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Activity 12:

Do and make collocations


31-3-2020

PRESENTED BY:

LUZ ADRIANA MORALES

ID:654334

JIMMY MAURICIO OSPINA

ID:653255

JOHAN ALVARADO

ID:644782

presented to

Johnatan González Guerrero

NRC 1244

University Corporation God's Minute

Faculty of Social and Human Sciences

Vll semester of psychology

English lll

Bogotá

2020
Reading skills practice: The history of graffiti – exercises
Reading skills practice: The history of graffiti – exercises

Check your understanding: multiple choice


Circle the best answer to these questions.

1. Why was the seventies an important decade in the history of graffiti?


a. That was when modern graffiti first appeared.
b. That was when modern graffiti first became really popular.
c. That was when graffiti first reached New York.

2. What is a 'masterpiece' in graffiti?


a. A really high-quality piece of graffiti.
b. A work of graffiti showing the artist's name.
c. A full piece of graffiti, like those seen on subway trains.

3. What was the main motivation for the first taggers?


a. Showing which streets belonged to which gangs.
b. Creating a strong visual identity for their 'crew'.
c. Sending coded messages to other gangs.

4. Who coined the phrase 'graffiti'?


a. New York gangs who had a lot of Italian immigrant members.
b. A newspaper and an author.
c. The man who was the mayor of New York in the late
seventies.
5. How did things change after the first war on graffiti?
a. It was considered a more serious crime.
b. Graffiti artists had to find different places to paint.
c. New York looked a lot cleaner.
Reading skills practice: The history of graffiti – exercises

6. What does New York city councillor Peter Vallone say about graffiti?
a. Graffiti can be good for cities as long as it is tasteful and conveys positive
messages.
b. Graffiti can be beautiful if it is done by a skilled artist.
c. Graffiti is a crime if the artist does not have permission.
7. What do the Berlin-based group Reclaim Your City say about graffiti?
a. Involving young people in graffiti stops them getting involved with serious crime.
b. Graffiti helps the public to own the streets and take control away from advertisers.
c. Graffiti actually increases the value of property by making the area more attractive.

8. What is the author's final point?


a. Graffiti has now become mainstream and can make artists a lot of money.
b. Graffiti is not a good way to become a respected artist.
c. Some of the most popular graffiti artists end up being exploited by the art world.

9. What was the first thing that made graffiti appear as a ‘New Art’?

a. Tags.
b. Poems
c. Spray paintings

10. What can be inferred about ‘graffiti’?

a. It doesn’t do any harm to practice it anywhere


b. It does harm when it’s practiced without permission
c. It does a lot of damage to society all the time

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