Wednesday, January 15, 2014

PLACES FOR RENT (Advanced) (EXERCISE A16E67)












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.
(F)   At the bottom of the garden, almost hidden by overhanging trees, was a round pond, which proved on closer inspection to be full of lilies and croaking frogs.      

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