VARIANT 1
1. Make up four questions to the text below.
A youth subculture is a youth-based culture with
distinct styles, behaviours and interests. According to culture theorists such
as Dick Hebdige, members of a subculture often signal their membership by
making distinctive and symbolic tangible choices in, for example, clothing
styles, hairstyles and footwear.
However, intangible elements, such as common interests, dialects
and slang, music genres and gathering places can also be an important factor.
youth subcultures offer participants an identity outside of that ascribed by
social institutions such as family, work, home and school.
2.
Read the text below. Fill in each gap (1-4) with the
appropriate word.
Ukrainian Art
Ukraine’s 1)---------- galleries feature beautiful
artworks such as paintings, graphic arts, design, sculptures, crafts, and
photographs from both local and international artists, so visitors can enjoy
exquisite works of art created by highly-talented artists. Several great
artists from Ukraine have become worldwide 2)--------------- for a variety of
artistic styles. An important religious art form is icon 3)------------------------ , a highly
stylized painted image of a religious figure or event. Icon art came to Ukraine from Byzantium
with the Baptism in 988.
Ukrainian folk art is rich and
colourful. the tradition of painted Easter eggs has its beginning in Ukraine,
where these 4)------------------- are called
Pysanky.
Weaving and woodcarving are also
important in Ukrainian art.
3.
Imagine you have got a letter from an English-speaking
friend who asks you what young people in your country usually do in their spare
time. Write a reply to him and mention:
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what young people are usually interested
in,
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if boys\ girls have the same interests,
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what clubs they attend,
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what books they read,
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what music they listen to,
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what films they watch,
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if young people care about
environmental, politics, social problems.
