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Section One
Use of English
7) Part of what makes his exhibit so unique is that,
A
it allows the photographer to handle things in a sort of “play by play”
mode
B
the designers, features and the materials all come from different cor-
ners of the earth
C
in each portrait, the person is holding the previously photographed
person’s photo, creating a chain symbolic of the Olympic flame
D
you were able to customise your own device with whatever kind of
graphic, text or personal image you desire
E
Philippe’s exhibition may be viewed in Rich Mix in London.
3. Find words or phrases in the text that have the same meaning as the follow-
ing:
a. to think about something carefully and for a long time
b. has ceased to exist, became extinct or lost
c. to go to many places
d. searching or surveying a collection of [sth]
e. I was content with
f. To become accustomed to.
4. Analyse the text from both a linguistic perspective and stylistic point of view.
5. Read the post below where Philippe Sibelly describes his idea. Which state-
ment connected with the article is
not
true?
a. The World in One City is a photographic project I developed in 2005,
before the announcement of the 2012 Olympic city.
b. London wanted to promote its multicultural credentials. I decided to
look for and photograph Londoners from every Olympic nations in the
world (202 at the time, 205 today).
c. All were photographed with a very high resolution, fine grain 35mm
film, Kodak Tech Pan, using a Nikon camera and lens, asking each Lon-
doner to hold the photo of the previous person photographed, creating
a continuous chain, as shown in the animated version of the work.
d. The last Polaroid, the Londoner from the UK (Hardeep Singh Kolhi,
Scottish Londoner of Indian origins and TV presentor), holds in it the
images of people from every nation on the planet.
e. Of course you can’t see it with your naked eye: only two or three are visi-
ble, but I like to imagine the photographic grain has somehow been af-
fected by all these images.