Reading Practice unit 8 :7B

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This week I have been really inspired by two women who blogged about their exciting experiments with shopping and fashion.

1 Sara is describing two women who blogged about _______

• scientific discoveries

• experiments with fashion

• how people dress in England

This week I have been really inspired by two women who blogged about their exciting experiments with shopping and fashion. First of all, there’s the English woman, Belinda, who didn’t buy any new clothes for a year, and then decided to only shop at charity shops.

2 Belinda didn't buy new clothes for _______

• one year

• two years

• a month

In her blog, Belinda explains that she loved fashion but she didn’t like the fashion industry and that she was fed up with worrying about whether her clothes were ethically made or not. For a year she didn’t walk into a single shopping mall or department store. Can you imagine? She was also very good at sewing so she was able to adapt the clothes she already had. If she had something that didn’t suit her or wasn’t fashionable any more, she wasn’t afraid to change it and make it look different. She says she liked knowing that she would never meet someone wearing exactly the same thing.

3 She wasn't happy about _______.

• the fashion industry

• the clothes most people wear

• the material most clothes are made of

In her blog, Belinda explains that she loved fashion but she didn’t like the fashion industry and that she was fed up with worrying about whether her clothes were ethically made or not. For a year she didn’t walk into a single shopping mall or department store. Can you imagine? She was also very good at sewing so she was able to adapt the clothes she already had. If she had something that didn’t suit her or wasn’t fashionable any more, she wasn’t afraid to change it and make it look different. She says she liked knowing that she would never meet someone wearing exactly the same thing.

4. Sara says that Belinda ______ clothes herself.

• couldn't sew

• made changes to

• made new

In her blog, Belinda explains that she loved fashion but she didn’t like the fashion industry and that she was fed up with worrying about whether her clothes were ethically made or not. For a year she didn’t walk into a single shopping mall or department store. Can you imagine? She was also very good at sewing so she was able to adapt the clothes she already had. If she had something that didn’t suit her or wasn’t fashionable any more, she wasn’t afraid to change it and make it look different. She says she liked knowing that she would never meet someone wearing exactly the same thing.

5 Belinda modified clothes that didn't __________

• have buttons on

• fit her

• look good on her

Another woman, a young American called Jennifer, did something even braver. She actually wore the same ‘little black dress’ for a year (well, she had seven identical dresses – one for each day of the week). People asked her if it was boring to put on the same style of dress every day but being so creative, she found it easy and fun to invent 365 ways of wearing the same dress. In the photos on the blog she looks amazing just by changing accessories (hats, scarves, belts, etc.), but she only used things she already owned or that people gave her. So, why did she do it? She says she wanted to set herself a style challenge, but she also realized that she wanted to do something useful with her creativity. So she set up the Uniform project and asked people who visited her website to donate money to help send street children in India to school. She has not only given people lots of great fashion ideas, but has also succeeded in raising 100,000 dollars and sending over 300 children to school. I think that’s really cool!

6. She enjoyed wearing clothes that ____ in shops

• couldn't be bought

• could be bought

• aren't often found

Another woman, a young American called Jennifer, did something even braver. She actually wore the same ‘little black dress’ for a year (well, she had seven identical dresses – one for each day of the week). People asked her if it was boring to put on the same style of dress every day but being so creative, she found it easy and fun to invent 365 ways of wearing the same dress. In the photos on the blog she looks amazing just by changing accessories (hats, scarves, belts, etc.), but she only used things she already owned or that people gave her. So, why did she do it? She says she wanted to set herself a style challenge, but she also realized that she wanted to do something useful with her creativity. So she set up the Uniform project and asked people who visited her website to donate money to help send street children in India to school. She has not only given people lots of great fashion ideas, but has also succeeded in raising 100,000 dollars and sending over 300 children to school. I think that’s really cool!

7 Jennifer had seven black dresses that were all________.

• quite different from each other

• very similar to each other

• exactly the same

Another woman, a young American called Jennifer, did something even braver. She actually wore the same ‘little black dress’ for a year (well, she had seven identical dresses – one for each day of the week). People asked her if it was boring to put on the same style of dress every day but being so creative, she found it easy and fun to invent 365 ways of wearing the same dress. In the photos on the blog she looks amazing just by changing accessories (hats, scarves, belts, etc.), but she only used things she already owned or that people gave her. So, why did she do it? She says she wanted to set herself a style challenge, but she also realized that she wanted to do something useful with her creativity. So she set up the Uniform project and asked people who visited her website to donate money to help send street children in India to school. She has not only given people lots of great fashion ideas, but has also succeeded in raising 100,000 dollars and sending over 300 children to school. I think that’s really cool!

8 She______ dressing in the way she did every day.

• didn't like

• didn't mind

• was bored

Another woman, a young American called Jennifer, did something even braver. She actually wore the same ‘little black dress’ for a year (well, she had seven identical dresses – one for each day of the week). People asked her if it was boring to put on the same style of dress every day but being so creative, she found it easy and fun to invent 365 ways of wearing the same dress. In the photos on the blog she looks amazing just by changing accessories (hats, scarves, belts, etc.), but she only used things she already owned or that people gave her. So, why did she do it? She says she wanted to set herself a style challenge, but she also realized that she wanted to do something useful with her creativity. So she set up the Uniform project and asked people who visited her website to donate money to help send street children in India to school. She has not only given people lots of great fashion ideas, but has also succeeded in raising 100,000 dollars and sending over 300 children to school. I think that’s really cool!

9 She only used extra items that she had or that people had _____ her.

• given

• sold

• bought for

Another woman, a young American called Jennifer, did something even braver. She actually wore the same ‘little black dress’ for a year (well, she had seven identical dresses – one for each day of the week). People asked her if it was boring to put on the same style of dress every day but being so creative, she found it easy and fun to invent 365 ways of wearing the same dress. In the photos on the blog she looks amazing just by changing accessories (hats, scarves, belts, etc.), but she only used things she already owned or that people gave her. So, why did she do it? She says she wanted to set herself a style challenge, but she also realized that she wanted to do something useful with her creativity. So she set up the Uniform project and asked people who visited her website to donate money to help send street children in India to school. She has not only given people lots of great fashion ideas, but has also succeeded in raising 100,000 dollars and sending over 300 children to school. I think that’s really cool!

10 Jennifer raise money to _________

• educate children

• buy clothes

• set up a website