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But also people of all ages are aware of fashion even if they Task 2 Multi-text Reading
are not very interested in it. Questions 16-20
16. B is the correct answer as Miranda says ‘I’d be interested
My personal opinion is that fashion is sometimes unrealistic to know what other readers think about how this could
and expensive designer clothes are a waste of money. be done.’ (para.3)
I think the important thing is for people to feel comfortable in 17. D is the correct answer as a comparison is made between
what they are wearing. 1995 and 2015.
18. A is correct as ‘It starts to become more popular. New
shops open and hotels are built to accommodate all the
Practice Test 2 new visitors, and before long the place is no longe beau-
Task 1 Long Reading tiful and calm, and the whole way of life has changed.’
Questions 1 - 5 19. B is correct as ‘As a local person who sometimes offers
1. B is correct as ‘People all over the world wear them, and accommodation to visitors in a spare room in my house,
it doesn’t seem to matter whether you are rich or poor, I can easily see the benefits that tourism brings to Heston-
young or old.’ on-Sea ... But I can also see the negative effects.’ (para.1)
2. E is correct as the whole paragraph is about the origin of 20. C is correct as ‘Unlike normal tourist guides, step-on
the names “jeans” and “denim”. guides don’t work for a particular tour company; they
3. F is correct as the paragraph tells how Levi Strauss first literally “step onto” the tour bus and take over from the
moved from Germany to the USA and then moved to regular guide for a short time.’
California where he thought there would be a good
market for his product. Questions 21 - 25
4. D is correct as it describes how Jacob Davis explained his A is true as ‘In fact, it has lost everything that attracted
method to Levi Strauss because he didn’t have the people to it in the first place.’ (text A)
money for a patent. B is false as ‘People who live in places like this find very
5. C is correct as the paragraph explains that jeans became quickly that there is a price to pay for the financial
popular through cowboy films, celebrities and fashion. benefits that tourism brings.’ (text A)
C is false as ‘As a local person who sometimes offers
Questions 6 - 10 accommodation to visitors in a spare room in my
A is false as ‘People all over the world wear them, and it house…’ (text B, para.1) So she doesn’t own a hotel.
doesn’t seem to matter whether you are rich or poor, D is true as ‘Most importantly, though, everything is more
young or old.’ (para.1) expensive, especially housing, and many of our young
B is false as ‘This is the material that jeans have been people can’t afford to live here now.’ (text B, para.2)
made from for over 150 years.’ (para.2) E is true as ‘Unlike normal tourist guides, step-on guides
C is correct as ‘The person that nearly everyone agrees don’t work for a particular tour company; they literally
invented the jeans of today was a man called Levi Strauss “step onto” the tour bus and take over from the regular
… he decided to go and live there and start a new busi- guide for a short time.’ (text C)
ness under his own name.’ (para.3) F is false as Mick says ‘I can give them local knowledge
D is true as ‘He couldn’t afford to pay for a patent...’ (para.4) that the tour company’s guides don’t have.’ (text C)
E is true as ‘Strauss agreed to pay for the patent and in G is true as in the second chart of text D we can see that
1873, the first pair of Levi’s jeans was sold.’ (para.4) tourists still care about the atmosphere of a place.
F is true as ‘Despite the patent, other companies illegally H is true as the charts in text D show this clearly.
copied the design, and sales of jeans started to rise.’
(para.5) Questions 26 - 30
G is true as ‘First, characters in popular “cowboy films” 26. ‘A few tourists “discover” it and tell their friends or share
wore them, and later, in the 1950s, young people saw it on social media. It starts to become more popular.’
their favourite rock and roll singers wearing them.’ (text A)
(para.5) 27. ‘... a lot of people say that we now depend on the
H is false as ‘…in the 1980s jeans became high fashion income from visitors.’ (text B, para.1)
when top designers introduced their own styles. Today, 28. ‘…step-on guides don’t work for a particular tour com-
a pair of jeans with a designer label can cost more than pany; they literally “step onto” the tour bus and take
$3,000.’ (para.5) So, this is not the cost of normal jeans. over from the regular guide for a short time. They have
become very popular nowadays…’ (text C)
Questions 11 - 15 29. ‘I can give them local knowledge that the tour company’s
11. ‘…the one item of clothing that never seems to go out guides don’t have.’ (text C)
of fashion is blue jeans.’ (para.1) 30. ‘What tourists in a 1995 (and 2015) study said mattered
12. ‘…the word “jeans” is connected with the port of Genoa most to them when choosing a holiday destination.’
in Italy and refers to a kind of strong cloth. A similar (text D)
material was made in the French city of Nimes and
people called it denim…’ (para.2) Task 3 Reading into Writing Example answer
13. ‘…he sold strong denim work trousers to the gold
miners.’ (para.3) Tourism has changed over the years. People have become in-
14. ‘…a tailor called Jacob Davis. He worked out a way of terested in different things and this has had both positive and
making trousers stronger using rivets (small pieces of negative effects.
metal pushed into the cloth).’ (para.4)
15. ‘…in the 1980s jeans became high fashion when top First of all, we can say that tourism brings employment and
designers introduced their own styles. Today, a pair of money to a place. On the other hand, tourism can spoil a
jeans with a designer label can cost more than $3,000.’ place if it becomes too developed and everything becomes
(para.5) more expensive for the local people.

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