Graffiti
You can travel almost anywhere
in the world, and you will probably see graffiti. Although graffiti
is more common in big cities, today you may find it in almost any
region or district, big or small. It's everywhere: on trains,
walls, bridges and buildings.
The word graffiti itself
probably comes from the old Greek verb which means "to write".
Writings on walls already existed in ancient Rome. The Romans cut
graffiti on walls and monuments. It showed phrases of love,
political ideas, simple thoughts, magic spells, alphabets, and
famous quotations from literature.
Modern graffiti dates back to
the US of the 1960s. At that time for young people it was a form of
self-expression and a political protest. Teenage groups in New
York, for example, painted graffiti to mark their territory. Later,
there started competitions between different
groups.
Today graffiti has travelled
all over the world. However, it is still
an illegal
art. It has been always painted
on private or public property, like cars, trains, fences and house
walls. As a result most people see it as vandalism. Besides, it's
rather hard to clean graffiti paints, and cities spend millions
every year on it. So, in most countries graffiti is
forbidden.
On the other hand, modern
graffiti is, by its nature, a form of painting. After all, the
artist uses the same methods and materials. However, instead of
paints a graffiti artist prefers sprays, markers, and crayons. Some
of their works are really impressive and fascinating; they are
powerful and have a deep meaning.
Probably, the most famous
graffiti artist is Banksy, who comes from Bristol, England. He
strongly believes that writing graffiti on buildings is an
effective way to communicate with people. His works are very often
aggressive, provocative and even rude.
Choose the correct option according to the
text:
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What does the word ‘graffiti’ originally
means?
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to paint
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to draw
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to write
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to see
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to work
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Where did modern graffiti
begin?
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the UK
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the US
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Greece
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Ancient Rome
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Australia
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Why do teenagers in New York
use graffiti for?
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to make their territory nice
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for fun
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to show their area
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to show their drawing skills
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without any aims
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Where you can find graffiti?
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in
big cities
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on
trains
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on
bridges
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on
buildings
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all
answers are correct
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Why do some people think
graffiti is vandalism?
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it
is difficult to clean
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sometimes people paint on monuments and
properties of others
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it
was a form of a disagreement
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some people don’t like art
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it
takes much money to draw
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What things are NOT preferred by graffiti
makers?
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crayons
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markers
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spray
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paints
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all
answers are correct
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Why does Bansky use different
styles on buildings?
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to present his ideas
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to show his rudeness
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to stay in touch with people
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to forget about rules
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to share his drawing skills
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According to the text, graffiti
is
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rather modern and
useful
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modern and ineffective
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very old with strong sense
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spread only in Europe
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permitted everywhere
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One
can make a conclusion that graffiti in general
helps
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to express yourself using
painting
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to think of ancient
times
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to
build new bridges, buildings
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to
talk to people
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to
make friends
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The
underlined phrase means something is
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correct
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prohibited
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interesting
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unique
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impressive
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