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1. Real Reading 2 – Unit 4 Extra Reading
Unique Trips
1 Tourists have more and more options for
interesting travel these days, and the
choices are more extreme than ever.
Travelers can hike in unusual places, climb
5 mountains, or go rafting on wild rivers.
These types of activities can provide an
experience that you can’t find on a typical
vacation.
If you don’t want physical activity or
10 adventure but you seek a unique experience,
you can go to a festival. There are unusual
ones hosted by local communities around
the world. No matter what your interest,
you’re likely to find something to entertain
15 you.
For example, if you are in Sonkajarvi,
Finland, in July you can watch an unusual
competition called the “World Wife-
Carrying Championships.” It’s not difficult
20 to guess what occurs in this event. Husbands
carry their wives in a race! Then there’s
baby-jumping. There really is an event in
Calacho, Spain, where men jump over a line
of babies.
25 There are many food-related festivals
around the world. At most food festivals,
you eat the food, but at some, you throw the
food. In Buñol, Spain, people throw
tomatoes in a famous festival. In Ivrea, Italy,
30 it’s oranges. This started long ago, when
young girls threw oranges at possible
boyfriends on a special day. Now everyone
throws them in this festival. In the United
Kingdom, people throw pancakes in the air
35 on Pancake Day.
If your interests are more out of this
world, you could attend the Roswell UFO
Festival, in Roswell, New Mexico. The
theme for this event is aliens and UFOs
40 (unidentified flying objects). The organizers
provide lectures on the topic. There is also
an alien parade and costume competition.
Yes, everyone dresses up as aliens.
As a tourist, you will need a place to
45 stay. Why stay in a hotel when you can stay
in a prison? There are at least five hotels
around the world that were originally jails
but are now hotels. Of course, you’re always
free to check out in the morning! If you like
50 water, there are hotels under water; and
there is more than one hotel made entirely of
ice; or, maybe you’d like to reserve a room
on a train or a plane. There are several hotels
in old planes and trains. One hotel in the
55 United States is in a converted coast guard
helicopter.
So, next time you travel, try something
different. There are so many ways to make
your trip a truly unique experience. What are
60 you waiting for?
Real Reading 2 Unit 4 Test 1
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2. Real Reading 2 – Unit 4 Extra Reading
Comprehension
Write answers to the questions.
1. What is one example of an unusual physical activity travelers can do?
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2. What happens in the festival in Finland in July?
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3. What do the men do in the festival in Calacho, Spain?
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4. What do people throw in a festival in Ivrea, Italy?
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5. What is the theme for the festival in Roswell, New Mexico?
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6. How many hotels are there that were prisons?
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7. What is an unusual material that a hotel is made from?
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8. Where is the hotel that is made from a helicopter?
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Answer Key
Comprehension
1. Possible answers: hike, climb mountains, go
rafting
2. Husbands carry their wives in a race.
3. They jump over babies.
4. Oranges
5. Aliens and UFOs
6. At least five
7. Ice
8. In the United States
Real Reading 2 Unit 4 Test 2
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