Cloze Test 12 Out of This World: Cloze Test 17 How To Organize A Convention Activity - I
Cloze Test 12 Out of This World: Cloze Test 17 How To Organize A Convention Activity - I
Some of us will soon 1)…………. holidays in space! The idea may appear 2)…………. fantastic to be
true, but the space-tour operators of the future 3)……… … to regard it as a real possibility.
They are not alone. NASA, America’s space agency, and the Space Transportation Association, a group
of 16 aerospace companies, 4)……… on a detailed study ‘with a view to establishing a US space tourism 5)
………….’
It has been 6)…………. that 2007 will see the start of mass tourism in space. By around 2010 at least
one hotel 7)……….. been built in which tourists could stay for up to a week.
The general plan, 8)……….., is to take passengers first to a height of 50 miles – the official boundary of
space. There they 9)………… a taste of weightlessness for about two minutes and some 10)……… views of the
Earth. It will cost 11)……… around ₤400,000 each. The money 12)…….. used to help develop a fleet of
vehicles and space hotels.
The next step would be 13)…………. the up-and-down trips to orbital flights (probably two or three
circles of the Earth, for 14)………… as 20 passengers at a time), giving four hours in which 15)……… pictures
and enjoy some weightlessness games. 16)…………, such a programme would depend 17)….…..… many
factors.
Will there be much 18)………… for such holidays? Well, when Neil Armstrong made his ‘giant leap
for mankind’ in 1969, Thomas Cook had so many 19)………... from potential space travellers that it set up a
Lunar Tours Register.
In Japan, the Tokyo-based Shimizu Corporation has set a target date of 2020 for its orbiting space
resort, to which it aims to shuttle parties of 64 tourists, eventually planning 20)……..…. trips to the Moon.
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CLOZE TEST 17
HOW TO ORGANIZE A CONVENTION ACTIVITY -I
1)……… you have been asked to find a venue and organize a conference, there are certain key points you
will need to know and decisions that will have to be 2)……… before you actually make the booking.
The first, most important, point is the number of 3)……… attending. Is it a big conference – say for 50 or
100 people – or a 4)……… board meeting for just six, because it 5)……… a big difference to the size of room
and all the arrangements. So, number one is number of delegates.
The next thing to decide is what you actually want to 6)……… with your conference, is it a training
session or are you having a sales lunch? You may get all your sales people together and you show 7)……… a
new product. This is very 8)……… from a training session. So, you obviously want to know 9)…….. you want
to achieve 10) …… the end of the day.
Then you must decide how long your conference 11)….… to last, how many days you 12)……….. you
are going to need and what time of year you want to hold it. The type of activities and functions can be 13) ….…
on the weather, for instance if you intend to 14) ..……. an evening garden party.
Another point is where the conference is going to take 15)….…. Before you can decide on this, you must
know where the people that you are expecting to attend 16)…….. be coming from. Will it need to be reasonably
central – near to an airport, near to good railroad connections, or 17)………. to get by road? Are there adequate
car parking 18) ……… ?
And, of course, you need to know who is actually 19)………for the conference. Are the delegates paying
for themselves or is it a company paying? Usually, the company pays for the main 20)……… of the conference
and the delegates pay for their drinks and telephone calls and other peripherals .
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1) Once; 2)taken; 3) delegates; 4) small; 5) makes; 6) achieve; 7) them; 8) different; 9) what; 10)
at; 11) is; 12) anticipate; 13) dependent; 14) hold; 15) place; 16) will; 17) easy; 18) facilities;
19) paying; 20) part