READING
PRACTICE – UNIT 2
Read the passage and complete the tasks
that follow.
The word "kimono", which literally means a "thing to
wear" (ki "wear" and mono "thing"), has been used to
name the Japanese's full-length robes.
Kimonos are T-shaped, straight-lined robes with long wide sleeves.
Kimonos are wrapped around the body, always with the left front over the right.
It is not unusual for a Japanese person who wears a kimono for the first time
to wear the fronts the wrong way round, and it is also not unusual for an
older, more informed Japanese person to try to switch their kimono fronts
around, horrified that the young person is dressed as a corpse. That is because
the positions of the two fronts are switched when dressing the dead for burial.
In addition to the rule “left over right”, kimonos are secured by a sash called
an obi, which is tied at the back. Kimonos are generally worn with traditional
footwear.
Today, kimonos are most often worn by women and men on very special and
formal occasions such as weddings or ceremonies. A few older women and even
fewer men still wear the kimono on a daily basis. Professional sumo wrestlers
are often seen in the kimono because they are required to dress traditionally
whenever appearing in public.
Exercise 1: Fill
in each blank in the summary with NO MORE THAN TWO words from the passage.
The
kimono is a traditional Japanese garment. Because kimonos cover the wearers'
whole body, they are described as (1)_______________________Kimonos are worn in
a certain way with the left (2) _______________________ over the right one. For people who first wear the kimono,
they may dress themselves in the way round which makes older people (3)
_______________________ because that is
the way to dress the (4) _______________________
for burial. The robe is tied with a sash called a(n)
(5) _______________________ in Japanese.
Exercise 2: Decide
whether the following statements are True (T) or False (F) or Not Given (NG).
Check the correct answer.6.Kimonos
have the same design as T-shirts.
7.
It is strange that a Japanese person dress the kimono in a wrong way.
8.When
dressing the corpse, the right front is over the left one.
9.Nowadays,
only women wear kimonos for important events.
10.Wearing
kimonos as a daily garment is obligatory for old people.
Exercise 3
Find
words from the passage that match the following definitions.
11_______________________ very
shocked.
12_______________________ long,
loose pieces of clothing.
13_______________________ make
changes by replacing one thing with another.
14_______________________ having
a lot of knowledge or information about something.
15_______________________ reaching
the floor or covering from top to toe.
KEY- READING PRACTICE – UNIT 2
Read the passage and complete the tasks that follow.
The word "kimono", which literally means a "thing to wear" (ki "wear" and mono "thing"), has been used to name the Japanese's full-length robes.
Kimonos are T-shaped, straight-lined robes with long wide sleeves. Kimonos are wrapped around the body, always with the left front over the right. It is not unusual for a Japanese person who wears a kimono for the first time to wear the fronts the wrong way round, and it is also not unusual for an older, more informed Japanese person to try to switch their kimono fronts around, horrified that the young person is dressed as a corpse. That is because the positions of the two fronts are switched when dressing the dead for burial. In addition to the rule “left over right”, kimonos are secured by a sash called an obi, which is tied at the back. Kimonos are generally worn with traditional footwear.
Today, kimonos are most often worn by women and men on very special and formal occasions such as weddings or ceremonies. A few older women and even fewer men still wear the kimono on a daily basis. Professional sumo wrestlers are often seen in the kimono because they are required to dress traditionally whenever appearing in public.
Exercise 1: Fill in each blank in the summary with NO MORE THAN TWO words from the passage.
The kimono is a traditional Japanese garment. Because kimonos cover the wearers' whole body, they are described as (1)full-length robes.Kimonos are worn in a certain way with the left (2) front over the right one. For people who first wear the kimono, they may dress themselves in the way round which makes older people (3) horrified because that is the way to dress the (4) dead for burial. The robe is tied with a sash called a(n) (5) obi in Japanese.
Exercise 2: Decide whether the following statements are True (T) or False (F) or Not Given (NG). Check the correct answer.
6. Kimonos have the same design as T-shirts.-NG
6. Kimonos have the same design as T-shirts.-NG
7. It is strange that a Japanese person dress the kimono in a wrong way.-F
8.When dressing the corpse, the right front is over the left one.-T
9.Nowadays, only women wear kimonos for important events.-F
10.Wearing kimonos as a daily garment is obligatory for old people.-NG
Exercise 3
Find words from the passage that match the following definitions.
11____________ horrified___________ very shocked.
12________________ robes_______ long, loose pieces of clothing.
13_________________ switch______ make changes by replacing one thing with another.
14______________ informed_________ having a lot of knowledge or information about something.
15_______________full-length________ reaching the floor or covering from top to toe.