VII. Choose the best answer to complete the passage. (2,0 pts)
A WELSH FESTIVAL
Wales has a population of about three millions. English is the main language
and only twenty per cent speak both Welsh and English. Every year _______(1)
August there is a Welsh – speaking festival. It _______ (2) place in a different town
each year so everyone has the chance for it to be near them. Local people ________(3)
years making plans for when the festival will be in _______ (4) town. Each festival is
______ (5) by about 160,000 people. They travel not only from nearby towns and
villages _______(6) also from the rest of the British Isles and _______ (7) from
abroad. There are concerts, plays and _______(8) to find best singers, poets, writers,
and so on. Shops sell Welsh music, books, pictures and clothes as ______(9) as food
and drink. The festival provides a chance for Welsh – speaking people to be together
for a whole week, with _______ (10) Welsh language all around them.
1. A. on B. by C. in D. at
2. A. takes B. finds C. has D. makes
3. A. pass B. put C. spend D. do
4. A. our B. their C. his D. its
5. A. arrived B. attended C. joined D. come
6. A. but B. and C. since D. however
7. A. just B. hardly C. quite D. even
8. A. tests B. examinations C. competitions D. races
9. A. long B. far C. good D. well
10. A. one B. a C. the D. some