The national parks of Wales

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This text deals with the best hotel for a person who …

1) likes to have dinner in different places.

2) has problems with his health.

3) is a theater-goer.

4) likes shopping.

5) is fond of sports and wildlife.

6) wants to use the Internet to contact the family.

The best hotels

A) Lipton Hotel is only ten minutes on foot from the city centre and is an ideal place for those who are fond of sightseeing and looking for souvenirs and presents for the family and friends. Breakfast and lunch are served at the hotel and there is a nice restaurant nearby with evening concerts by local musicians.

B) The Wind Hotel is in the hills but not far from a railway station. It has a restaurant where you can have different national dishes and listen to music in the evening. There are golf and tennis courts, a swimming-pool, and the hotel organizes tours to see birds and rare plants.

C) The Blue Ocean Hotel is fi ve minutes on foot from the beach and twenty minutes by car from the motorway. The hotel offers breakfasts only but there are a lot of nice cafes and restaurants nearby. The rooms are very comfortable. The hotel also offers Internet service.

D) Jackson’s Hotel is in a beautiful place in the hills, not far from a nice river. Every morning you will hear birds singing. The place is good for fishing and riding. The nearest village is 20 km away, but the hotel offers everything you may need: food, concerts by a local group and free Internet service.

E) The Sunrise Hotel is 100 metres from the sea with all the rooms looking on the beach. The hotel offers such sports as surfing and tennis. There is a good restaurant with a diet specialist, a cinema and an Internet cafe nearby. The main attraction for people with stomach problems is a mineral source not far from the hotel.

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The Queen’s family

In the days of Queen Victoria (1837–1901), ordinary British people thought that the royal family was very special. Victoria, her husband and A_______ nine children were seen as an example of perfect family life. But today things B_______ different. The Queen is still generally popular, but there have been C_______ many problems with royal marriages. Two of the Queen’s

four children –Anne and Andrew — are now divorced.

Prince Charles, the Queen’s oldest son, married Princess Diana in 1981. Diana was young and beautiful and the newspapers and television were very interested in her. Soon she was D_______ than Charles, her husband. But her marriage to Charles was not happy. When Diana died in a car accident in 1997 with her lover, Dodi Fayed, many British people were very sad. In April 2005, Charles E____ Camilla Parker Bowles, a friend of more than thirty years.

A 1) their 2) they 3) them 4) theirs

B 1) be 2) is 3) were 4) are

C 1) two 2) too 3) also 4) either

D 1) popularity 2) popular 3) most popular 4) more popular

E 1) marry 2) married 3) marries 4) has married

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The national parks of Wales

There are three National parks in Wales, which cover one fifth of the whole country. A_____parks are protected by law because of their natural beauty, but ordinary people still live and work here. The most famous of the parks is Snowdonia in the northwest. It covers 840 square miles (2,176 sq. km). It’s Wales’ most picturesque countryside. The highest mountain range in Wales is in this area, with several peaks over 3,000 B____ (910 m). Snowdon is more than 1,085 m. You can reach the top of it on foot or by the Snowdon mountain railway, which is 7 kilometers long. Many men, women and C______travel to the parks for special holidays. These include a large number of outdoor D______such as walking, climbing and riding, or water sports such as canoeing and fishing. People camp and live without all the usual comforts of home. They E______ nature around them.

1. this 2. foot 3. these 4. activities 5. enjoy 6. children 7. feet

2. 50 years ago people didn’t even hear of computers, and today we cannot imagine life without them. Computer technology is the fastest-growing industry in the world. The first computer was the size of a minibus and weighed a ton. Today,

its job can be done by a chip the size of a pin head. And the revolution is still

going on. The next generation of computers will be able to talk and even think

for themselves. Of course, they’ll be a lot simpler than human brains, but it will

be a great step forward.

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