Every year a festival is (1) ____ to commerate the founding of our town over 150 years ago.
Read thetxt and choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits each space.
Every year a festival is (1) ____ to commemrate the founding of our town over 150 years ago. The festival (2)______ for a week and during hat time many local people dress up in old-fashioned clothes, sometimes even wearing them at work.
On the first day of the celebrate an opening (3)_____ is performed by a visiting celebrity at the band-stand in the town centre. From there a colourful procession makes its (4)______ through the streets of the town. We spend weeks beforehand preparing the floats, many of (5)_____ are (6)_____ by local firms and organization. In addition to these floats, there are band and street entertainers, such as fire eaters, jugglers and clowns walking on stilts.
The procession end up in the park, where a large marquee has been (7)_____ . Around the marquee there are various stalls where you can buy local produce or play traditional games.
Throughout the week many events are organized to recreate life 150 years ago. You can have your photograph (8)_____ wearing 19th century clothes or learn traditinal crafts such as basket-wearing. For the children there are puppet shown and talent contest.
The festival attracts thousands of visitors, and (9)_____ used to be just a small local event has now grown into a (10)____ tourist attraction
1) A. held C. opened
B. decided D. introduced
2) A. lengthens C. expands
B. prolongs D. lasts
3) A. meeting C. show
B. ceremony D. ritual
4) A. road C. direction
B. way D. path
5) A. them C. which
B. that D. these
6) A. supported C. helped
B. assisted D. sponsored
7) A. rejected C. given up
B. erected D. built
8) A. taken C. made
B. developed D. performed
9) A. this C. it
B. what D. who
10) A. splendid C. major
B. wonderful D. main
Complete the following text, using the words in the box: Bhangra is from(1) ..... and Pakistan. People traiditionally played the music at harvest time and also to celebrate New Year drums
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Bhangra is from(1) -. and Pakistan. People traiditionally played the music at harves time and also to celebrate
New Year and (2)-. The most traditional instrument is a type of (3)-. Many modern pop artis mix Bhangra with hop and (4)-. The dancers in Ayesha' s class learn the dance steps and how to move their (5)-Women wear coloeful clothes including a shirt,(6)-. and a kind of scarf.