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Read the text and answer the questions that follow.
Style Rookie
By now, most people in the fashion industry recognise Tavi Gevinson, a
fourteen-year-old girl from Chicago who has been writing a fashion blog called Style
Rookie since she was eleven. Today, Tavi is an influential figure in the world of
fashion. She is invited to attend the top fashion shows in the world and often appears
in popular fashion magazines.
II
Tavi’s interest in fashion began when she was nine years old. She began by pasting
cuttings from fashion magazines into black notebooks, and later moved on to
blogging. In her blog, she wrote about her thoughts on fashion and posted comments
about clothes that appeared in fashion magazines and in fashion shows. She also
posted photographs of her own original outfits.
III
Amazingly, her blog quickly became very popular. It also began to generate a lot of
interest from the press and from the fashion designers that she wrote about. At first,
many people in the fashion industry believed that the blog was fake because they felt
that such a young girl could not have written such a sophisticated and professional
fashion blog. However, they soon realised that although Tavi was young and
inexperienced, she had a remarkable eye when it came to fashion.
IV
Tavi’s parents had no idea about their daughter’s blog until she was asked to appear
in an article in the New York Times. Since Tavi was still under the age of 16, she
had to ask her parents’ permission before she could agree. Although they were a
little surprised to discover how famous their daughter was, they did not stand in her
way. Since then, Tavi’s parents have continued to support their daughter’s passion
and her father has even accompanied her to many fashion shows.
Tavi continues to take on new projects. She recently signed a contract with a popular
London-based clothing company that intends to produce and sell a T-shirt that she
will design. She also has plans to launch a new fashion magazine. It would appear
that Tavi Gevinson will continue to dominate the fashion industry for quite some time.
1Decide if the following sentences are true (T) or false (F). Find evidence in
the text to justify your answers. (4 x 4 = 16 points)
1. Tavi is very famous.
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2. Tavi designs her own outfits.
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3. Tavi has never been to a fashion show.
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4. Tavi’s parents encouraged her to begin writing a fashion blog.
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2.
Complete the sentences. (3 x 3 = 9 points)
1. Many people in the fashion industry did not believe that
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2. The fashion designers that Tavi wrote about were
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3. When Tavi goes to fashion shows, her father
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3.
Choose the correct answer. (3 points)
The writer believes that … .
a. Tavi’s fame will not last long
b. Tavi’s blog is unprofessional
c. Tavi will continue to be influential in the world of fashion d. Tavi is not appreciated
enough
4.Find words or expressions in the text that mean: (4 x 3 = 12 points)
1. important (paragraph I)
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2. create (paragraph III)
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3. went with (paragraph IV)
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4. start (paragraph V)
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