www.newsbrowsing.blogspot.hu January
2014
EXERCISES
Country in the
City
This month: The
Rooftop Garden
Read the following text and decide which of the words a-m is missing in items 1-13. There are three extras given.
a./while b./resolutions c./been d./well e./absence
f./rather g./incredibly h./range i./with
j./good k./end l./though m./from
WHAT I REALLY
REALLYWANT
For questions 1-15, read the given texts
and think of the tense or verbal structure which best fits each space.
Ruth
Aram – owner of Aram Store
1.
deal with
2.
design
3.
involved
4.
treat
Saffy Storey – Lighting expert
5.
draw
6.
look
7.
have (yet)
Peter Dore-Smith – Owner of Kaffeine
8.
open
9.
require
10. set
up
11. think
about
Sebastian Conran – Kitcenware designer
12. associate
with
13. invent
14. paint
15. have
Tales from a
Stone Cottage
Chairman of the
Board
For questions 1-15 read the given text. Use the word given in capitals with
relevant number to form a word that fits
the space.
1.
COMPETE
2.
CHEER
3.
CONTRIBUTE
4.
ENTIRE
5.
ENTER
6.
BORE
7.
VILLAGE
8.
IMMEDIATE
9.
FURY
10. CONCENTRATE
11. MEAN
12. PSYCHOLOGY
13. NOTICE
14. TRIUMPH
15. HOSPITABLE
A REAL CLIFFHANGER by TRISTRAM HUNT on the North Devon cliffs
Read
the text and answer the following questions.
1.What does the north
Devon coastline look like?
2.Which part of north
Devon is called 'Little Switzerland'?
3.Who are the renown
poets of Romanticism once gaining
aspiration here?
4.If you are standing
atop of Great Hangman what can you see looking around?
5.How rich is the
animal life of the region? Name a few!
Place
the following on the map!
ñ Bristol
Channel
ñ Exmoor
ñ Lundy
Island
ñ Woolacombe
ñ Minehead
