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

Read the texts and define the statements below as true or false.

Favourite buildings

A The Colosseum

I always visit the Colosseum when I’m in Rome; it’s magnificent. I suppose it’s what many people think of when you say classical architecture. It’s an incredibly impressive building. It was opened way back in AD 80. it’s a vast amphitheatre and big crowds used to go there to watch gladiators and fights between wild animals. It is made of stone and concrete, and although it was damaged by earthquakes in the 15^th century, the main structure has survived for almost 2,000 years. It used to look rather run-down, but recently it has been renovated and partly restored.

B The Hajj Airport Terminal

I love the Hajj Airport Terminal in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. It’s really stylish. It’s a mixture of traditional architecture and high-tech materials, so it’s also very contemporary. It was built to provide a meeting place for Muslim pilgrims on their way to and from Mecca. It’s basically a number of huge tents, put up using some kind of innovative roof technology. It’s an enormous modern airport, but it has no walls or air-conditioning. The tents are like giant parasols and their sides are open to desert breezes. It really shows how you can design a low-energy building which both works and looks great.

C The Eiffel Tower

My favourite building is the Eiffel Tower in Paris. It’s one of the world’s best-known landmarks and it captures the atmosphere of Paris for me. It looks so elegant and graceful rising above the city. It was built as a temporary structure for the 1889 Universal Exhibition but has never been taken down, although apparently at the time there was a lot of opposition from the public to it, with many people calling it an eyesore. It’s massive. I think it’s about 300 metres tall – and it was the world’s tallest structure until 1930.

The Colosseum:

1. was built in the 15^th century.

2. was a place where people watched fights.

3. is older than others two structures.

4. is currently in very bad condition.

The Hajj Airport Terminal

5. combines different styles of architecture.

6. keeps people cool with air-conditioning.

7. is very energy efficient.

The Eiffel Tower

8. has always been popular.

9. was the world’s tallest building.

10. was never intended to be permanent.

Find words in the texts which mean the following.

11. a circular building with sets arranged on a slope (Text A)

12. continued to exist in difficult conditions (Text A)

13. repair a building so it is in good condition (Text A)

14. scientifically advanced (Text B)

15. umbrellas that protect you from the sun (Text B)

16. a building which is easily noticed (Text C)

17. not lasting or needed for very long (Text C)

18. something ugly or very unpleasant to look at (Text C)