1.

Glastonbury
Glastonbury is the largest open-air music festival in the UK. 200,000 music fans from all
over the world attend the five-day (1) ___________, which takes (2) ________________ at
the end of June. Over the years, the site has grown to the (3) _________________ of about
500 football pitches, which makes it the largest open field festival in the world. In (4)
___________________ to contemporary music, the festival (5) _________________
hundreds of comedians, dancers and other performing artists. Glastonbury has many
interesting things to see, including a (6) _________________ stage which is never shown on
a (7) _________________ of the festival site. Several films and recorded albums have been
(8) __________________ over the decades. Every year the festival attracts (9)
___________________ TV and media coverage.
The first festival was held in 1970, largely (10) _________________ by the hippie movement
of the 1960s. Only 1,500 music fans paid 1 pound for the whole event. Since then, prices
have soared to 248 pounds for a weekend ticket today. The (11) _________________ from
the festival go (12) ___________________ to charity organisations like Oxfam and
Greenpeace.
1 a) occasion b)affair c)incident d)event 7 a)atlas b)map c) card d) chart

2 a)off b)place c) part d) home 8 a)released b) announced c)published d) issued

3 a)size b)area c) amount d) range 9 a)wide b)well-known c) common d) widespread

4.a)addition b)contrast c)general d)comparison 10.a)guided b)influenced c)persuaded d)

changed

5 a)holds b)puts c) offers d) hosts 11 a)salaries b)funds c) benefits d) profits

6 a)hush b)surprise c) secret d) close 12 a)most b) at most c) mostly d) most time

2. Popular Music – From the 1950s to the 1980s

When Bill Haley’s “Rock Around the Clock ” appeared in the 1950s a new sound in music
was created. It was the perfect 1.____________________ (EXPRESS) of a fast-moving
society. Although teenagers liked it, the older generation hated it. The king of the rock and
roll era was Elvis Presley, who provoked his audience with his hip swings. In the 1960s
teenagers started to rebel against society. They were against everything their parents stood
for: 2._________________ (FASHION) cloths, no drugs, no sex before
3.____________________ (MARRY) and other things. When teenagers started dressing
themselves in old clothes and wore wild, loose hair, the hippy 4. _____________________
(MOVE) was born. The most famous band of the 1960s were The Beatles, with their
5._____________________ (CATCH) tunes and cool hairstyles. Their music influenced
many bands and 6.___________________ (COMPOSE) who came after them. In the 1970s
disco queens and punk bands set the trend in popular music. Some, like the Sex Pistols,
preferred 7.________________ (CHAOS) sounds. In contrast, female singers like Gloria
Gaynor and Donna Summer filled dancing floors with hot disco beats.
 3. Geocaching
Activity, actually, community, device, estimated, features, found, hidden, items, location,
navigate, place, presence, sign, treasures, websites
Geocaching is an outdoor (1) __________________ , in which you must wander around in
the countryside trying to find (2) __________________ containers with small (3)
__________________in them. The locations of these containers are posted on the Internet by
people who have (4) __________________been there. In order to go geocaching on your
own you need a GPS (5) ____________ or a mobile phone app that tells you where you are.
Type in the coordinates and (6) __________________your way to the cache. There are many
(7) __________________that post information about the location of a geocache. They offer
information on what kind of cache to look for, the geographical (8) __________________of
the area or how difficult it is to find it. Once you have found the cache you can (9)
__________________a logbook, that records your (10) __________________and shows that
you have located the geocache. If you decide to keep the treasure you must put something
else in its (11) __________________so that other people can find it. Caches can contain a
wide range of (12) ____________ including badges, stickers, sweets or even money. The
geocache (13) __________________is growing every day. It is (14)
__________________that there are about 3 million geocaches around the world, on all
continents, even Antarctica.

4. Mobile Phones
Some time ago, if we wanted to call someone, we had to be at home to do so. There were
public phones in the street, but it was often difficult to find (1) _________________ that was
working. Sometimes there were long queues before it was your turn to use them. In addition,
you had to bring a lot of coins to (2) _____________ for the calls. As a result, people didn't
phone their friends as often (3) _________ they do today. Today's mobile phones allow us to
talk with friends and family (4) _____________ we are on the move. They (5)
_____________ dramatically changed the life we lead. Before the age of the mobile phone,
parents would sit around worried when their children would be coming home. There (6)
_____________ no quick calls to say that there would be more guests for dinner. We left
notes on fridges or desks to communicate messages. However, mobile phones have also had a
negative (7) _____________ on our lives. We often don't realize that we have lost something
very valuable: our privacy. Today, our friends and family can get in (8) _____________ with
us wherever and whenever they want to. We can never get (9) _____________ from them.
The way people communicate with (10) _____________ other is completely different now.
It's not so easy to sit in a café and have a casual conversation without (11) _____________
interrupted by a phone call every few minutes. Most people don't see anything wrong in
having a long conversation on their mobile phone while forgetting about the person they are
sitting (12) _____________ to. A solution would be to leave our mobile phones at home or
turn them (13) _____________ completely. But nobody does that. Most people are
(14) _____________ of missing something important if they don't have their phones with
them at all times.