Intermediate - Phrasal Verbs.pdf

Fur flies as Christmas sales take off - Mark Townsend
LEVEL TWO - INTERMEDIATE
Pre-reading activities
1 Key Vocabulary
Match the words in the left-hand column with their opposites in the right-hand column:
1. to refuse a. bored with
2. to go up b. to defend
3. interested in c. in private
4. in favour of d. to agree/to accept
5. to attack e. pro-
6. in public f. rejection
7. anti- g. opposed to
8. acceptance h. to fall
2 What do you know about the fur trade? Choose the answer you think is correct.
1. Fur sales are currently …
a. rising
b. falling
2. Stars such as Kate Moss and Madonna …
a. wear fur in public
b. refuse to wear fur
3. Fur coats are now popular with …
a. women in their twenties and thirties
b. women in the fifties and sixties
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Fur flies as Christmas sales take off - Mark Townsend
LEVEL TWO - INTERMEDIATE
4. What percentage of fur shops were forced to close in the 1990s?
a. 50%
b. 90%
5. According to anti-fur activists, how many animals are killed to make one fur coat?
a. 30
b. 50
Now read the text and check your answers:
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