manner
3 a) work b) jobs c) careers d) occupations
4 a) recent b) last c) past d) latest
5 a) aiming b) directing c) focusing d) pointing
6 a) public b) people c) watchers d) spectators
7 a) informed b) told c) reminded d) announced
8 a) in b) from c) for d) on
9 a) gain b) pay c) win d) earn
10 a) conventional b) typical c) traditional d) everyday

THE LOST ART OF FORGETTING

Of the (0) ________________ 1,500 text messages I have stored on my phone, around three
quarters of them are worthless. Of the remaining quarter, most are significant in some way,
but also not really worth (1) ...........................forever.

And then there is maybe a small (2) ......................of text messages that I really do want to save
for future reference. Instead of deleting the messages I no longer need, I tend to save them all.
This is much quicker than having to (3)..................... which ones to save. Storing all these
messages isn’t a problem because so far I’ve only used a fraction of the space (4).................but
it does mean it takes a long time to (5)...................... for the important ones.

I see this as part of a (6).................... problem. In the digital age it’s too easy to hang onto
every little social exchange and every photo. We are no longer in a position to (7).................
whether something is valuable or worthless. We need to keep (8)................ ourselves that we
can’t remember everything

0 a) approximately b) generally c) normally d) probably

1 a) keeping b) maintaining c) holding d) gathering
2 a) list b) total c) handful d) group
3 a) sort out b) make up c) come across d) take up
4 a) open b) available c) empty d) vacant
5 a) discover b) seek c) identify d) search
6 a) grander b) wider c) clearer d) looser
7 a) believe b) regard c) judge d) think
8 a) recalling b) reminding c) reflecting d) memorising