SHOPPING MALLS
Victor Gruen, an American architect, revolutionised shopping in the 1950s by creating the type of shopping centre that we now call a shopping mall.
Gruen’s (1) was to provide a pleasant, quiet, and spacious shopping environment with large car parks, which usually (2) building in the suburbs. He also wanted people to be able to shop in all kinds of weather. He (3) on using building designs that he knew people would feel (4) with, but placed them in landscaped ‘streets’ that were entirely enclosed and often covered with a curved glass roof. This was done to (5) some of the older shopping arcades of city centres, but while these housed only small speciality shops, Gruen’s shopping malls were on a much grander (6) .
Access to the whole shopping mall was gained by using the main doors, which (7) the shopping ‘streets’ from the parking (8) outside.
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Part 2
Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap.
SUMMER CAMP
Every year, eight million children across the United States spend some time at a summer camp. For more than a century, children enjoyed both learning new skills and part in a variety of activities in a friendly environment.
There are 10,000 camps across the country, are designed to look youngsters from the age of six to eighteen. The camps, lasting anything from one to eight weeks, are often situated in beautiful lakeside areas and there is wide range of prices to suit every pocket. The children typically do outdoor activities, including some challenging sports like climbing, or indoor activities as drama, music or poetry.
Though the camps are not luxurious, the wooden cabins the young people sleep in are comfortable. The timetable does not allow very time for relaxing because the children are kept busy all the time. The camps are popular with the children, and many come away out of enthusiasm. In the words of one former camper, ‘I made a lot of friends, was never on my own, and became a lot self-confident.’
Part 3
Use the word given in capitals behind the gap to form a word that fits in the gap.
REMEMBERING YOUR DREAMS
A team of scientists, who have studied the subject of dreams, have come up with some interesting conclusions. First of all, everybody, without exception, has them. Secondly, dreams can be of practical value, acting as a (REMIND) of things of (IMPORTANT) that we need to do in our waking lives. If you dream of the punishment you may receive for not handing in your homework (PUNCTUAL) , for example, this may help you to do it on time. Indeed, things we are (ANXIETY) about in our daily lives often feature in our dreams.
But it is hard to make sense of your dreams if you lack the (ABLE) to remember them in the first place. One (RECOMMEND) is that you should keep a diary and pen by your bed, so you can write down your dreams as soon as they occur. You should concentrate on three aspects. Firstly, record the strongest emotion in your dream, whether it is fear, (ANGRY) or whatever. Then write down anything strange or unusual that happened and the names of the people who made an (APPEAR) in your dream. This way, according to the experts, you will have a reliable and meaningful dream record, which will make for fascinating reading.
Part 4
Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. DO NOT CHANGE THE WORD GIVEN. You must use between two and five words, including the word given.
Nobody spoke for about five minutes.
BEFORE
It was about five minutes anything.
Mr Johnson continued to get up at 6.30 even after he retired.
CARRIED
Mr Johnson at 6.30 even after he retired.
I prefer eating sandwiches to a cooked lunch.
RATHER
I sandwiches than a cooked lunch.
‘I’m sorry I behaved so badly,’ said George.
APOLOGISED
George so badly.
There’s no chance of Jenny getting here on time.
POSSIBLE
It won’t be here on time.
‘We really don’t need to leave early,’ said Elena.
POINT
‘There’s really early,’ said Elena.