Dear Tina,
I’ve never written to TeenTimeMag before, but after reading your article about the dating website Beautifulpeople.net, I’ve just got to let you know how I feel. Usually, I’m a quiet easy-going girl. In fact, I’m a bit shy. But right now I’m really angry! Let me tell you why…
Beautifulpeople.net is an online club which only accepts beautiful people. To join you have to send in a picture and a profile of what you’re like. Then, for three days members of the opposite sex study your profile, send in rude messages and then vote whether you’re attractive enough to become one of them. According to your article, more than 35,000 people have tried to join the club since January, but only one in twenty has been successful! It’s a cruel, arrogant system that makes good people feel frustrated, lonely and insecure. I’m not narrow-minded, but I was absolutely amazed you decided to print an article about this club, and I’m disappointed that you described it in such a positive way. I’ve always admired the sensible advice you give adolescent girls.
You tell them not to try to look like skinny supermodels. You say it’s more important to have a lively personality and to be friendly and generous than it is to have perfect teeth or a sexy body. But your article on Beautifulpeople.net sends out the opposite message: that appearance is more important than personality.
Last weekend, I went to a new club with some friends. I was wearing a short denim skirt, a sleeveless top and high heels and they let me go in. But they told my friend Debbie she couldn’t go in. Why not? Maybe she wasn’t pretty enough or maybe it was because she was wearing some baggy jeans, a hooded sweatshirt and a pair of old trainers. Debbie’s a cheerful outgoing girl with a great sense of humour, but just then she felt miserable and depressed and she started crying. And that’s how the thousands of people who are rejected by Beautifulpeople.net must feel.
Personally, I can’t understand people who look down on others just because of their appearance, so the next time you write an article about such an unpleasant thing as Beautifulpeople.net please try to describe it more accurately.

Jodie, Luton

1 Jodie has written the letter because she

A would like to get advice on her friend’s problem.
B is annoyed with something the magazine has written.
C has just found out about the website Beautifulpeople.net.
D wants to warn other readers.

2 If a girl wants to join Beautifulpeople.net,

A she doesn’t have to send in a photograph.
B all members make rude comments about her.
C men belonging to the club will vote on her membership.
D a jury will study her profile and decide if they accept her.

3 Out of all the people who tried to join Beautifulpeople.net since January,

A most have been successful
B only a small group have failed.
C most feel frustrated and insecure.
D most have been unsuccessful.

4 TeenTimeMag usually

A gives girls good advice on how to be beautiful.
B writes a lot about supermodels.
C does not treat appearance as very important .
D does not write about Internet dating sites.

5 Why was Jodie allowed into the club?

A She was wearing a skirt.
B Because of her appearance.
C She was a cheerful outgoing girl
B No reason was given.

6 Why was Debbie not allowed into the club?

A Because she was behaving badly.
B Because of her clothes.
C Because of her appearance.
D No reason was given.

7 Jodie is asking TeenTimeMag
A not to write about Beautifulpeople.net again
B to describe Beautifulpeople.net more accurately.
C to be more careful about what they write in the future.
D to print her letters.