/100 pts Underline the correct verb form in the sentences below: a) Thomas Cook organised/ has organised the first tour in 1841 b) Pathfinders wasn’t/ hasn’t been the first to offer tailor-made holidays c) He worked/ has worked in the travel industry since 1996 d) When did you start/ have you started working for Kuoni? e) Customers became/ have become more demanding in the last few years f) The number of bookings fell/ has fallen since the accident g) So far we had/ have had a very successful season h) Visitors from the USA increased/ have increased by 8% since the last year i) We started/ have started offering tours to Mexico two years ago j) Many operators put/ have put their prices up lately / 10 Put the verbs in brackets into the correct Past Simple or Present Perfect forms: In 1972 David Crossland brought Ravel agency called Pendle Ravel Services Ltd During the 1970s business grew and in 1980 he (create) ……………………………… a tour operating division known as Pendle Air Tours Six years later, the company (sell) …………………… its chain of 21 outlets to concentrate on tour operating In March 1987, Airtours plc (be) …………………………… born and four years later Airtours International, the UK based in-house airline, (begin) ………………………………… commercial flying During the 1990s, the company (continue) ………………………………… to expand by acquiring chains of travel agencies Then in November 2001, Airtours (announce) ………………………………… plans for the future of the group under the new name of MyTravel Group plc Now MyTravel plc (become) ………………………………… one of the biggest operators the world’s most active markets for air-inclusive holidays and other travel services The strategy (be) ………………………………… to develop its own key brands for direct distribution and other brands for sale through travel agencies The growth of e-commerce (enable) …………………………… the firm to launch all its brands on the internet and online sales (triple) ………………………………… over the last few months / 10 Rewrite the sentences using the word in brackets Base form Past form Past Participle was / were leave done saw grow bought forgot have put paid Read the text below and answer the questions on the next page ./ 20 Port Olimpic The most important rebuilding for the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona was the demolition of the old industrial waterfront Four kilometers of promenade and sandy beaches were made Barcelona suddenly seemed like a seaside resort The city council built 000 apartments with parks and called the area Nova Icaria This area is still known as Vila Olimpica because the Olympic athletes originally stayed there On the seafront there are two forty-four-floor buildings, Spain's tallest skyscrapers One of these towers is an office block, the other is the modern and luxurious Arts Hotel The towers stand by the Olympic port which was also constructed for the 1992 games This area has shops and nightclubs, but the main reason for visiting is the two levels of restaurants around the marina, which make it a popular place to eat out The wonderful outdoor setting attracts business people at breakfast and lunchtime, as well as locals and tourists in the evenings and at weekends After lunch you can walk along the beach or sit in one of the stylish promenade cafés Parc de la Ciutadella The Parc de la Ciutadella has a large boating lake, orange groves and palm trees full of parrots The park was a) What was made at Barcelona's water front before the 1992 Olympic Games? originally the site of a fortress which Prosper Verboom built for Felipe V between 1715 and 1720 In 1878, most of the b)fortress Why is this area known as Vila Olimpica? that occupied the site was pulled down and the park was given to the city to become the venue for the Universal 1888 c)Exhibition What is the main in attraction of the waterfront in Barcelona? The architect, Josep Fontsere, designed the cascade in the park with the help of Antoni Gaudi who was then still a d) What can you after lunch at the waterfront? young student Parc Zoologic e) What can you see in Parc de la Ciutadella? You can visit Barcelona's zoo in the city park The zoo didn't open until the 1940s The zoo had a special design in f)which When was small the fortress for Felipe built? pools of Vwater separated the animals The only known example of an albino gorilla - Snowflake arrived Barcelona zoo in 1966 when he was three years g)-Who was Josepat Fontsere? old Snowflake soon became the zoo's mascot and fathered Nowadays, you can also see dolphin and whale shows in one of the aquariums at the zoo i) Who was Snowflake? j) What else can you see at the zoo? / 10 State whether the sentences are T (true) or F (false) Correct the false ones a) The area of waterfront was called Nova Icaria b) On the Barcelona's seafront there are the tallest skyscrapers in Spain c) Business people often have breakfast or lunch at the waterfront d) The Universal Exhibition was held in Parc de la Ciutadella e) Prosper Verboom built a fortress, which was located in the area of Parc de la Ciutadella f) Gaudi helped to design the cascade in the park g) The zoo opened in 1940s h) Snowflake was a three-year-old when he came to the zoo i) The albino gorilla came to the zoo in 1966 j) Snowflake had twenty children ./ 10 Translate a) kariera - b) upadek - c) minimalizować - d) wyzwanie - e) wyższy standard - f) częściowo - g) rocznica ślubu - h) główna droga - i) niedogodność - j) kłopoty - k) compensation - l) variety - m) eventually - n) surroundings - o) saturation - p) harmful effects - / Put the words from the list into the correct spaces: q) point of view 20 - r) expectations foreign exchange, cruise, guesthouse, charter flight, luxury coach, all-inclusive, inn, insurance, mini- break, visa s) quality of service - t) opportunities - / 10 Put the words from the list into the correct spaces environment, merger, competition, tailor-made, profits, takeover, brand, e-commerce, collapse, margins a) Under the agreement the companies will share their resources and be combined into one new company b) Management described the move as a hostile bid and said Crossair would lose its independence c) Kuoni and Thomson are two of Britain’s biggest package holiday names d) The growth of applications such as online booking is transforming the industry e) It’s increasingly difficult to survive in the face of so much f) The of the tour operator meant that many holidaymakers were unable to return home untill new arrangements had been made g) We’re in the business of offering holidays at package tour prices h) Last year we were able to maintain high profit well in excess of the industry average i) The impact of tourism on the has to be controlled if we want to survive j) Making money is hard - are smaller and customers expect higher standards ./ 10