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“7 le Task 3, (Estimated time: 15' / marks: 8) Read the text, then choose from the lit below the word oF phrave that beat fits ‘cach gap. There are FOUR words which you do not need to use. (0) 1s the example. a ‘TAKE A HOLIDAY ON THE mit Beaches? Bah. Holsaymakers want now horizons and @ motorway jaunt is just the start Wi all cary with us semi-consclous Ideas of what sort of things should feature in a ‘ypical holiday. Sun is —_(0)ikely__ to be high on thelist, along with good food, beausful hotels and something cultural or natural Burt what one thew away the rula Book and imagined a very diferent sot of holiday, ‘one based around the ordinary, unfaly —1_ and frequently fascinating corners of everyday life? Too often, t seems, we glamorise places that are far away and Unknown, and stop around those that are to and superficially familia. ‘That ls what has ingplted some colleagues and | to set yp ah unusual kind of travel ‘agency, designed to take people around te ignored bits of the moder word, which \8e bolove 2 a.go0d deal of interest ona cares to tke a coso look ‘Through tha agony, we are offering a hotday to Heathrow (a place ful of remarkable poetry i you know How t lok), tour around the great Briish sky and anothor tothe Isle of Wight. 4 the holiday 'm most excited about is two-day trip up the Mt. Rarely have __5__ stopped to admire it's the exraordinary work of archtocture, {esign, sociology and peculiar gastronemy i undoubtedly is. To understand the Mt is nothing lees than to slat to understand the modern weld service stations, Whole books could be writen on ther distinctive designs and ‘hilosophies. When the fist motorway service staton was opened its spit vss Setomminedly fuuristc. I Became a favourto destination fora lunch out for many who ved in the vicinity. They would come forthe sole purpose of admiring the ewoop ofthe sigante pate-gias windows and tho roar of tho tats bolow thom The point of fiday up the Mt is to become aware of al that goes on behind the _-7-__ that ordinary drivers might not be aware of. For example, the sing of services is decided in consultation with specialists in keiney functions, who create complex averages of how long a human bladder can go on before it neds to be emptied Fm fookng forward o fae amount of fun on this Mt holiday, but the underlying point Ig-@ serious one. than always being chance to escape reality, holidays should perhaps also offer us a chance to make ourselves more at home inthe word "wo ive in, even down fois hall-teriying, all-subime motorway systems. Adapted The Times BEEN HARBOUR NEGLECTED REFUSED FURTHER LIKELY. PEOPLE SCENES, HAND MOREOVER © RATHER, TAKE yer ENA-09-SAMPLE, 5

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