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Listening B HONG KONG ARTS FESTIVAL
1 Listen to four people talking about their reading
06 Every February and March, the city of Hong Kong
habits. Match speakers 1–4 with statements A–E. hosts the Hong Kong Arts Festival which started in
There is one extra statement. 1973 with the aim of promoting the cultural life
of the city. The HKAF Society, which is a non-profit
This speaker organisation, raises the funds necessary to hold
the festival through sponsorship from government,

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describes a recent change in his/her reading
A charity organisation and corporate donations.
habits.
Although the main focus of the festival is on
enjoys reading stories which are already the performing arts, with a good number of world-
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familiar to him/her. famous bands, theatre companies and performers
criticises others for their choice of reading being on stage, every year, the organisers run the
C ‘Festival PLUS’, an educational programme, which
material.
includes lectures, presentations, workshops and
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E
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masterpieces.
refers to the opinions of others when
choosing what to read.
meetings with artists to encourage audiences to
participate actively at the festival and to find new
talent.
Outside the festival period, The HKAF Society is

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also involved in producing and putting on new
__ / 4 theatre plays and all kinds of music and dance
performances. Many of these productions go on to
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Reading be performed at theatres, concert halls and opera
houses all over the world.

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2 Read texts A–C and match them with questions 1–5.
One of the questions refers to more than one text.
Which festival C AGEAS SALISBURY INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL
1 begins the same way each year?  Since starting in 1973, the Ageas Salisbury
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2 has events which are held in untypical locations? International Arts Festival has attracted over
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  a million visitors. Besides amazing performances

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3 has mainly music, theatre and dance events?  of theatre, dance, film and all kinds of music, the
4 involves the locals freely offering their help?  multi-arts festival also hosts literary events and
exhibitions of the visual arts, some of which are
5 makes use of a special person to advertise free to attend. Although the 1973 event was held
the event?  in July, now the three-week event takes place from
mid-May to early June. A lot of the festival venues
include well-known landmarks, both in the city
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of Salisbury itself and the surrounding area, such
A ADELAIDE FRINGE FESTIVAL as the ancient Stonehenge stone circles, Salisbury
This festival started in 1960 when a group of artists, Cathedral and Old Wardour Castle, to name but
who didn’t accept the fact that many of them were a few.
not allowed to participate at the official Adelaide
The organisers of the festival put a lot of emphasis
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Festival of Arts, decided to organise their own event.

on the festival benefitting the local community.
From this small beginning, the festival has become
Besides bringing large profits to the area, the event
the second largest annual festival in the world, with
encourages the pursuit of art-orientated career
a large budget to fund the event being provided
development through including lots of lessons and
by the government. Traditionally opened with
workshops for young people. Not surprisingly, the
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a parade followed by a street party, it features

event is valued by the public as one of the top arts
an unbelievable programme of over 900 events,
festivals in the country, which is also highlighted by
covering cabaret, comedy, circus, dance, film,
the massive number of volunteers that are required
theatre, the visual arts and music. For four weeks
each year to help to organise and run the events.
from mid-February to mid-March, the audiences go
to both typical venues like theatres and galleries,
and unusual places like warehouses and abandoned __ / 6
buildings.
The Adelaide Fringe is open to all kinds of artists.
Most of the performances are free for the public
to watch, although people have to pay to watch
the main acts at the festival. Due to the festival’s
worldwide appeal, in 2012, the government
of South Australia decided to appoint an Adelaide
Fringe Ambassador, whose main role is to promote
the event both at home and overseas, who also
performs during the event.

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Language functions 6 Choose the correct prepositions.
3 Complete the sentences with appropriate words. 1 While preparing the exhibition, I was responsible by /
for / with contacting the local artists.
1 I don’t think the film is as good ____________
the novel. 2 I use the Internet to watch some programmes in / by
2 One good point ____________ the book is that / on catch-up TV.
it’s so amusing. 3 My friend is excellent in / with / at drawing

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3 To ____________ up, the concert was a bit of a waste caricatures of people.
of time. 4 The article was full with / of / for useful information
4 ____________ it comes to the plot, it was too about some contemporary sculptors.
predictable.
5 To my ____________, the play is one of the best
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I’ve ever seen.

