Nil Jové

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1. Len Parkins…
a) has worked in a bank in the north of England since he was 24.
b) was 24 when he began working in a northern English bank three years ago.
c) worked for three years in a bank in a small town in northern England in the past.
d) has worked in a bank in a small northern English town since he was 21.

2. What does Len look like in general?
a) He’s not tall or short, of average build, and he has a pleasant face - but nothing
special.
b) He’s of average height, neither fat nor thin, and has quite a good-looking face.
c) He is of average height, his weight varies, and he has an ordinary-looking, pleasant
face.
d) He’s surprising and unusual in appearance.

3. What does he usually wear at work?
a) Some things people don’t expect like green hair, modern clothes, and a ring in his
nose.
b) A dark suit, a white shirt, a blue tie, and black shoes - as people expect.
c) Conservative things like a suit, a shirt, and a tie - to meet people’s
expectations.
d) Body art and designer clothes.

4. Len has tattoos…
a) all over his body and arms, and he has a navel piercing and pierced nipples.
b) on his upper body and arms, and he has a pierced navel too.
c) that are all intricate and colourful on his upper body and arms, and he has piercings.
d) all over his upper body and he’s thinking of having his navel pierced.

5. Only one of these statements is true according to the text. Which one?
a) Len conforms at work by wearing a long-sleeved shirt over his tattoos, but
underneath he is rebelling against routine things.
b) Len rebels at work against the world of routine by showing his adorned body in
different ways.
c) Len shows his creative side at work by adorning his body and rebelling a little in the
clothes he wears.
d) Len seems to be conforming at work underneath his work uniform.

6. At weekends, Len…
a) has no interest in fashion, but wears jeans and T-shirts.
b) experiments with different brightly-coloured hairstyles.
c) likes wearing jeans, T-shirts, and brightly-coloured clothes.
d) doesn’t dress at all.

7. Len’s musical tastes…
a) are on the conservative side, to match his job and the clothes he wears at the bank.
b) are up-to-date and varied, and include world music.
c) are limited to R’n’B, hip-hop, fado and flamenco music.
d) lead you to believe that he is conservative.

8. Outside work Len likes…
a) showing off his different clothes to the people who have seen him at the bank.
b) looking differently at people that he knows from the bank, and always surprising
them.
c) choosing books to read by looking at their covers, which surprises people.
d) surprising people who know him from the bank with his outside work appearance.