1. 8th
form – 2012/2013
Test – Listening – 50m
February 2013
Listen to the CD and fill in the gaps:
Fátima Lopes, The Portuguese fashion __________(1), is known all over the world.
Fátimascomesfrom Funchal, Madeira. From an ____________ (2) age she showed an interest in
fashion. During her ____________ (3)she didn´t like the clothes in the shops, so she started to
___________ (4)her ________ (5)clothes.
In__________(6)Fátima moved to Lisbon and followed a _________(7)as a fashion __________(8).
With a friend she opened a ___________ (9)named “Versus”, which sold ___________(10)clothes
from international ____________(11). In ___________ (12)the ____________________(13) was
changed to “Fátima Lopes”.
In ______________(14) she showed her collection in Paris. Two years later she ________ (15) her
first international ______________ (16) in Paris. It is visited by the rich and famous from all over
the world.
In the year 2000 she ________________(17) the _______________ (18)in a gold and ___________(19)
bikini _________ (20)about a million dollars!
Dirie, is a very famous model. She ________________ (21)from her country, Somalia, at the age of
______________ (22)because her father was giving her in ________________(23)to a
___________________ (24) man. She ended up staying in Britain illegally and ______________ (25)
by _______________ (26) floors in MacDonalds.
She was ______________ (27) by a fashion ________________ (28) and her _____________ (29) took
________ (30).
“It´s very sad that I had to ___________ (31) my country. I did not __________ (32) want to
__________ (33)”, she said. “Africa is different.”
Dirie is __________ (34) in New York and ___________ (35) the contrasts __________ (36) the West
and Somalia. “Here it seems like it is ___________ (37) forever and there’s no time ________ (38) to
sit down and relax,” she ___________ (39). “In Somalia time isn´t very important. In the West,
everything is money, money, money. It´s never ___________ (40).”