Choose the word that fits in the sentence.                                                        The Notting Hill Carnival takes 1. place/places in the narrow streets of this west London district every August bank holiday. It is one of the largest street festivals in the world and has 2. it is/its roots in the West Indian community living in the area. …

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Choose the word that fits in the sentences:   From computer animation to the visual arts, the outstanding quality of British art and design is acknowledged 1. about/around the world. Take the amazing Angel of the North which soars above the A I road at Gateshead,  north-east England – the 2. largest/larger public sculpture ever …

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Choose the word that fits in the sentences.   Over the next 20 years, up to a quarter of the world’s trees and other plants could 1. been/be lost for ever. But not if one of the most exciting conservation 2. projects/project, the Eden Project, has anything to do with it. A disused china clay …

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Complete the text with the words given.                                                game         door       homes      drinks from          events    used      traditional Tea has always been a popular drink in the UK. So has beer and what better place to ’sup’ a  1. ………………. British pint than in a public house or ’pub’. Although it is possible to buy …

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Complete the text with the words given.                                                         popular          were        came          throughout chiefs            marking   history        place Another island off Scotland’s west coast, Iona, has an important place in the 1. ………….. of Christianity in the UK. It is well-known 2. …………. of pilgrimage to this day. It is said that in AD 563 …

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Complete the text with the words given.      centre         become         around         railway operated        urban           each           immediate It was thanks to horsedrawn vehicles and the congestion they caused in London’s streets that people turned their thoughts to constructing an underground 1……………….. . When it was opened in 1863, the London Underground or ’tube’, was the …

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Choose the word that fits in the sentences.                                                 Time for tea No village cricket 1. play/match would be complete without a break for tea. The Dutch first brought tea to Europe in 1610, although it 2. took/made some time for what is now the most popular English drink to catch on. At first it was …

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