Empower p 34. What Price for a Handbag? Louis Vuitton Takes an NGO Worker to Court. Extra Multiple Choice Cloze

An art student in Denmark is being (0) … by French fashion house Louis Vuitton. The student used their logo in a third-world awareness campaign. Nadia Plesner is one of a group of several artists and designers who are trying to help people in the Darfur region of western Sudan. They came (1) … with a brilliant idea which was designed to shock and to (2) … attention to the problems. The design shows a (3) … Sudanese child holding a little Chihuahua dog and a Louis Vuitton handbag – both symbols of the rich western world. The message is clear: the rich (4) … on luxury items while the children of the Sudan (5) … . She says that the design is very popular and that the campaign has been more successful than she hoped. Nadia has said that she wants the fashion group to work with her: the money (6) … from her work would go to the campaign to save Darfur. (7) …, Louis Vuitton see it differently. They say they have to protect their brand.
The Sudanese government has committed many human rights abuses and there is a lot of violence in the country. (8) …, the people are dying of hunger and thirst. Many people in the west have tried to (9) … awareness of the situation and famous people such as Mia Farrow and George Clooney have spoken (10) … about it. To find out more about the campaign, go to: www. ……..
Adapted from an article in the Guardian, 2010.

0. A sued B demanded C reported D prosecuted
1 A out B up C down D to
2. A call B draw C bring D give
3. A famine B thirst C starving D greedy
4. A splash out B blow in C blow out D splash in
5. A go on B go out C go within D go without
6. A earning B earns C earned D to earn
7. A Moreover B Whereas C Nevertheless D Besides
8. A Meanwhile B However C Similarly D By contrast
9. A lift B open C bring D raise
10. A down B out C against D for

KEY

0. A



1. B



2. B



3. C



4. A



5. D



6. C



7. C



8. A



9. D



10. B