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Vocabulary 7 Underline and correct the mistakes in the sentences.

4 Read the definitions and write the correct words. 1 When we were children, my sister would be very
nervous whenever our mum told her to clean her

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1 a type of painting that only shows objects rather room.
than people or landscapes (e.g. flowers on a table) _____________________________________________
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2 I must admit that it’s the first time I eat sushi and
2 the people who attend a concert or theatre play I am a little lost with how to use the chopsticks

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____________ properly.
3 making you think seriously about a problem _____________________________________________
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3 On that day, Jane was running across the park when
4 worth remembering ____________ suddenly her phone had rung.
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5 a piece of strong cloth which an oil painting is done _____________________________________________
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on ____________
4 We’ve got to hurry up, the film is starting at 7.15.
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6 a movement we make with a part of our body, _____________________________________________

especially the hands, to express some meaning or
emotions ____________ 5 I have painted the room all morning but I haven’t
finished it yet.
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5 Complete the sentences with the missing words. __ / 5
The first letters have been given.
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1 Some a____________ c____________ have viewed 8 Choose the correct answers to complete the text.
the work of this artist as a completely new trend Last year, Tim decided to spend his summer holidays in
in abstract painting. Andalucía. Although he 1 ________ Spain regularly for
2 I think some sitcoms can be really a____________! several years, he was very excited because this was the
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You can’t stop watching them once you’ve started. first time he was going to visit the south of the country.
3 This newspaper is rather r____________ – you can On the day of his flight he left home early.
trust it to be accurate. He 2 ________ for his plane in the airport café, sipping
a cup of coffee when, all of a sudden, somebody hit
4 The concert was b____________ l____________, so
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him on his back with something heavy. He 3 ________

while watching it on TV, I kind of felt as if I was there
to shout something at the person who had made him
with the others in the crowd.
spill his coffee but when he looked around, he was
5 I like reality shows where you can v____________ speechless. He 4 ________ such a beautiful girl! Her
f____________ the people taking part in them to stay name was Lucia, and she was from Granada. They sat
on or drop out of the show. next to each other on the plane. Lucia and Tim have
__ / 5 been a couple ever since. This year, they 5 ________ to
go on holiday together. They have been thinking about
where to go for a long time but will probably spend
two weeks somewhere colder, maybe in Scandinavia.
1 a had visited b had been visiting c has been visiting
2 a was waiting b has been waiting c had been waiting
3 a is just going b was just going c just went
4 a has never seen b never saw c had never seen
5 a are planning b plan c were planning
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English in use Writing
9 Choose the answer that means the same as 10 Read the instructions and do the writing task.
the underlined phrase or sentence. Niedawno pomagałeś/pomagałaś w przygotowaniu
1 The news report about the recent events was very wystawy artystycznej. Zredaguj wpis (100–150 słów)
impartial. do zamieszczenia na blogu i:
a fair-minded • podaj podstawowe informacje o wystawie;

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b prejudiced • wyjaśnij, na czym polegała Twoja rola
c unreliable w przygotowaniu wystawy;
2 We were really curious about his plans for the future, • napisz, jak oceniasz wystawę;
so we kept asking him a lot of questions. • wyraź swoją opinię na temat angażowania się
a concerned about młodzieży w wydarzenia artystyczne.
b disappointed with
c interested in Hi everyone! I’d like to tell you about a recent
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3 I’d like to learn more about contemporary trends in
the fine arts.
a current
b past
exhibition that I helped to organise.

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c future ________________________________________________
4 I didn’t expect to see a great performance.
Nevertheless, I was pleasantly surprised. ________________________________________________
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a As a result
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b However
c All in all
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5 My grandma would often take me to the theatre
when I was a child. ________________________________________________
a didn’t like to take me
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c used to take me
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