Vocabulary

1. Find the right word.

1. It is difficult to ……………… the beauty of London.

1) prescribe 2) describe 3) subscribe

2. Moscow is the major…………. of the Russian Federation.

1) metropolis 2) metropole 3) monitor

3. The ……………. of the country is increasing every year.

1) punctuation 2) population 3) pronunciation

4.The main business and shopping center ………… on the island.

1) lies 2)lays 3) lined

5. The buses tend to be ……………… in the cities.

1) overwhelmed 2) overbooked 3) overcrowded

6. The 19th century building was ……………by a famous architect.

1) designed 2) destroyed 3) developed

7. The Art Gallery is …………. seeing.

1) wealth 2) worth 3) word

8. Tourists from all over the word …………….. the beauty and charm of these medieval villages.

1) appoint 2) appeal 3) appreciate

9. Annually the town council organizes ………….. to commemorate the names of famous citizens.

1) exhibitions 2) executions 3) excursions

10. Residential areas encircle the city center and industrial acres were moved to the ………….. .

1) harbour 2) headquarters 3) outskirts

2. Find the right word.

1. One advantage of traveling by train is that you can forget about traffic jams and crowded roads, sit back and admire the ……. .

1) scenery 2) scene 3)site

2. Many ………………... in this part of the town date back from XVII to XIX centuries.

1) buildings 2) constructions 3) blocks

3. We began climbing the narrow path before dawn, and when we reached the ….……., the plain below was still shrouded in mist.

1) summit 2) side 3) pick

4. From this point on, the landscape becomes increasingly bare, until the rocky slopes give way to the rolling dunes of the ………………… .

1) valley 2) desert 3) scenery

5. In the garden, almost hidden by overhanging trees, was a round …………….. full of lilies and croaking frogs.

1) estuary 2) lake 3) pond

3. Choose the most suitable word.

1. In this garden there are two ornamental iron doors/gates and there is a stone path/pavement leading to the house.

2. This is the front entry/entrance, but there is another door at the edge/side of the house.

3. All the cupboards/wardrobes in the kitchen and the bookshelves/library in the living room are made of wood.

4. There is a beautiful stone chimney/fireplace in the living room, and there are sinks/washbasins in all the bedrooms.

5. At the top of the stairs/steps there is a 19th century coloured/stained glass window.

6. The bathroom has a shower/washer and modern mixer pipes/taps.

7. At the top of the house there is a/an attic/cellar and the garden contains a glasshouse/greenhouse and a garden hut/shed.

8. There is a wooden fence/wall on one side of the garden, and a bush/hedge on the other.

9. This is a fine single/detached house in a quiet residential neighbourhood/suburb.

10. We would love to expose/show you the surrounding suburbs/countryside any day you like.