It's only skin deep - Exam Folder 1

C2 Proficiency · Word Formation · Objective Proficiency 2nd Edition, 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.

ANTIQUE

DOMINATE

CUSTOM

KIN

APPEAR

LINE

ARGUE

FINITE

We are the only animal that chooses what it will look like. True, the chameleon changes colour - but not (0) ___ . Unlike us, it doesn't get up in the morning and ask itself, 'What shall I look like today?', but we can and do. Indeed, the (1) ___ of body decoration points to the conclusion that it is a key factor in our development as the (2) ___ life-form on our planet. By (3) ___ their physical appearance our ancestors distanced themselves from the rest of the animal kingdom. Within each tribe this helped them to mark out differences of role, status, and (4) ___ . Our ancestors (5) ___ developed extraordinary techniques of body decoration for practical reasons. How to show where one tribe ends and another begins? How to (6) ___ in a lasting way the significance of an individual becoming an adult member of society? (7) ___ , without the expressive capabilities of such 'body language' we would have been (8) ___ less successful as a species.

It's only skin deep

WILL

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