Unit 1
My first job
0 My first job was delivering newspapers in a small city.
Exam Focus
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USE
PART 2
Think of the word which best fits in each space. Write only one word.
wearing the
Why is it that 0) ...when... you look around the streets all the young people seem to 1)
same clothes? Why does every single one of them appear to have 2)
their hair cut - or not cut - at the same
hairdresser's? Just watch a few music videos and you will begin to understand 3) it all works. Popular music
seems to 4)
become the most important means of self-definition 5) ............ young people. Whether they prefer
heavy metal, grunge 6) ..........pop, the musicians they see on TV soon become their role models. They not 7)
want to hear the sound, they want to become the sound as well, and the most obvious way to do this is to copy the
musician's style. The result is long, straggly hair which 8)............ shaved at the sides, multiple earrings, baggy shirts
and trousers and trainers as big 9) . shoe boxes. Comfort is not essential 10)
Big shoes may be easier
to slip out of 11)............ to actually walk in, but if you want to keep 12) .... with the trends you wear them anyway.
Peer pressure is another influence. To most young people, dressing to 13)............ like their friends seems to be the
surest way to be accepted. Unfortunately, the first victim of "fashion victimisation" is individuality. While style should
ideally be a way of showing people 14)
you really are, following the trends means that you end up 15)
- or seeming to be - exactly like everyone else.
PART 4
HAITONS
OF
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Read the text. Some lines are correct and some have a word which should not be there. If
a line is correct, put a tick (✔) in the space provided. If a line has a word which should not
be there, write it in the space provided.