6B Hosting events

The council c___ Jake to paint a mural celebrating the history of the area.

A lot of people were very surprised when London's b___ for the 2012 Olympic Games was successful.

The media attention has attracted a lot o investment, which has acted as a c___ for renewal of the city centre.

The cost of modernising the city's i___, including the building of a new tramway, is expected to reach hundreds of millions of dollars.

We don't have the details, but 3 million is a rough ___ of the cost.

• budget

• bid

• estimate

The government gave us a development ___ which helped us start up.

• bid

• present

• grant

The USA ___ the Moscow Olympics during the Cold War.

• attacked

• rejected

• boycotted

The town got a great economic ___ from all the festival-goers.

• lift

• boost

• raise

Every city wants to host a p___ event like the Olympics.

Hosting the games will raise the town's international ___.

• bid

• profile

• catalyst