Read the text "Clothes and fashion in our life". Olivia-Palermo-Fashion-Magazine-March-2016-Cover-Photoshoot01.jpg
Most people believe that it's important to look nice. However, some people say that we place too much importance on appearance and fashion.
One will hardly disagree that it is pleasant to look at a person who is neatly and beautifully dressed. A person usually chooses clothes according to his or her age, social class, financial position and occupation. People also choose clothes according to their preferences and character.
To my mind, if a person wants to produce a good impression and to be successful, he or she must look nice. When people speak to you, they always pay attention to your appearance and your clothes. If you look sloppy and untidy, they will try to avoid you. There is a saying that "good clothes open all doors" and I quite agree with it.
But some people place too much importance on their appearance. They spend much money on expensive clothes and sometimes they look ridiculous trying to be fashionable. There are some styles that can surprise and even shock people such as punks, hippies or Goths. It looks strange when a person wears razor blades instead of earrings, dyes his or her hair bright red or purple or puts on shoes on enormous platform. Some teenagers are fond of bright make-up, black fingernails, scruffy long hair or baggy clothes. But I think it is silly to slavishly follow the current fashions.
In conclusion, I'd like to say that nowadays fashion becomes even more influential than it was in the past. It effects and moulds public taste. I believe that people should follow fashion and pay attention to their appearance, but it should never become a kind of obsession.
Fill in the phrases:
1. look
and untidy
2. money on
and sometimes they look ridiculous
3. becomes even more
than it was
To answer the first question, we need to complete the phrase "look __ and untidy." The opposite of "neat" is "untidy". So the correct answer is "look untidy".
2. spend money on expensive clothes: The text mentions that some people place too much importance on their appearance and spend a lot of money on expensive clothes. These people sometimes end up looking ridiculous.
To answer the second question, we need to complete the phrase "spend __ on __ and sometimes they look ridiculous". The missing words are "money" and "expensive clothes".
3. influential than it was: The text concludes by stating that nowadays fashion becomes even more influential than it was in the past. This means that fashion has a bigger impact and influence on people's choices and preferences.
To answer the third question, we need to complete the phrase "becomes even more __ than it was". The missing word is "influential".