UNIT 8: TOURISM

A. PHONETICS

1. Find the word which has a different sound in the part underlined.

1. A. explore B. exotic C. erode D. stew

2. A. hyphen B. honest C. helmet D. heat

3. A. safari B. versatile C. marinate D. shallot

4. A. lush B. mushroom C. cube D. brush

5. A. holiday B. potato C. potential D. promote

2. Find the word which has a different position of the main stress in each line.

1.A. checkout B. orchid C. decide D. mountain

2. A. touchdown B. package C. sightseeing D. hotel

3. A. freedom B. enjoy C. discover D. arrange

4. A. confusion B. pyramid C. popular D. difference

5. A. breathtaking B. affordable C. imperial D. magnificence

B. VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR

1. Choose the right word/ phrase and then write it under each picture

Luggage brochure ticket mountain seaside tent

1. _________________ 2. _____________ 3._________________

4. _____________________ 5. _______________ 6. _________________

2. Put the words in brackets into the right forms to complete the sentences.

1. I am going to visit Japan next week and Tokyo is our __________ destination. (finalize)

2. Please, make sure you book a hotel before you come to our island, ____________ in the
summer. (especial)

3. The hotel where we are staying now is very _________________ . (luxury)

4. Most tourist ________________ in Ha Noi charge an admission fee. (attract)

5. If you visit our country, you can try many kinds of food _________ by the local people
along the streets. They are really delicious. (cook)

3. Choose the correct option A, B, C, or D to complete the sentences.

1. Most people enjoy _________ abroad and having the chance to stay in some exotic cities.

A. travel B. to travel C. travelled D. travelling

2. I’d like to become a ________ because I can travel everywhere and show tourists around.

A. travel B. to travel C. travelled D. travelling

3. Every time my father flies to America, he gets really bad _____________________.

A. jet lag B. journey C. touchdown D. mix-up

4. Have you ever been to the _____________ discovered Son Dong Cave, one of the most
beautiful caves in Viet Nam?

A. just B. new C. newly D. recent

5. Do you think cycling from Ha Noi to Ho Chi Minh City with some friends is _________?

A. interest B. interestingly C. interesting D. interested

6. An obvious benefit of tourism is that it plays a key role in economic ___________ of

every nation.

A. growth B. increase C. raise D. strong

7. Thanks ____________ the widespread use of modern means of transport, people have
more choices of holiday destination and can now visit even the remotest parts of the world.

A. for B. to C. of D. upon

8. I am sure tourism has contributed ____________ to the income of this region.

A. many B. big C. great D. greatly

9. Tourism has certainly _______ an important factor in the development of many countries.

A. to become B. become C. became D. becoming

10. Tourism bring cultural benefits, as travelers learn about the history and culture of a
place, and __________ them around the world.

A. spread B. move C. speak D. make

4. Fill each blank with a word/ phrase in the box.

Sightseeing popular wonders stimulating tourism

Birthplace mountain sushi relax drawbacks

1. My friend is going to France with her family this summer holiday. She’d like to visit
Mont Blanc, the highest ________________ in the Alps.

2. She’d love to explore Paris and go ___________ in the historic city of Versailles.

3. My younger sister would like to go to Japan to see cherry blossoms and eat _________
and sashimi every day.

4. Jeju Island is a very ____________ place for holiday in Korea. The island is well known
for natural wonders, including waterfalls, white sand beaches and a dormant volcano.

5. The Great Wall, one of the greatest ____________ of the world, was listed as a World
Heritage by UNESCO in 1987. Just like a gigantic dragon, it winds up and down across
deserts, grasslands, mountains and plateaus, stretching approximately 13,170 miles (21,196
kilometers) from east to west of China.

6. If you want to travel somewhere, you just sit home and call a Travel Agent. An
experienced tour guide will help you to choose and plan a ____________ holiday that is
right for you.

7. One of the _____ of tourism is the destruction of the wild animals’ habitat in some
places.

8. The positive aspect of ________ is that it helps promote international understanding and
cooperation among nation.

9. Italy is considered the _________ of Western culture. High art and monuments are to be
found all over this country.

10. If you visit my country, you can spend your time sightseeing, shopping or you can
________ on one of the excellent beaches, eating fresh seafood.

C. READING

1. Read the following Tourist Information Poster and complete it with one suitable
word in each blank.
 Five great places to visit in Britain

1. A beautiful area

Snowdonia in north of Wales is a region of beautiful mountains. Snowdonia is 1,085 meters

(1) _________ and is the highest mountain in England and Wales.

There is a small train to the top of the (2)_________. The view is fantastic if it isn’t raining!
A café there sells drinks and traditional Welsh cakes.

2. An activity centre

Fort William is a great place for exciting out door (3)__________. People come to climb
Ben Nevis, the highest mountain in Britain. It is 1,344 metres high. White-water rafting is
very popular and it is also possible to go paragliding. Loch Ness is not far if you (4)
__________ to see the monster!

3. An ancient monument

Millions of people (5)___________ Stonehenge every year. This strange circle of very big
stones is over 4,000 years old. Archaeologists think it is very old calendar because the sun
(6)__________ on different stones at different times of years.

4. An interesting city

Manchester is a very interesting (7)___________. The Museum of Science and Industry

sounds boring but it isn’t. There is a 4D cinema with moving seats and lots more. It is a
great city (8)__________ music, shopping and football. It is possible to visit Old Trafford,
the stadium of Manchester United football team.

5. A great seaside resort

Newquay is a (9)_________ town in Cornwall. The beaches are fantastic and the old town is
beautiful. Sailing and surfing are popular here. Newquay is a great place for food, too. It is
(10)____________ for the Cornish pasty, a type of pie with meat and potatoes.

