РАЗДЕЛ 3. Грамматика и лексика.
Beauty contests for children are called beauty pageants. They 1.____________ TAKE
place primarily in the United States and the United Kingdom since the 1960s.
As well as in the past, today children 2. _________________ for their looks, JUDGE
presentation, modeling skill, confidence, and skill in performance art.
Lately, such contests have raised a lot of questions about their positive and negative
effects on kids. Some phychologists say that participating in a beauty contest 3.__________ GIVE
girls strength, courage, and confidence. Also, beauty contests teach kids to care 4.__________MUCH
about what they wear and what they look like.
On the other hand, children who compete in beauty pageants are often between the ages of
2 and 10, but they can be even 5. __________________. YOUNG
I think there should be an age limit because when you are older, you can make
Your own decisions and won`t be as upset if you 6._____________. Besides, contests NOT WIN
should be based on natural looks and personality and not on how much make-up you can
put onto 7._________________ face. YOU
In general, beauty contests are fun! Unluckily, in the UK pageants do not happen very often.
I wish there 8.__________________ more beauty contests for kids in the UK. BE
I would enter a beauty contests myself if I 9._______________ a chance of winning! HAVE
Everyone should have a chance!
Today, beauty companies seem to be promising to protect the environment, save the rain forests.
When you shop for beauty products these days, you see labels decorated with trees,
lists of 10.________________ ingredients, and the phrase “no animal testing”. These NATURE
images and phrases are selling products using social
11. _______________. RESPONSIBLE
Widely used labels often give the 12._______________ that a company is greener than IMPRES
it really is. It is too easy to create images that lead consumers to develop
13. ___________ expectations of a company`s environmental or REASONABLE
14.__________________ performance. CHARITY
These labels may mislead people. After all, why does one label say “against animal testing”,
While another says “cruelty-free”? It is necessary to establish standards for eco-labelling and
make companies be 15.______________ and have facts to back up their statements. TRUTH