Decide which of the choices given below would best complete the passage if
inserted in the corresponding blanks. Mark the best choice for each blank on
your answer sheet.
A person’s home is as much a reflection of his personality as the clothes he
wears, the food he eats and the friends with whom he spends his time. Depending
on personality, most have in mind a(n) “(31) ______ home”. But in general, and
especially for the student or new wage earners, there are practical (32)
________ of cash and location on achieving that idea.
Cash (33) ________, in fact, often means that the only way of (34) _________
when you leave school is to stay at home for a while until things (35) _________
financially. There are obvious (36) ________of living at home—personal laundry
is usually (37) _________ done along with the family wash; meals are provided
and there will be a well-established circle of friends to (38) _________. And
there is (39) _________ the responsibility for paying bills, rates, etc.
On the other hand, (40) _________ depends on how a family gets on. Do your
parents like your friends? You may love your family—(41) _________do you like
them? Are you prepared to be (42) __________ when your parents ask where you are
going in the evening and what time you expect to be back? If you find that you
cannot manage a(n) (43) _________, and that you finally have the money to leave,
how do you (44) _________ finding somewhere else to live?
If you plan to stay in your home area, the possibilities are (45)
_________well-known to you already. Friends and the local paper are always (46)
_________. If you are going to work in a (47) _________ area, again there are
the papers—and the accommodation agencies, (48) _________ these should be
approached with (49) _________. Agencies are allowed to charge a fee, usually
the (50) ________ of the first week’s rent, if you take accommodation they have
found for you.
31. A. ideal B. perfect C. imaginary D. satisfactory
32. A. deficiencies B. weaknesses C. insufficiencies D. limitations
33. A. cut B. shortage C. lack D. drain
34. A. getting over B. getting in C. getting back D. getting along
35. A. improve B. enhance C. develop D. proceed
36. A. concerns b. issues C. advantages D. problems
37. A. still B. always C. habitually D. consequently
38. A. call in B. call over C. call upon D. call out
39. A. always B. rarely C. little D. sometimes
40. A. little B. enough C. many D. much
41. A. and B. but C. still D. or
42. A. tolerant B. hostile C. indifferent D. good-tempered
43. A. agreement B. consensus C. compromise D. deal
44. A. go about B. go over C. go in for D. go through
45. A. seldom B. less C. probably D. certainly
46. A. dependent B. a good source of information C. of great value D.
reliable
47. A. familiar B. cold C. humid D. new
48. A. though B. while C. since D. as
49. A. enthusiasm B. hesitation C. caution D. concern
50. A. same B. equivalent C. equal D. simiarity