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Task 1
 You are going to read an article about a festival organised in Hope, Arkansas every
August. Some words are missing from the text.
 Your task is to choose the most appropriate word from the list (A-M) for each gap
(1-8) in the text. Write the letter of the appropriate word in the white box.
 You can use each word only once.
 There are three extra words that you do not need to use.
 There is one example (0) at the beginning.

HOPE WATERMELON FESTIVAL

Best (0) _______ as the birthplace of U.S. President Bill Clinton, Hope,
Arkansas, is also "Home of the World's Largest Watermelons" and hosts 0) C
the only watermelon festival featuring giant watermelons.
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Hope watermelon growers have been (1) _____ to grow the biggest
since the 1920s. In 1925, Hugh Laseter created a sensation with a(n) 2)
(2) ______ 136-pounder (≈62 kg) that was exhibited for a few days. The
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1928 champion was almost 145 pounds. Ivan Bright and his son Lloyd
(3) _____ the first 200-pound (≈91 kg) melon in 1979; seeds from it were 4)
sold for $8 (4) _____. In 1985, Lloyd Bright's 10-year-old son Jason 5)
grew a 260-pound (≈118 kg) watermelon (5) _____ was recorded in the
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1992 Guinness Book of World Records. These melons are huge
(6) _____ to the quality of the soil and an early greenhouse start. 7)

The Hope Watermelon Festival (7) _____ in 1926, ended with hard 8)
times, was restarted in 1977, and has been (8) _____ annually ever since
with about 50,000 visitors. There has been nationwide press coverage
because of the enormous melons.

A ACCORDING D DUE G HELD K STARTED

B COMPETING E EACH H PRODUCED L THAT

C KNOWN F EVERY I RECORD M WHAT

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Task 2
 You are going to read an article about Oulu, Finland, where people more often use
their bicycles during winter than anywhere else in the world. Some words are missing
from the text.
 Your task is to write the missing words on the dotted lines (9-16) after the text.
 Use only one word in each gap.
 There is an example (0) at the beginning.

THE WINTER CYCLING CAPITAL OF THE WORLD

Oulu is covered in snow for five months of the year and temperatures (0) ______ drop as low
as -30ºC, with just four hours of daylight.
Despite these harsh conditions, 12% of winter journeys are made by bicycle in Oulu. At first
sight, the beautiful wintry surroundings look like they have something to (9) ______ with it.
But without proper cycling infrastructure, the attraction wouldn’t be enough.
The city encourages cycling (10) ______ clearing the paths every day during winter. One of
(11) ______ most effective changes is also one of the simplest: clear the cycle paths first and
then the roads. Three to four centimetres of fresh snow is no issue for cars, but it might be a
problem for cyclists and prevent elderly people from going outside (12) ______ all. The cleared
cycle paths also provide access around the city for people (13) ______ use mobility scooters.
One key challenge for winter cycling is safety. The paths (14) ______ well-lit during the dark
winter months, and there are 320 underpasses so that children, (15) ______ particular, don’t
have to cross roads.
The mental and physical health benefits are another reason for the city’s cycling
encouragement. It wants to (16) ______ sure that all citizens are able to go outside during the
winter months.

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Task 3
 You are going to read an article about a 17th century shopping list which was found
in the attic of a country home in England. Some words are missing from the text.
 Use the words in brackets to form the words that fit in the gaps (17-25).
 Then write the appropriate form of these words on the dotted lines after the text.
 There might be cases when you do not have to change the word in brackets.
 Use only one word for each gap.
 There is an example (0) at the beginning.

SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY SHOPPING LIST

Spoons, a (0) ______ (fry) pan and codfish – these items were on a shopping list written
400 years ago, which was (17) ______ (recent) discovered in the attic at Knole, a historic
country home in Kent, England.
The archaeology team at Knole discovered the 1633 note during a multi-million-dollar
project to restore the house. The team also found two other 17th century letters
(18) ______ (near).
Robert Draper wrote the shopping list to Mr. Bilby. The note was (19) ______ (beauty)
written, suggesting that Draper was a high-ranking servant. Draper asked Mr. Bilby to send the
items to Copt Hall, an estate in Essex.
How did this domestic letter get (20) ______ (hide) in an attic at Knole, which is
36 miles away from Copt Hall? Copt Hall and Knole were united when Frances Cranfield
married Richard Sackville in 1637. Frances’s father was the (21) ______ (own) of Copt Hall;
Sackville had inherited Knole, his family’s home. Household records show that domestic items
– (22) ______ (include) various papers – were moved from Copt Hall to Knole at the time of
the wedding.
Cranfield inherited a number of expensive (23) ______ (paint) and furniture from her
father. Draper’s letter certainly was not among the (24) ______ (value) items that Cranfield
brought to the (25) ______ (marry), but for modern-day historians, it is exceptionally
important.

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