UNIT 7

It’s better for the environment to go into the city centre by public ............ than by car.

• transport

• journey

• travel

• ride

It is hard to drive into the city in the mornings because of the ............ congestion.

• parking

• traffic

• vehicle

• car

People’s ............ of life is sometimes better in small towns than in large cities.

• style

• type

• kind

• quality

There’s limited space in cities, so ............ houses, which are all joined together in rows, are common.

• modern

• terraced

• detached

• tight

Many London flats are in the ............ , so they are below street level and are quite dark.

• attic

• basement

• cottage

• terrace

At our house in London, there’s a high wooden ............ between our garden and the neighbours’ garden.

• fence

• attic

• cellar

• chimney

There’s a narrow ............ between the houses, which leads to the back gardens.

• hall

• cellar

• basement

• passage

We sold our little ............ in the countryside and moved to a modern city apartment.

• passage

• court

• cottage

• foreground

More and more countryside is being lost as a result of u____ d__________.

The local r________ in my area meet regularly to discuss issues to do with the neighbourhood.