1. The document discusses caravanning as a family holiday option in Wales.
2. Wales offers scenic seaside locations, castles, theme parks, and affordable accommodations like caravanning.
3. Caravanning sites in Wales have modern amenities and activities for families to enjoy regardless of the weather.
1. The document discusses caravanning as a family holiday option in Wales.
2. Wales offers scenic seaside locations, castles, theme parks, and affordable accommodations like caravanning.
3. Caravanning sites in Wales have modern amenities and activities for families to enjoy regardless of the weather.
1. The document discusses caravanning as a family holiday option in Wales.
2. Wales offers scenic seaside locations, castles, theme parks, and affordable accommodations like caravanning.
3. Caravanning sites in Wales have modern amenities and activities for families to enjoy regardless of the weather.
1. The document discusses caravanning as a family holiday option in Wales.
2. Wales offers scenic seaside locations, castles, theme parks, and affordable accommodations like caravanning.
3. Caravanning sites in Wales have modern amenities and activities for families to enjoy regardless of the weather.
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Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only one word in each space. Caravanning in Wales The sea cliffs and sandy beaches of Wales are hard 1......... beat. Add to 2..........wild, romantic scenery, ancient castles, modern theme parks and cheap accomodation and you’ve got a great family holiday. Of course 3........... makes Wales so green is the rain. Even in mid-summer, you can expect a couple of wet and windy days. But don’t let that 4...........you off. There are 5........of indoor activities, so you can enjoy 6............ whatever the weather. For 7............. people Wales is a caravan country. If you haven’t stayed in a caravan 8.............you were little, it’s 9........... you tried it again. Standards of comfort are much higher 10............ a decade ago, with facilities such 11 ......... laundries and kids play areas. A good example is the Fontygary Holiday Park. You can stay in a spacious caravan equipped 12.......... TV, shower, separate bedrooms and fridge, 13............ works out to be less expensive when compared 14................... a guesthouse or self-catering cottage. And you won’t even need to leave the site to 15........fun. The kids can swim in the –metre indoor pool, or join 16.......... the games organised by the entertainment staff. Meanwhile you can take a sauna, go to the gym, have your hair styled, or just sit on the cliff top and enjoy the view.
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2 For questions 1-15, read the text below and decide which word A, B, C or D best fits each space. There’s an example at the beginning (0)
Bicycles Why don't the British cycle? Only a quarter of the 0 … twenty--- million bicycles in the country are thought to be in 1 … use in Denmark, which is flatter but no darker or rainier than Britain twenty per cent of all journeys are made by bicycle, while in Britain the 2 … is only 5%. The government are trying to 3 … this. It is hoped that a grant of millions of pounds from the National Lottery will 4 … more people to use their bikes. The money will be used to 5 … for a 6,500 mile national network of cycle tracks. Britain needs to 6 … environmentally friendly schemes such as this. The southern third of the country is one of the most 7 … areas of the world. Environmentalists make it 8 … to build new roads, and 9 … roads are very overcrowded. One official committee described growth of motor transport as “possibly the 10 .. environmental threat to the UK”. The 11 … of building the cycle tracks is to motivate people to use their bicycles instead of their cars. However, the new tracks are being built 12 … cities and not through them. This 13 … that only long distance journeys may be easier and safer. Those cyclists who want to 14 … inside cities will be in danger of 15 … their lives on busy roads every time they use their bicycles.
0A counted B numbered C estimated D guess
1A right B regular C normal D proper 2A size B portion C figure D part 3A improve B succeed C excel D help 4A support B activate C boost D encourage 5A cost B give C pay D afford 6A do B introduce C commence D make 7A full B loaded C occupied D crowded 8A rough B uneasy C stiff D difficult 9A existing B prevailing C living D left 10A hardest B greatest C grandest D strongest 11A aim B function C design D course 12A from B in C among D between 13A tells B says C means D defines 14A travel B wander C tour D follow 15A expiring B losing C missing D terminating
3Read the text below and look carefully at each line. If a line is correct, put a tick (√) by it. If it has a word which should not be there, write the word at the end of the line.
Winter Visits to London
Every year at Christmas time my parents 1
pay on a short visit to London. They like 2 to fly there on a Friday morning and 3 return on a Sunday evening. While been in London 4 they always stay in an expensive hotel 5 close to the Marble Arch. Christmas time may 6 seem a strange time for to visit London. 7 After it all, England in the wintertime can be 8 cold, wet and foggy itself. Sometimes it even 9 snows. However, my parents like going 10 because, despite of the cold weather, 11 there is a lots to do. My mother goes 12 in order that to visit the shops and buy 13 presents, my father does enjoys visiting the 14 museums and art galleries, and they 15 both like to visiting the theatre in the evening 16 when the streets are being lit with Christmas lights 17
4 Find the word which should not be in the sentence
1. She let me to use her computer.
2. The Persian rug was too expensive for us to buy it. 3. Taking regular exercise it is beneficial to your health. 4. In addition to be losing her purse, Joan also lost her passport. 5. We saw the Queen to welcome the British Olympic winners. 6. It was enough too late to find accomodation elsewhere. 7. We would sooner to renew our contract than move somewhere else. 8. The archaeologist is believed to have being found the tomb of the ancient King. 9. He might to be given a more responsible position in future. 10. To making promises you do not intend to keep is dishonest. 5 Read the text below. Use the word given in capitals to form a word that fits in the space. Write your word in the answer boxes provided. Collecting Things Nowadays, you are more likely to hear 1............. than serious comment when stamp-collecting is mentioned because it’s no longer 2............. . But lots of people are 3............ about collecting yhings and find it a 4 .............. way to spend their time. Souvenirs from holiday 5............., whatever the country, are 6 .............. popular with collectors. So are household items with something special in common which makes them 7................., such as sugar spoons with engraved pictures, scarfs or 8............. mugs. Collecting things is a 9............activity – great for meeting new people – which may be why it is said to have 10 ................ benefits. It is a relaxing and interesting 11............... .
1. We stayed in a ______________that had rooms that made you feel like you were living in a medieval castle. 2. You can always find _____________ if you look on the Internet a week before you want to go. 3. I couldn’t stand the weather there. Every day we had to put up with ________________. 4. Some people prefer to go on ______________. Then they don’t have to drive around or make arrangements for themselves. 5. The menu was full of ____________ that just made your mouth water. 6. Turkey has a/an ___________ on just about every street corner. It’s so full of history! 7. The amount of development causes so much pollution and is bound to leave a/an ______. 8. The problem with ___________ is the airports they use are often quite a long way from the place you’re visiting.
