A. SET OUT B. SET UP C. SET OFF D. SET BACKREAD THE FOLLOWING PASS...

27. A. set out

B. set up

C. set off

D. set back

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet

to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions

Package holidays, covering a two weeks" stay in an attractive location are increasingly

popular, because they offer an inclusive price with few extras. Once you get to the airport,

it is up to the tour operator to see that you get safely to your destination. Excursions, local

entertainment, swimming, sunbathing, skiing - you name it - it"s all laid on for you.

There is, in fact, no reason for you to bother anything yourselves. You make friends and

have a good time, but there is very little chance that you will really get to know the local

people. This is even less likely on a coach tour, when you spend almost your entire time

travelling. Of course, there are carefully scheduled stops for you to visit historic buildings

and monuments, but you will probably be allowed only a brief stay overnight in some

famous city, with a polite reminder to be up and breakfasted early in time for the coach

next morning. You may visit the beautiful, the historic, the ancient, but time is always at

your elbow. There is also the added disadvantage of being obliged to spend your holiday

with a group of people you have never met before, may not like and have no reasonable

excuse for getting away from. As against this, it can be argued that for many people,

particularly the lonely or elderly, the feeling of belonging to a group, although for a short

period on holiday, is an added bonus. They can sit safely back in their seat and watch the

world go by.