Page 129 - Active Skills for Reading Intro Book

Reading A Choose the correct answers.
Comprehension 1 According to the passage, which statement is NOT true?

Check Your Understanding a People work hard to create their own look;··
b Each city has its own identity.
c People in Paris and New York dress the same.
2 Why did Scott Schuman start taking photos of street style?
a He saw many fashionable people.
b He worked for a fashion magazine.
c He wanted to be more fashionable.
3 According to the passage, how do people use fashion biogs?
a to say bad things about unfashionable people
b to create their own styles
c to learn about styles from the past
4 Where is street style happening?
a mainly in New York and Paris
b all around the world
c on fashion show runways

B Re_ad the sentences below. In which paragraph (1-4) can you find the
information?@the number.

/ You want to know ••• This information is in paragraph ••• �
1 how the Internet affects street style. 1 2 3 4
2 what Scott Schuman does. 1 2 3 4
3 which cities have street style biogs. 1 2 3 4
'- �
Critical Thinking C 1 What do you think of street fashion? Is it interesting to you?

2 Are there places in your city where you can see many fashionable people?
3 Do you think people are too interested in fashion? Is what people wear
important?

Vocabulary A In each sentence,9 the best answer. The words in blue are from
Comprehension the passage.
Words in Context 1 Your sister really has style. She wears clothes.

a great b ugly
2 Those students never pay attention. They,are always ____ _
a listening quietly b talking and playing games
3 I like to dress simply. I wear bright colors and jewelry.
a love to b rarely
4 The newspaper reported the accident. That's why I _____ all of
the details.
a know b don't know

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