Houseboats in the UK - Unit 10

C1 Advanced · Multiple Choice Cloze · Ready for C1 Advanced 4th Edition Workbook, Macmillan Education

For questions 1–8, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap. There is an example at the beginning.

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judging

opting

picking

moderate

achievable

considerate

affordable

extensive

spacious

wholesale

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cramped

crowded

crashed

immense

spacious

ample

enormous

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in

back

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delivery

availability

offer

While houseboats are still widely (0) ___ as a relaxing place for a holiday, a growing number of people are (1) ___ to live full time on the water. Although far from cheap, a houseboat can still be a lot more (2) ___ for cost-conscious buyers than a house or flat. To take advantage of Britain’s (3) ___ network of canals, however, you will need to choose a narrowboat, which, as the name suggests, is narrow enough to fit through the canals. However, their (4) ___ narrowness makes them feel decidedly (5) ___ . Wider Dutch barges tend to be more (6) ___ but can only be used on rivers. You can moor your narrowboat in one spot for free for a few days, as long as you’re genuinely on a journey, rather than simply shuffling (7) ___ and forth along the same stretch of canal. Otherwise, you’ll need to rent a residential mooring, but these spots are in extremely short (8) ___ .

Houseboats in the UK

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assumed

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