New Yorkers told to 'pull their pants up'

Key
Question 1
a) True Eric Adams is behind the $2,000 'Stop The Sag' advertising campaign seen on billboards showing two men in jeans that hang low enough to display their underwear. In an online message posted on YouTube,
b) True The politician, a retired police captain,
c) False Larry Platt, an American Idol performer
d) True The campaign in New York follows a similar one in Dallas, where officials embarked on a 'Pull Your Pants Up' campaign in 2007.

Question 2
a) Mr Adams was travelling on a train. Near him was a man who was wearing a pair of trousers which allowed everybody to see his underwear. The other people on the train showed that they did not agree with the way the man was wearing his trousers but nobody opened their mouth to say anything to him.
b) Prisoners’ trousers often hang down because they do not wear belts. People living in city centres started wearing their trousers in a similar way then school students copied it too.


Question 3
a) display
b surrender
c) embark on

Question 4
a) Mr Adams wrote that you could raise your level of respect if you raised your pants.
b) The passenger was being looked at by everyone on the train but he was not told to pull up his trousers by anyone.
c) If officials in Dallas hadn’t embarked on a “Pull up Your Pants” campaign in 2007, there wouldn’t be one in New York.