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India is one of the largest and most 14) ………… (wonder) countries in the world. Apart from its 15) ………… (fantasy) cultural and linguistic variety, it’s also known for its food which is extremely 16) ………… (taste). Its most famous dish is curry. There are hot and 17) ………… (spice) curries as well as sweet and mild ones. With its magnificent temples, its long 18) ………… (sand) beaches and its unique cuisine, India is a truly 19) …………(delight) country well worth visiting.
Vocabulary
Which words go together?
20 room, occupancy a) standards
21 up-market, deluxe b) rate
22 maintain, keep up c) bed
23 wheelchair, internet d) location
24 quiet, suitable e) staff
25 four-poster, king-size f) hotel
26 helpful, polite g) access
27 magnificent, lakeside h) views
Choose the right word to fill in the gap.
28 Is it ……… or are meals included?
Self-catering full board a package
29 We stop in different ports and the whole ……… takes two weeks.
Cruise flight camp
30 The island’s status as a clubbing capital has become ……….
Unspoilt legendary unsurpassed
31 The rides are scary and ……… at the same time.
Exhilarating mighty unspoilt
32 The ……… smell of the foods and spices is out of this world.
Glamorous exclusive intoxicating
33 Holiday ……… often provide activities for children.
Chalets sites camps
34 The ……… for scene one was the home of a wealthy doctor.
Performance stage set
35 The fine arts include painting, sculpture and ……….
Ceramics opera ballet
Grammar
Complete the text with the correct active or passive form of the verbs in brackets.
Newgrange
The origins of Newgrange 36) ……… (hide) in mistery. According to Celtic legend, the kings of Tara 37) ……… (bury) here until the eleventh century, but Newgrange 38) ……… (predate) them by over 3.000 years.
The burial chamber 39) ……… (build) some time around 3200 BC but grave 40) ……… (leave) untouched by invaders down the centuries (though not by tomb robbers). The site 41) ……… (rediscover) during the seventeenth century but it wasn’t until the 1960s that the area 42) ……… (excavate).
Archeologists then 43) ……… (discover) that on the winter solstice rays of the sun 44) ……… (enter) the tomb and light up the burial chamber, making it the oldest solar observatory in the world. What is remarkable is that Newgrange 45) ……… (design) by people who 46) ……… (have) exceptional engineering skills but neither the wheel nor metal tools. About 200.000 tonnes of loose stones 47) ……… (transport) to build the mound, or cairn, which 48) ……… (protect) the passage grave. Larger blocks of stone 49) ……… (use) to make the circle around the cairn.
Many of the stones along the passage, the chamber and its recesses 50) ……… (decorate) with zigzags, spirals and other geometric patterns.
№ 7
Topic ‘The development of tourism in different countries’.
Comprehensive reading
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