Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

Package holidays, covering a two-week stay in an (46) _________ location, are increasingly popular, because they offer an inclusive price with a few extras. (47) _________ 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 for yourselves. You (48) ________ friends and have a good time, but there is very little chance that you will get to know the local people. This is even less likely on a coach tour when you spend almost your entire time (49) ________. Of course, there are carefully scheduled stops for you to visit historic buildings and monuments, but you will probably be allowed only a (50) ________ stay overnight in some famous city, with a polite reminder to be up and have breakfast early in time for the coach the next moming.