The significance of hairstyles - Test 3

C1 Advanced · Word Formation · Cambridge English Advanced 1, Cambridge University Press

For questions 1–8, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line.

DISTINCT

PROGRESS

DRAMA

PURSUE

NEED

SURE

ACCEPT

BENEFIT

Hair is the most easily (0) ___ part of the human body and also one of the most (17) ___ . The first barbers appeared in ancient Greece, when short hair became a sign of social status. Similarly, South American Inca chiefs had their hair short; in contrast, the hair of their citizens got (18) ___ longer the further down the social chain they were. Barbers prospered in the days of the Roman Empire, until they were expelled from Rome, when it was discovered how much they earned. Women have always reflected fashion through their hairstyles, sometimes quite (19) ___ . In 15th-century Europe, women would pluck the hair from the front of their heads in (20) ___ of beauty. Three centuries later, the fashion was for huge hairstyles that made it (21) ___ for the hairdresser to climb a small ladder. The maintenance needed to (22) ___ these styles looked good was enormous. Today, in our more liberal world, very little is socially (23) ___ with regard to hairstyles and technology has been enormously (24) ___ in reducing the time we spend on our hair.

The significance of hairstyles

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