Life, Elementary, Unit 8 Test

Vocabulary
1 Read the descriptions and write the word. There is an example at the beginning (0).
0 In Europe, men don’t often wear this. skirt
1 My wife is a police officer and she wears this at work. u______
2 Another word for fantastic. w________
3 You wear it on your trousers, but you take it off at the airport. b _ _ _
4 You put food and drink in it and you need it to talk. m____
5 Women usually wear this on their fingers or ears. j________
6 A musical instrument you play with your hands and feet. d____
7 You need these for your eyes in the summer. s_________
8 They’re like trousers for cycling and they’re often black. l_______
9 These are between your shoulders and hands. a___
10 The best thing to wear outside in winter. c___
(10 points)

2 Choose the correct option (A, B or C) to complete the sentences about fashion. There is an example
at the beginning (0).
0 Frank thinks that wearing a ____________ to the office makes him look too serious.
A suit B top C scarf
1 They say Marlon Brando made a ____________ the coolest thing to wear.
A jeans B sunglasses C T-shirt
2 Having a ____________ has become fashionable again.
A beard B glasses C black jeans
3 You wear a scarf around your ____________ .
A arm B eyes C neck
4 In the 1980s, ____________ with no fingers became very popular.
A gloves B leggings C trainers
5 A lot of people at the carnival were wearing a ____________ to cover their eyes.
A make-up B jewellery C mask
6 Some nice clothes, ____________ as suits or dresses, are quite expensive.
A as B like C such
7 Sheila always wears bright colours ____________ pink, yellow and red.
A like B such like C as
8 In Ancient Egypt people cut off all their ____________ because it was cleaner.
A eyes B hair C shoes
9 In the 70s, some young people didn’t wear shoes on their ____________ !
A eyes B feet C hands
10 ____________ are often part of a uniform that men and women wear in some jobs.
A Bags B Skirts C Ties
(10 points)

Grammar
3 Complete the text with ONE or TWO words in each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0).
(0) _____Do_____ you know that, at a costume party, your costume sometimes tells people about who
you are or how you are feeling? Imagine (1) ____________ preparing for a party, right now. If you wear
a uniform to work, (2) ____________ wearing a similar uniform now? No, you (3) ____________ . We
(4) ____________ wear our normal clothes to parties, we wear the opposite. If you’re feeling a little
bored of your daily life, maybe you’re wearing an exciting or scary costume. When you look in the
mirror, do you think ‘I (5) ____________ feeling terrible today’? You feel better if (6) ____________ got
a beautiful mask. Look at your friend; (7) ____________ he or she wearing a lion costume? These
costumes are fun, they make us feel good and strong. Experts say that when you wear a costume, you’re
saying something about yourself. Is your friend wearing a superhero costume? Perhaps she’s saying she
(8) ____________ feeling very strong today, but she wants to. Or (9) ____________ she got a Hawaiian
costume on? (10) ____________ she think she needs a holiday?
(10 points)
4 Choose the correct option (A, B or C) to complete the text. There is an example at the beginning (0).
People often (0) ____________ that women are more interested in fashion, and that they (1)
____________ after their hair and skin more than men, but is that true? (2) ____________ more money
on their hair, or do women? (3) ____________ it depend on the age of the person or not? When women
go for a haircut, it’s a lot more expensive than for men, but men (4) ____________ more often. And
nowadays, men’s hair is ‘in fashion’, so the average man (5) ____________ more shampoo and other
products than fifty years ago. Men (6) ____________ more time on their hair. In general, women (7)
____________ more different hairstyles, and they buy more colours, but of course, they (8)
____________ beards! Beards also follow fashion, and all fashion comes and (9) ____________ . If
there’s one thing that’s always true about fashion, it’s that nothing stays the same. It’s always changing.
And men and women usually (10) ____________ it.

0 A are saying B is saying C say

1 A are looking B look C looks
2 A Are men spending B Do men spend C Does men spend
3 A Do B Does C Is
4 A are usually going B usually go C usually going
5 A buy B buying C is buying
6 A are also spending B also spending C also spends
7 A are B have C has got
8 A aren’t B hasn’t got C haven’t got
9 A go B goes C is going
10 A are following B follow C follows
(10 points)
Reading
5 Read the article about changes of appearance. For questions 1–10, choose the best answer (A, B or
C). There is an example at the beginning (0).
Most people don’t change their appearance, or their style of clothes, very often but, for some
occupations, it’s necessary. Film and music stars sometimes change their appearance for their job. Some
actors look very different in each film, and they change their appearance in real life too. For example,
they become thinner. Nicole Kidman wore a latex nose for The Hours, and she changed her hair colour –
it is darker in the film. Renee Zellweger often changes for films. She looked very different in the musical
film about the 1920s, Chicago, after she played a modern English journalist in The Diary of Bridget Jones.
She spoke differently as Bridget Jones, too – she spoke British English, but she is American!
Male actors change their body more often than female actors. When they’re preparing to be
superheroes, they go to the gym a lot, they work on their arms, and eat different food. For other films,
they lose twenty kilos, or they put on thirty. They change their hair, beards, moustaches – and then they
change again, at the end of the job.
For music stars, the situation is different. Top music stars create fashions, they don’t follow them. They
need a new style every year or two, because they want to stay at the top. In the 1960s and ‘70s, for
example, some created styles that are still fashionable, but that doesn’t often happen now. When
popular stars nowadays change their appearance a lot and wear strange clothes, we watch their
changes, but we don’t copy them. Their style or styles are personal. We often take fashion from music
and usually from stars that look a little like us. These ‘familiar’ stars come and go, they don’t stay for
long. But for music or film stars, who want to stay at the top for a long time, change is good. And change
is necessary.

0 Changing your appearance is necessary in some ____________ .

A places B films C jobs
1 In their real life, actors sometimes change appearance ____________ .
A because they want to B for a movie part C with a latex mask
2 In one film, Nicole Kidman’s ____________ wasn’t real.
A accent B hairstyle C nose
3 Nicole Kidman and Renee Zellweger both changed ____________ in one of their movies.
A their body B their face C more than one thing
4 In one film, Renee Zellweger ____________ differently from usual.
A acts B dresses C speaks
5 The article says that sometimes in the film industry, men want ____________.
A a better job B bigger arms C more food
6 Men often change ____________ for a film.
A the hair on their faces B their clothes C their age
7 The article says that nowadays, ____________ people copy modern music stars’ styles than in the
1960s and ‘70s.
A more B fewer C older
8 The article says that people don’t ____________ clothes like some popular stars.
A like B understand C wear
9 The article says people follow the fashions of stars who are ____________ .
A like us B not like us C very famous
10 The article says that top actors and music stars have ____________ in common.
A change B fashion C money
(10 points)