19. TEST 1 – HOUSES: BUILDING – REPAIRING – BUYING 02

When her parents died, Brenda _____ of the house and all its contents.

     

• discarded

• disposed

• dispensed

• discharged

When my parents retired they bought a tiny _____ in the country.

• bungalow

• mansion 

• shack

• barn

The family is selling their large countiy home because they can no longer afford the _____.

    

• extract 

• upkeep

• domain

• disposal

The old cottage had bow windows and a _____ roof.

• plaited 

• straw

• woven

• thatched

The house possesses extensive _____ with gardens, tennis-courts and an orchard.

  

• fields

• property

• grounds

• surroundings

The house is part of his _____ from his aunt.

• heritage

• will

• testament

• inheritance

He lives _____ in his bachelor flat in Mayfair.

    

• alone

• lone 

• himself

• lonely

The trouble with living in a _____ is that we can hear the noisy neighbours through the walls on both sides of us.

   

• detached house

• semi-detached house

• terraced house

• bungalow

When I inherited my grandmother’s cottage in Wales, since I didn’t need to live in it myself, I _____ it to an old couple in the village for only £5 a week.

  

• hired 

• rented

• leased

• let

They couldn’t _____ to buy that expensive house.

   

• spare

• afford

• provide

• bear