Cambridge C1 Advanced / reading-english / C1 Advanced

Culture and traditions

10 original practice questions. Open them in any order.

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Swapping the holidays

When the government agency where Farah Qureshi works reviewed its leave policy last year, it made a small change with large consequences. Staff may now exchange up to three of the public holidays in the national calendar for days of their own choosing, whether to mark a religious festival, a national day from their family's country of origin or a local tradition from the region where they grew up. The right is now [1] (SHRINE) in the agency's staff handbook, which means that managers can no longer refuse a request simply because the date is inconvenient. 'Before, you had to ask for it as a favour,' Qureshi says. 'Now it's an entitlement.'

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Part 3 word formation

Read the text. Use the word given in capitals in brackets to form a word that fits gap [1]. Write your answer in capital letters.

Swapping the holidays — gap [1]: 'The right is now [1] (SHRINE) in the agency's staff handbook, which means that managers can no longer refuse a request'. Write the correct form of the word.

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