Олимпиадные задания. 10 класс.

 Think of the word which best fits each space. Write only one word in each space. There is an example at the beginning (0).

The Best New Year's Eve

Mark had been looking forward (0) to this holiday for months. His best friend Liam, (1) __________ lives in Edinburgh, had invited him over to celebrate Hogmanay – the traditional Scottish New Year. Although Mark was quite fond (2) __________ winter festivals, he had never been to Scotland before. (3) __________ Liam had planned everything, he told Mark to prepare for a lot of walking. To ensure they had enough energy, Liam’s mother (4) __________ cooked a massive traditional dinner before they left the house. This meant that there would be (5) __________ need to look for a restaurant on such a busy night.

They went out into the city center as usual and tried to concentrate on enjoying the street party rather (6) __________ on the freezing cold weather. At midnight, (7) __________ thousands of people were singing "Auld Lang Syne" together, a magnificent firework display started over the castle. Mark was staring happily (8) __________ the sky when a strange thing happened. A man in a traditional kilt suddenly (9) __________ hello to him and handed him a dark piece of coal. Mark had forgotten (10) __________ about the Scottish tradition called "first-footing", (11) __________ brings good luck to the house for the entire year.

By the time they returned home, the (12) __________ city had filled (13) __________ the sounds of bagpipes and cheers. "I'm (14) __________ glad I came here!" exclaimed Mark to Liam. "Me too!" Liam replied. "But, Mark, (15) __________ is your face covered in black soot from that coal?"

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Keys:

1. who 
2. of 
3. Although / Though / While 
4. had 
5. no 
6. than 
7. when / while / as 
8. at / into 
9. said 
10. all / completely 
11. which 
12. whole / entire 
13. with 
14. so / very / truly 
15. why