B1 Glastonbury LIU038

Read the text about the Glastonbury music festival. Decide which of the four words
best fits each space.

Glastonbury is the largest open-air music

festival in the UK. 200,000 music fans from all
over the world attend the five-day (1) ___________,
which takes (2) ________________ at the end of
June. Over the years, the site has grown to the
(3) _________________ of about 500 football pitches,
which makes it the largest open field festival in
the world.

In (4) ___________________ to contemporary music,

the festival (5) _________________ hundreds of
comedians, dancers and other performing
artists. Glastonbury has many interesting things
to see, including a (6) _________________ stage
which is never shown on a (7) _________________ of
The Glastonbury Music Festival
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the festival site. Several films and recorded

albums have been (8) __________________ over the decades. Every year the festival attracts
(9) ___________________ TV and media coverage.

The first festival was held in 1970, largely (10) _________________ by the hippie movement of the
1960s. Only 1,500 music fans paid 1 pound for the whole event. Since then, prices have soared
to 248 pounds for a weekend ticket today. The (11) _________________ from the festival go
(12) ___________________ to charity organisations like Oxfam and Greenpeace.

1 occasion affair incident event

2 off place part home
3 size area amount range
4 addition contrast general comparison
5 holds puts offers hosts
6 hush surprise secret close
7 atlas map card chart
8 released announced published issued
9 wide well-known common widespread
10 guided influenced persuaded changed
11 salaries funds benefits profits
12 most at most mostly most time

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