Fill in each blank with one suitable word in the box to complete the passage. There are two extra words.

      Would you like to know how people in Spain welcome New Year? Eating twelve (31) …………………… .Tradition has it that you have to eat them one by one, in time with the striking of the clock (32)…………..…… midnight on 31 December. If you manage to eat all the grapes in time, you will have a year of prosperity and good (33) ……………….. Whether or not you believe in magic, try the experience – it’s great fun. On this day, family or friends usually get together for a (34) …………… dinner and then have the twelve grapes. In many towns and villages, people go to a central square or an iconic place where there is a large clock, to eat the grapes (35) …………………… and share the last minutes of the old year.

II. Put the words in the box in the correct rows.

strawberries      hay      a donkey      a fence      sheep      flowers      rice straw

 a horse      a tent      grass      a building      grapes      cattle      a camel

a memorial      rainwater      a bike      roses      buffaloes      a motorcycle

cows      lettuces      a poster      stamps      goats

     ♦ ride: …………………………………………..…………………………..

     ♦ herd: ……………….……………………………………………………..

     ♦ collect: …………………………………………………………………...

     ♦ pick: ……………………………………………………………………...

     ♦ put up: …………………………………………………………………....

I. Put one suitable word in each gap in the following text.

Enjoyment is what drinking wine is all about. However, the more you know, …………… (1) easier it becomes to select the right wines for you or your guests. Wine is basically grape juice to …………… (2) yeast has been added causing it to ferment and produce alcohol. Alcohol is flavourless, so there must be something more …………… (3) wine than this. Many of the secrets of wine lie within the grape. Its pulp is a sugar solution which contains the things that give a wine its fruity flavour. In a dry wine, most of a grape’s sugar has been converted …………… (4) alcohol. In a sweet one, more sugar is left. This can be felt on the …………… (5) of the tongue. The pulp also contains acidity which gives the wine ‘’crispness’’ that makes the mouth water. Too much …………… (6) it can make you wince, too little and the wine could taste dull. The skin contains flavour and tannin. Tannin produces a tingling sensation in the gums and gives a wine firmness. White grapes have their skins removed before fermentation so tannin is only really found in red wines. The pulp of black and white grapes is …………… (7) same pale colour. The fact that the skins of black grapes are left on …………… (8) the wine is fermented gives red wine its colour. The wines which are often considered to be the best are …………… (9) where all the elements balance one another. There are many grape varieties grown in many climates which influence the emphasis given to these features and this is …………… (10) wines can be so wonderfully different.  

IV. Put the words in the box in the correct rows.
strawberries, hay, a donkey, a fence, sheep, flowers, rice straw, ahorse
a tent, grass, a building, grapes, cattle, a camel, a memorial, rainwater
a bike, roses, buffaloes, a motorcycle, cows, lettuces, a poster, stamps, goats
♦ride:_________________________________________________________________
♦ herd:________________________________________________________________
♦collect:_____________________________________________________________
♦pick:________________________________________________________________
♦ put up: ________________________________________________________________

III. Put the words in the box in the correct rows. 

Strawberries, hay,  a donkey,  a fence,  sheep  

Flowers, rice,  straw,a horse,  a tent  

grass, a building, grapes,  cattle,  a camel  

a memorial, rainwater, a bike,  roses,  buffaloes  

a motorcycle, cows,  lettuces,  a poster, stamps, goats 

1. ride:  

2. herd:  

3. collect: 

4.pick:   

5. put up: 

III. Put the words in the box in the correct rows. 

Strawberries, hay,  a donkey,  a fence,  sheep  

Flowers, rice,  straw,a horse,  a tent  

grass, a building, grapes,  cattle,  a camel  

a memorial, rainwater, a bike,  roses,  buffaloes  

a motorcycle, cows,  lettuces,  a poster, stamps, goats 

1. ride:  

2. herd:  

3. collect: 

4.pick:   

5. put up: 

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to fill in the following exchange

Jack and Joe are discussing how to make salad for dinner.

-Jack: “______”.

-Joe: “How about putting some grapes in it, instead?”.

A. We could fry some onions with it too

B. I’d rather just have some bread, thanks

C. Let’s put some pieces of apple in the salad

D. Good idea! I’ll go and make one.