Question

If you_______________ (to go) shopping in any toy store, you can see clearly thedifferent games and toys for boys and girls: there are a lot of pink princesses and dollsfor girls; and dark-coloured cars, guns and soldiers for boys. In fact,__________________ (there/this/it) is difficult to buy a toy for a girl that is not pink.Some people think that a lot of pink is bad for girls. Also, Sam Palmer, author ofToxic Childhood, admits she is very worried about it as most girls over the age of one__________________ (to be) crazy about this colour. According__________________ (to/on/at) some psychologists, this happens for two reasons.Firstly, most companies offer too many products in pink. Thus, parents__________________ (not to allow) by producers to choose another colour. Secondly,parents can be blamed too, as many think that their little daughters look__________________ (cutely/cute/cutily) in a pink outfit. Some parents are concerned, too. Vanessa Grey, thirty-two, has two girls underfour. “Pink says that you are soft and gentle; whereas, blue says that you are strongand powerful. I want my daughters to grow strong and powerful,” she says. Hence, alot of parents wonder why __________________ (do companies promote/doescompanies promote/companies promote) colours just for boys or just for girls. However, not everyone __________________ (to think) there is somethingwrong with so __________________ (many/much/a lot of) pink. Grayson Turner is afather of three girls and he is not worried at all. “My girls used to love pink when theywere little, but as they get older, they change,” he says. And let’s__________________ (not to forget) that it’s only since the 1940s that people havestarted dressing girls in pink – before that it was a colour for boys

Answer 1

1. go

2. it

3. are

4. to

5. aren't allowed

6. cute

7. companies promote

8. thinks

9. much

10. not forget