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 The Glastonbury Music Festival artists. Glastonbury has many interesting things Image: Czampal, CC BY-SA 4.0 to see, including a (6) ______stage
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.
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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) event, which takes (2) place at the end of June. Over the years, the site has grown to the (3) size of about 500 football pitches, which makes it the largest open field festival in the world.
In (4) addition to contemporary music, the festival (5) hosts hundreds of comedians, dancers and other performing artists. Glastonbury has many interesting things to see, including a (6) secret stage which is never shown on a (7) map of the festival site. Several films and recorded albums have been (8) released over the decades. Every year the festival attracts (9) widespread TV and media coverage.
The first festival was held in 1970, largely (10) influenced 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) profits from the festival go (12) mostly to charity organisations like Oxfam and Greenpeace.
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