Kate Moss axed over drug scandal.

BNE: The Kate Moss cocaine saga rumbles on. The supermodel, who reputedly earns $15 million a year from lucrative deals with companies including Burberry, Chanel and Christian Dior, is now daily fodder for British tabloids. They have become obsessed with Moss’s lifestyle and antics and have lavished page after page embellishing on the facts and gossip surrounding her documented drug use and sex life. Moss has been in an out of rehab clinics for years and said in an interview with David Bowie two years ago she had kicked her drug habit forever. However, it now emerges police are to investigate allegations that she has taken cocaine. A senior officer ordered the probe following newspaper pictures of Moss allegedly snorting the drug.

Moss, 31, has now been dropped as cover girl for the fashion giants H&M, Chanel and Burberry. H&M’s decision reversed an earlier statement from the company that condemned substance abuse but forgave Moss and gave her a second chance. However, a slew of phone calls from irate customers and negative publicity over the prudence of being associated with a cocaine user, expedited the supermodel’s axing. A company spokesperson explained: “H&M has decided that a campaign with Kate Moss is inconsistent with H&M’s clear dissociation of drugs.” Shoppers were perplexed that as a mother, Moss saw fit to use hard drugs. Burberry and Chanel quickly followed suit in dumping Moss and disassociating themselves with the furor created by her errant behavior.



1 DRUGS: What do you think of the following drugs? Should they all be banned?:

a) Alcohol causes domestic and street violence. It kills thousands on the roads every year. It should be made illegal.
b) Nicotine is one of the world’s biggest killers. Smokers put a huge strain on health services. Cigarettes and other tobacco products should be banned.
c) Marijuana is far less addictive and dangerous than alcohol. It doesn’t make people violent. It should be made legal.
d) Cocaine and heroin are lethal killers. Anyone caught dealing in or using them should go to prison for 25 years.

2. KATE MOSS OPINIONS: How far do you agree with these opinions on Kate Moss?:

a) Kate Moss is being very unfairly attacked. The media should leave her alone.
b) She should set a better example. She should therefore go to prison.
c) Supermodels influence young people. They have a responsibility to avoid drugs.
d) The world has real problems. Kate Moss is a non-deserving nobody.
e) Why the fuss? Hundreds of celebrities, sports stars and politicians take drugs.
f) Irresponsible media coverage of Moss will encourage more people to try cocaine.
g) What has Moss done for the world? Nothing. Let’s focus on useful lives.
h) I really don’t care about her. The whole story is boring.

3. TRUE / FALSE:

a. A supermodel has been decapitated for using cocaine. T / F
b. The British gutter press has become obsessed with the model. T / F
c. The model has regularly frequented drug rehabilitation clinics. T / F
d. Police are not interested in photos of the model snorting cocaine. T / F
e. Three fashion houses have dropped the model as their cover girl. T / F
f. A slew of irate shoppers are angry over the model’s axing. T / F
g. Shoppers were perplexed that the model disrespected her mother. T / F
h. Chanel has dumped the model’s suits following the furor she created.T / F


4. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article:

a.saga uproar
b.lucrative sniffing
c.lavished lot
d.embellishing wasted
e.snorting drug
f.substance story
g.slew wisdom
h.prudence wrong
i.furor high-income
j.errant elaborating



ANSWERS
TRUE / FALSE:

a. F
b. T
c. T
d. F
e. T
f. F
g. F
h. F


SYNONYM MATCH:

a.saga story
b.lucrative high-income
c.lavished wasted
d.embellishing elaborating
e.snorting sniffing
f.substance drug
g.slew lot
h.prudence wisdom
i.furor uproar
j.errant wrong