19. TEST 9 – TOWN LIFE 02

They need to put more_____ bins in the town centre.

  

• paper

• sewerage

• waste

• litter

Some people feel that life in the countryside offers more_____ and quiet han life in a town.

  

• silence

• peace

• relaxation

• rest

When the capital got too crowded, they had to build new towns to take the _____.

    

• overfill

• overrun

• overspill

• overstock

After years of neglect there was a huge_____ programme to return the city to its former glory.

   

• refurbishment

• restoration

• conservation

• preservation

The old houses were_____ by the new tower blocks built nearby.

  

• diminished

• belittled

• dwarfed

• reduced

It’s a lovely old town with many narrow,_____ streets.

   

• curling

• winding

• rolling

• waving

We’ve lived here for five years but I still miss my_____ town.

    

• native

• original

• home

• birth

The townspeople were always so well-behaved and_____ that the police had an idle life.

     

• orderly

• scrupulous

• meticulous

• systematic

It’s important to preserve old buildings as part of national_____.

   

• entitlement

• inheritance

• legacy

• heritage

Most people who work in the centre of London_____ from the suburbs every morning.

    

• spread

• commute

• deliver

• connect