1. Read the following text carefully.

Katmandu – the long way

A holiday in Katmandu sounded great – but overland? And in a month?
We sent journalist Nick Jones to see if it was really possible.

“I liked the idea. I always wanted to go to Nepal and the Newspaper was going to
give me a month – fantastic! But then they told me: Most of the holiday wasn’t in
Katmandu at all. It was in an old Ford lorry. My reward was going to be five days in
the capital of Nepal before flying back to London.
When I saw the lorry, things didn’t get any better. Until I went inside. There were
beds, a fridge, a sofa and even a television. I cheered up immediately.
And as far as the journey is concerned, it was incredible! We left London planning
to get to Turkey as fast as possible and there the real journey began. Incredible
mountains, vast deserts and everywhere wonderful people. It was the holiday of a
lifetime.
But the very best thing was Katmandu. After three weeks on the road, the
Katmandu Guest House was like a dream. Even compared to our lorry…
Nick Jones’s Reports

2. Find the opposite of these words in the text:

a) awful
b) never
c) new
d) punishment
e) outside
f) ended
g) worse
h) nightmare

3. Answer these questions about the text:

a) What is Nick Jones’s profession?
b) How long was he going to be on holiday?
c) Where did he go?
d) Describe Nick’s accommodation during the journey.
e) Why do you think Nick considered this a journey of a lifetime?

4. Complete the following sentences with an appropriate CONJUNCTION.

a) Paul went to France for his summer holidays I’m sad
I didn’t go anywhere.
b) I have never traveled by train by plane.
c) I love the English language, I don’t speak it very well.
d) my parents I are looking forward for the Christmas holidays.
e) People don’t enter foreign countries outside the European Community
they have a passport.
5. Choose the correct tag to each of the questions.
a) You know this is the right attitude, ?
b) After working so hard he deserves wonderful vacations, ?
c) I’m very young to go on holiday alone, ?
d) Don’t tell anyone I’m scared of flying, ?
e) Let’s go by train instead, ?
f) Sarah has changed her mind about Spain, ?
g) You can’t just sit quiet and wait for your turn, ?

6. Complete the following sentences with a PHRASAL VERB WITH “LOOK”.

a) It really irritates me, when I don’t know a word and my teacher, instead of telling
me the translation, pushes the closed dictionary towards me and says:
“ ”.
b) After my little brother was born, my parents told me that I would have to
him. I had to babysit every single day!
c) When we go to an art museum, it is usually to the works of art.
d) I thought my English dictionary was lost, and I it all over the house.
Finally I found it under my bed.

7. Writing
Think green and imagine three things you can change about the town where you live.
Write some sentences explaining what you don’t agree with and why.
Add some suggestions about how to solve those problems.