1. Choose the most
suitable word for each place.
When I first arrived here
to take up my new job, I stayed in a hotel, but I soon started looking for some
permanent (1)___________________________________________.
(A) a home (B)
accommodation (C) house (D) landlords
The first flat I (2) _______________________________over
was in
(A) passed (B)
viewed (C) came (D) looked
(3) _________________________________,
and was obviously extremely damp in winter.
(A) an attic (B) a
basement (C) a cave (D) a bed sit
Quite apart from the fact
that only (4) _______________________________
was a brick wall.
(A) view (B) a basement (C) distance (D) bathroom
Then I had a look at a
small flat in a modern (5) _____________________________________.
(A) tower (B) department (C) block (D)
square
It had a (6)
________________________________ space and a garden, but the
( A) living (B)
breathing (C)
working (D) parking
(7) _____________________________
was far too high for me. I didn’t want to
(A) lift (B) roof (C) area (D) rent
(8) _________________________
up in a tiny place, so I answered an ad for house – sharing.
(A) end (B) live (C) shut (D) pay
The house was in a quiet
(9) ___________________, and as soon as I saw it I fell in love with it.
(A)
surrounding (B) neighborhood (C) context (D) premises
There was a high overgrown
(10) _____________________ around the front garden, and a
(A) fence (B) bush (C) hedge (D) lawn
(11) _________________to park cars in the
drive. The room to (12) _____________________
(A) a room (B) permission (C) areas
(D) place . (A) let (B)
myself (C) pay
(D) lucky
looked out (13) _____________the
back garden, and had a big bay window. Although it meant
(A) in (B)
over (C) at (D) for
(14) __________________ the
kitchen and living room, I did have my own bathroom, really
(A) without
(B) in (C) sharing (D) having
just a shower and washbasin
(15) _______________________ into what must have once been a cupboard. (A) poured
(B) crowded (C)
cluttered (D) crammed
2. Complete the
description with one of the words given.
architecture
desert pond scenery summit valley
|
(A) One advantage of traveling by
train is that you can forget about traffic jams and crowded roads,
and sit
back and admire the _____________________________.
(B) Many buildings in this part of
the town date from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and
include
fine examples of the _________________________ of those periods.
(C) We began climbing the narrow
path before dawn, and when we reached the _______________, the plain below us
was shrouded in mist.
(D) From this point on, the
landscape becomes increasing bare, until the rocky slopes give way to the
rolling dunes of the ___________________________.
(E) My eye followed the course of
the river, winding down through its green ________________ towards the distant
town of Woodchester.
(F) At the bottom of the garden,
almost hidden by overhanging trees, was a round ____________,
which proved on closer inspection to be full of lilies
and croaking frogs.
Answers
1. Choose the most
suitable word for each place.
When I first arrived here to take up my new job, I
stayed in a hotel, but I soon started looking for some permanent (1) (B) accommodation. The first flat
I (2) (D) looked over was in
(3) (B) a basement, and was
obviously extremely damp in winter. Quite apart from the fact that only (4) (A) view was a brick wall. Then I
had a look at a small flat in a modern (5) (C)
block. It had a (6) (D)
parking space and a garden, but the (7) (D) rent was far too high for me. I didn’t want to (8) (A) end up in a tiny place, so I answer an ad for
house – sharing. The house was in a quiet (9) (B) neighborhood, and as soon as I saw it I fell in love
with it. There was a high overgrown (10) (C)
hedge around the front garden,
and a (11) (D) place to park
cars in the drive. The room to (12) (A)
let looked out (13) (B) over the back garden, and had a big bay window.
Although it meant (14) (C) sharing
the kitchen and living room, I did have my own bathroom, really just a shower
and washbasin (15) (D) crammed
into what must have once been a cupboard.
2. Complete the
description with one of the words given.
architecture desert pond scenery summit valley |
(A) One advantage of traveling by
train is that you can forget about traffic jams and crowded roads,
and sit
back and admire the scenery.
(B) Many buildings in this part of
the town date from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and
include
fine examples of the architecture
of those periods.
(C) We began climbing the narrow
path before dawn, and when we reached the summit,
the plain below us was shrouded in mist.
(D) From this point on, the
landscape becomes increasing bare, until the rocky slopes give way to the
rolling dunes of the desert.
(E) My eye followed the course of
the river, winding down through its green valley
towards the distant town of Woodchester.
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