52 Unit 3 Michigan in Action Choose the word or phrase that most appropriately completes the sentence. 1 The windows of the house seemed to indicate that it had been derelict for a long time. a downtown b boarded-up c ..
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Unit 3
Michigan in Action
Choose the word or phrase that most appropriately completes the sentence.
1 The windows of the house seemed to indicate
that it had been derelict for a long time.
a downtown
b boarded-up
c bustling
d semi-detached
2 Jackie lives on the fourth floor of a in London's
West End.
a bungalow
b block of flats
c detached house
d terraced house
3 The mayor's
11 In most British cities, the council cheap
accommodation for families on low-incomes.
a degrades
b equalises
c provides
d resides
12 Locally elected representatives to the city council
in the future development of our urban areas.
a are left out of the main stream
b seek asylum
c play a pivotal role
d lead to bottlenecks
is an imposing two-storey house set 13 Cars are obliged to stop and let people cross the
on a hill above the town.
a residence
c bungalow
b allotment
d sky-scraper
4 People put their rubbish bins out into the narrow
which runs behind the row of houses.
a by-pass
c dead-end
b ring road
d
alley
5 The inhabitants were forced to their homeland
because of the civil war.
a uproot
c flee
b integrate
d condemn
6 The Greek islands experience of tourists every
summer and this year is no different with more than
one million visitors expected.
a an incidence
can underpass
b a build-up
d an influx
7 The majority of Mumbai's population live in
overcrowded, congested in conditions of extreme
poverty.
a quotas
c council housing
8 The town plays host to
b grounds
d slums
market every Saturday
morning, with farmers from the surrounding
countryside bringing their produce to be sold in town.
a a bustling
c an infectious
b a residential
d a condemned
9 You will find the stockbrokers' offices in the city's
central_district.
a business
c rural
b industrial
d provincial
road at a
a junction
c level crossing
b flyover
d pedestrian crossing
14 The council voted to build, so that traffic can go
around instead of through the middle of the town.
a a by-pass
c an underpass
b a flyover
d an estate
15 areas tend to have high crime rates,
unemployment and a host of other social problems.
a Condemned
c Residential
b Retirement
d Inner-city
16 On his first day in the Milanese office, the German
executive experienced on the part of the
employees in the office, who saw him as a threat.
b hostility
d degradation
a inadequacy
c equality
17 I use a scheme to get to work every day - on
Mondays and Wednesdays, I take two of my colleagues
to work and on the other days, they drive me.
b traffic calming
a car-pooling
c retail
d park-and-ride
18 Jerry usually avoids taking the main road to work
- you have to pay a to use that road and it
becomes very expensive if you use it every day.
a fine
c provision
b toll
d quota
19 Julia wanted to get away from the, so she moved
to a tiny village in a rural area of Wales.
a crowd
c rat race
b heartland
d rush hour
10 They say that even the police hesitate before
entering some of the city's most lawless.
a suburbs
c crowds
b ghettoes
d allotments
20 You'll have to reverse out of this road - it's a and
we can't go any further.
a next-door
c built-up
b run-down
d dead-end
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Unit 3
Michigan in Action
Choose the word or phrase that most appropriately completes the sentence.
1 The windows of the house seemed to indicate
that it had been derelict for a long time.
a downtown
b boarded-up
c bustling
d semi-detached
2 Jackie lives on the fourth floor of a in London's
West End.
a bungalow
b block of flats
c detached house
d terraced house
3 The mayor's
11 In most British cities, the council cheap
accommodation for families on low-incomes.
a degrades
b equalises
c provides
d resides
12 Locally elected representatives to the city council
in the future development of our urban areas.
a are left out of the main stream
b seek asylum
c play a pivotal role
d lead to bottlenecks
is an imposing two-storey house set 13 Cars are obliged to stop and let people cross the
on a hill above the town.
a residence
c bungalow
b allotment
d sky-scraper
4 People put their rubbish bins out into the narrow
which runs behind the row of houses.
a by-pass
c dead-end
b ring road
d
alley
5 The inhabitants were forced to their homeland
because of the civil war.
a uproot
c flee
b integrate
d condemn
6 The Greek islands experience of tourists every
summer and this year is no different with more than
one million visitors expected.
a an incidence
can underpass
b a build-up
d an influx
7 The majority of Mumbai's population live in
overcrowded, congested in conditions of extreme
poverty.
a quotas
c council housing
8 The town plays host to
b grounds
d slums
market every Saturday
morning, with farmers from the surrounding
countryside bringing their produce to be sold in town.
a a bustling
c an infectious
b a residential
d a condemned
9 You will find the stockbrokers' offices in the city's
central_district.
a business
c rural
b industrial
d provincial
road at a
a junction
c level crossing
b flyover
d pedestrian crossing
14 The council voted to build, so that traffic can go
around instead of through the middle of the town.
a a by-pass
c an underpass
b a flyover
d an estate
15 areas tend to have high crime rates,
unemployment and a host of other social problems.
a Condemned
c Residential
b Retirement
d Inner-city
16 On his first day in the Milanese office, the German
executive experienced on the part of the
employees in the office, who saw him as a threat.
b hostility
d degradation
a inadequacy
c equality
17 I use a scheme to get to work every day - on
Mondays and Wednesdays, I take two of my colleagues
to work and on the other days, they drive me.
b traffic calming
a car-pooling
c retail
d park-and-ride
18 Jerry usually avoids taking the main road to work
- you have to pay a to use that road and it
becomes very expensive if you use it every day.
a fine
c provision
b toll
d quota
19 Julia wanted to get away from the, so she moved
to a tiny village in a rural area of Wales.
a crowd
c rat race
b heartland
d rush hour
10 They say that even the police hesitate before
entering some of the city's most lawless.
a suburbs
c crowds
b ghettoes
d allotments
20 You'll have to reverse out of this road - it's a and
we can't go any further.
a next-door
c built-up
b run-down
d dead-end
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