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In some lines there’s a spelling error or a punctuation error. Write the correctly spelt word or correct the punctuation. Some lines are correct.

Although it may seem trivial to some for me it is a miracle that I

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manager to park outsider my Home today! It wasn’t necessary to

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drive around the block and it did not take me half an hour. Almost a

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year has passed since this last happened, a sure sign that August the …………. 4 month Madrid shuts down, is just around the corner. Over the past

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week, my neighbours have been packing there and disappearing to

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apartements by the beach or villages in the countryside. A curious

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silence reigns over the buildings. ‘See you in four weeks time,’

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say signs pasted to bar and restaurant doors. Fresh bread and break’s ….…….. 9 for coffee recquire longer walks to the few places left functioning.

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Visitors to the city may be disappointed because they expect a busy

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midsummer, but are met by silence; foreign backpackers and scalding ………... 12 heat. Those of us who live here however, are delighted since to us

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Madrid becomes a secret paradise in August. An unwriten agreement

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has been signed by all of us: usual rules of behavior no longer apply.

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Dress codes are the first to go, shaving is optional and work becomes a ……..… 16 liesurely affair. Much of what you want to do cannot be done, because ..…….. 17 everyone else is away. There’s no one here to take your call. Please

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call back in September,’ comes to reply from the answerring machine. …..……. 19 It seems posible to live in a paradise even in summer in Madrid.

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KEY 1. some, for 2. necessary 3. √ 4. August, the 5. √ 6. their 7. apartments 8. four weeks’ 9. breaks 10. require 11. √ 12. silence , 13. here, however, 14. unwritten 15. √ 16. √ 17. leisurely 18. ‘There’s 19. answering 20. possible