2. Read the text and answer the questions below

Package holidays, covering a two week's stay in an attractive location are increasingly
popular, because they offer an inclusive price with few extras. Once you get to the airport, it
is up to the tour operator to see that you get safely to your destination. Excursions, local
entertainment, swimming, sunbathing, skiing – you name it - it’s all laid on for you. There
is, in fact, no reason for you to bother anything for yourselves. You make friends and have a
good time, but there is very little chance that you will get to know the local people. This is
even less likely on a coach tour when you spend almost your entire time travelling. Of
course, there are carefully scheduled stops for you to visit historic buildings and
monuments, but you will probably be allowed only a brief stay overnight in some famous
city, with a polite reminder to be up and have breakfast early in time for the coach the next
morning. You may visit the beautiful, the historic, the ancient, but time is always at your
elbow. There is also the added disadvantage of being obliged to spend your holiday with a
group of people you have never met before, may not like and have no reasonable excuse for
getting away from. As again this, it can be argued that for many people, particularly the
lonely or elderly, the feeling of belonging to a group, although for a short period on holiday,
is an added bonus. They can sit safely back in their seats and watch the world go by.

1. When you go on a package holiday, you don’t have to _____________.

A. arrange anything yourself B. pay for any extra activities

C. follow the tour schedules D. travel in an organized group

2. People going on package holidays ____________________.

A. are unable to amuse themself

B. expect to be amused by tour operators

C. find most of their interests catered for

D. are able to make friends with lots of local people

3. Which of the following statement is NOT true?

A. You are constantly on the move when you are on a coach tour
B. A coach tour is always exhausting.

C. You don’t get enough sleep on a coach tour

D. You get no change to visit historic buildings in famous cities on a coach tour.

4. “Time is always at your elbow”. This mean _________________.

A. you can take your time visiting a place

B. you have to spend a lot of time visiting a place

C. your time is always limited when visiting a place

D. there is always no time for you to visit any place.

5. In spite of its disadvantages, spending a holiday with a group is good particularly for
______________.

A. schoolboys and schoolgirls

B. the lonely or elderly people

C. newly married young couples

D. those who always travel by themselves.

3. Choose the correct word A, B, C, or D for each gap to complete the following
passage.

New Orleans is an old city in the southern part of the US. It is (1)___________ for its old-
fashioned streets and building and jazz music. It used to (2)___________ millions of tourist
every year. But all of this (3)_________ in August of 2005.

A nasty hurricane named Katrina hit the southern part of the US. New Orleans suffered the
most damage (4) _______ the storm. New Orleans is a city but built (5)____________ sea
level , so it has levees – was built to keep sea from flowing into land. However, Katrina
destroyed these levees and the city eventually became flooded (6) __________ sea water.
More than 100 people were dead and the city was (7) ___________ destroyed.

Houses were gone, building were ruined, and cars were damaged. Experts (8)__________
that it will cost more than 26 billion dollars to rebuild the city. But hope is still left for the
people of New Orleans. People in the US and all over the world have (9)__________ money
and supplies to help them with the rebuilding. Will New Orleans be rebuilt as the beautiful
city it once was? We will just have to wait and (10) _________.

1. A. good B. famous C. lovely D. beautiful

2. A. absorb B. keep C. attract D. call

3. A. changed B. change C. changes D. have changed

4. A. with B. at C. of D. from

5. A. below B. under C. on D. at

6. A. with B. from C. by D. of

7. A. entirely B. completely C. totally D. thoroughly

8. A. say B. tell C. speak D. house

9. A. sent B. taken C. made D. spent

10. A. watch B. look C. glance D. see

D.WRITTING

1. Make up sentences using the words and phrases given.

1. sometimes / development/ tourism/ bad/ effects/ on/ environment/ .

___________________________________________________________

2. one / drawbacks/ tourism/ is/ damage/ to/ environment/ area/ or/ country/ .

___________________________________________________________
3. Some / towns/ and / countries/ usually/ become / overcrowded/ with / tourists / at /
summer time/.

___________________________________________________________

4. Da Nang/ city / where/ international / fireworks / festival / held/ yearly /.

___________________________________________________________

5. she / advised / me / not/ go / there / peak / season/ because/ there / a lot / tourists / and /
everything / very/ expensive/ .

___________________________________________________________

2. Rewrite the following sentences so that it has a similar meaning. Using the word
given.

1. Our package holiday was wonderful, the price was reasonable.

It ____________________________________________________

2. I bought a book at the bookstore near my house yesterday. It was really interesting.

The book ______________________________________________

3. She like the history of Asian countries very much.

She is very interested ____________________________________

4. I watched a really interesting international football match on TV last night.

The international football match _____________________________

5. Man invented the bicycle. It is one of the most efficient machines.

The bicycle is _____________________________________________

3. There are ten mistakes in this passage. Can you find and correct them?
A few year ago Star Wars actor Ewan McGregor and his daredevil friend,
Charley Boorman, begin an incredible trip from the UK to South Africa by motorbike.
They started in Scotland in May and drove through 18 countries to arrive in Cape Town in
August. They made a TV programme call Long Way Down with their cameraman, Claudio.
First Ewan and Charley drove down through UK and into France. Then they gone across
France and through the mountains into Italy. From there, they sailed across sea to Africa
and their adventures really began!
In Libya, they were driving across the desert when a terrible sandstorm started. And in
Kenya they carried their motorbikes over a big river.
When Ewan and Charley arrived on Cape Town, thousands of spectators and tourists were
cheering for them. It was an incredible trip, but they arrived safe.