YU CHUN KEUNG MEMORIAL COLLEGE FORM 6 ENGLISH LANGUAGE QUIZ 1: READING Name: Class: ) Date: Read the following text and answer questions 1-12 on pages 2-3 of the Question-Answer Section, (18 marks) A generation of misfits [1] Whenever my well-intentioned older relatives strongly hint that my obsession with vlogging (or video blogging, for the ‘uninformed) can only result in my ending up as an unemployable burden on society, I tell them the story of PewDiePie. The 25- ‘year-old Swedish vlogger dropped out of atop university and became a hotdog vendor so that he could devote himself to making ‘gaming review videos, After they cluck and shake their heads at this waste of youthful talent, I reveal PewDiePie's current estimated annual income ~ a cool US $8.47 million a year, [2] ‘Well, yes, but that’s in America, Jimmy, not Hong Kong.” [3] ‘Sweden, Uncle. I's in Europe.” [4] So I go on to explain about Leung Ka-ming, or mingjail4, the fast-talking vlogger who successfully tumed his hobby of ‘making videos about issues in everyday Hong Kong life into his own successful media business, Freeman Productions, Or Bren Lui Sin-ping who capitalised on her beauty vlogging habit in order to launch an online beauty store, followed by three cosmetics shops in Kwun Tong, Tsim Sha Tsui and Causeway Bay, And let's not forget Norma Chu Ka Yin, who quit her day job as private equity analyst when Day Day Cook, her local culinary website and online video channel, took off. [5] But then comes the finale. ‘Anyway, how can you make money from videos that everyone can watch for fiee?” Total facepalm. Obviously they don’t know the fist thing about Internet entrepreneurship. I patiently explain about the partnership scheme in one online video site which automatically matches your videos with suitable advertisers and pays you a share of the revenue, depending on the traffic to your site. It's a no-brainer. [6] ‘Welt, you get into a top university fits, like thet Pie fellow did, and then we'll talk,’ they say finally, looking doubtful and patting my shoulder. Sometimes I really worry about the older generation, With their total lack of technological literacy and business acurmen, what's going to become of them in our fast-paced modem world?QUESTION-ANSWER SECTION Read the text on P.1 and answer questions 1-12, - (18 marks) 1. i) What does the writer do that worries his older relatives? (i mark) fi) What are his older relatives worried about? (1 mark) 2, Who are ‘the uninformed! (lines 1-2)? people who are not 3. Who does ‘he? (line 3) refer to? 4, Why does the writer tell the story of PewDiePie? i) Who says ... but that's in America ... not Hong Kong’ (line 6)? (mark) it) Why? (mark) 6. Find a phase in paragraph 4 that means “became successful’. 7. What is the main idea of paragraph 4? ‘A. Hong Kong vioggers can be successful. B, Local vloggers cen reach a global audience, C. Vloggers can earn money from their videos, D. Being a vlogger can lead to other opportunities.10, u. 12. [Name five vioggers mentioned in the blog entry. 6 marks) A. offensive, B. foolish ©. correct. A B Cc D D. clever. fe) ° fe} ° What does the writer refer to as ‘a no-brainer"? What is the writer’s tone in talking about the older generation of his family? A. neutral B, admiring C. enthusiastic A B Cc D D. condescending oo 0 0 According to the writer, who are the ‘generation of misfits’ (title)? 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