1 For questions 1–12, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B,
C or D) best fits each gap.
The thing I like most about the summer is the Zodiac Folk Music
Festival. (1) _____ beats listening to acoustic music in the sun and
this family-friendly festival doesn’t (2) _____ the earth either. The
moment we arrived we (3) _____ on the little camping area they have so
we could (4) _____ our tents and then go for a wander. We soon found a
great spot. I got out my funky new tent. (5) _____ I’d bought it was
because I thought its bright green leafy design would blend in with nature and
it certainly did. It was so easy to put up too and in no time all the pieces
were slotted in place. Once the tents were up, we (6) _____ the
direction of the music. All we wanted to do now was dance, and dance we would.
The first band’s singer had a really lovely (7) _____ voice and really
got the crowd going, but (8) _____ the next artist that we were (9) _____
by. Her voice was simply amazing. Being a small and (10) _____ music
festival, it was easy to speak to her after her set and we somehow ended up
tagging (11) _____ with her. We were so taken by her Texan drawl and
bubbly personality that we soon became (12) _____ to everyone else.
1 A Something B
Anything C Nowhere D Nothing
2 A cost B
pay C earn D cut
3 A keyed on B
poured in C homed in D knuckled down
4 A plant B
make C pitch D build
5 A It’s only because B The
thing that C The reason for D The reason why
6 A meandered for B drifted
in C strayed off D lingered in
7 A piercing B
shrill C shrieky D high-pitched
8 A it was B
it will be C it was being D being
9 A knocked down B bowled
away C startled over D
blown away
10 A loose B
low-key C restrained D soothing
11 A by B
on C along D in
12 Aoblivious B engrossed C distracted D absorbed
KEYS
1
1 D
2 A
3 C
4 C
5 D
6 B
7 D
8 A
9 D
10 B
11 C
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