1. It’s a pity I’m not in the primary school any more. 

-->  I wish _____________________________________________.

2.  We had better work harder for the coming exam.   

--> It’s time ____________________________________________

 3. Their discussion on this topic started 15 minutes ago . 

--> They have __________________________________________

 4. Most students in that school love uniforms .

--> Uniforms __________________________________________

 Clothes can tell a lot about a person. Some people like very colorful clothes because they want everyone to look at them and they want to be the center of things. Other people like to wear nice clothes, but their clothes are not colorful or fancy. They do not want people to look at them. Clothes today are very different from the clothes of the 1800s. One difference is the way they look. For example, in the 1800s, all women wore dress. The dresses all had long skirts. But today, women do not always wear dresses with long skirts. Sometimes they wear short skirts. Sometimes they wear pants. Another difference between 1800s and today is the material. In the 1800s, clothes were made only from natural kinds of cloth. They were made from cotton, wool, silk or linen. But today, they use many kinds of man-made cloth such as nylon and rayon.

A.             Write TRUE or FALSE after each statement: ( 1pt)

 27.  We can hardly know about a person through her/his clothes ________

 28.  Some people do not like being  looked at.                           _________

29. The difference between 1800s and today is the kind of cloth.     ________

30.  In the past, clothes were only made from man-made cloth.     _________

B.      Choose the best answer: ( 0,5pt)

1. Many _____________________ walked around the tourist attraction to take photos. (sight)

2. This test must be done as _____________________ as possible. (care)

3. He is in _____________________ with the law. (difficult)

4. The countryside is much less _________________ than towns. (crowd)

5. He coped ____________________ with a difficult situation. (admire)

6. The children are not able to be still. They always get ___________ on long journeys. (rest)

7. The color green has a ________________ effect. (rest)

1. Our form / every student / teacher/ to treat / always tries/ equally /.

During World War I many women had jobs, and their clothes needed to be more practical. They began wearing shorter skirts and bared their legs. Soon they began wearing trousers. The lively outrageous flapper style of the 1920s included lower waistlines, long necklaces and short hair. Men’s suits became looser and were worn with a long tie.

During the 1960s, women wore miniskirts, and jeans and T-shirts became popular with both sexes. Women’s shoes appeared in many colors and styles, including sandals and flat forms (shoes with a thick sole and high heel). Since then, fashion shave continued to change rapidly, and young people, especially, are quick to wear the latest style.

      True or False?

1. During 1960s, men and women liked to wear T-shirts.                              

2. Women wore jeans in the sixth decade of the 20^th century.    

3. During World War I, women needed useful clothes.                                       

4. Young people are quick to wear the latest styles.                                             

Questions

5. Why did women begin wearing trousers?

A. They wanted to look lively and outrageous.

B. They were fighting for greater equality between the sexes

C. They wanted to wear clothes that are useful for their work.

D. They didn’t like wearing short skirts.

6. What does the word “suit” in the first paragraph mean?

A. fashion             B. style                C. dresses             D. pieces of clothing

Levi Strauss, a young immigrant from Germany, arrived in San Francisco in 1850. California was in the middle of the Gold Rush. Thousands of men were coming to California to dig for gold. And Strauss came to sell canvas to these gold miners. Canvas is a heavy fabric. So Strauss thought the miners could use the canvas for tents.

One day Strauss heard a miner complain that he couldn’t find clothes strong enough for the work he was doing. Strauss got an idea. He quickly took some of his canvas and made it into pants. These pants were what the miners needed. In one day Strauss sold all the pants he had made.

Strauss wanted to improve his pants. He wanted to make them even better. He bought a fabric that was softer than canvas but just as strong. This fabric came from Nimes, a city in France, and was called serge de Nimes. The miners like this fabric. They called it “denim” from (de Nimes) and bought even more pants from Strauss.

However, denim had no color. Because of this the denim pants did not look very interesting, and they got dirty easily. To solve these problems, Strauss dyed the denim blue.

Strauss continued to improve his jeans. Today the company he started is known around the world. And Jeans are considered not just practical but very fashionable as well.

True or False?

1. Levi Strauss was the first person to make blue jeans.  

2. Blue jeans got dirty easily.                                                                

3. Strauss made his first jeans from a fabric called serge de Nimes.        

4. Nimes is a city in France.                                                                     

      Questions

5. What could be the best title of the passage

 A. A Young Immigrant From Germany     B. The History of Blue Jean

 C. Serge de Nimes                                   D. The Gold Rush

6. Why did Levi Strauss come to California?

 A. to dig for gold      B. to sell pants      C. to buy denim       D. to sell canvas

1. The teacher as well as his students _________ reading books. (enjoy)

2.  The Malaysian unit of currency is the Ringgit, ______ of 100 Sen. (consist)

3. Ba says, "Why don't we stop eating chicken to avoid being infected with bird flu?"

--> Ba wishes we would___________________________________.

4. There was too much traffic for us to go out. 

--> There was such  _____________________________________.

5. He used to study the best in this class. .

--> No one in this _____________________________________________.

For many years (1) ________ and quality of cloth were dependent (2)_______ social status and wealth. Before medieval times (3) ______ people in Britain wore plain woolen clothes. The main garment was a long (4) ________ fastened by a belt and covered in cold weather by a cloak. In the 11^thand 12^th centuries, differences in clothing between nobles and the common people became more noticeable. Women’s dresses began to have more shape and style. They reached the ground and often had long hanging (5) ________. Rich people lined their cloaks with fur. When knights returned from the Crusades they brought new fashions and (6) _______ from the Middle East. Men began to wear colored tunics and stockings, and long pointed shoes.

1.   A. style                        B. stylish                 C. stylist               D. stylistic

2.   A. in                            B. on                        C. at                            D. to

3.   A. most                       B. most of           C. mostly                  D. almost

4.   A. unique                    B. tunnel             C. tunic                   D. stockings

5.   A. sleeveless              B. sleeve                 C. sleeved            D. sleeves

6.   A. material                  B. materials         C. materialism          D. materially