Living in a big city
материал для подготовки к егэ (гиа) по английскому языку (10, 11 класс) на тему

Living in a big city

1.        Study the vocabulary

Resident

Urban/rural

Large-scale development

Quality of life

Air quality

Pollution from auto emission

Rubbish/waste/garbage

Recycle

Landfill site

Heavy/severe traffic

Traffic jam

Cost of living

Poverty

Sprawling slums

Employment opportunities

Unemployment rate

Scattered pockets of greenery

The prospect of water/oxygen shortage

2. Use the words above to talk about the problems of big cities.

3. For questions 1-9, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that firs in the gap in the same line.

WORD FORMATION

KEEPING CITY CENTRES ALIVE

City centres are dynamic and change is (1) … . This is particularly true                   AVOID

nowadays, when new out-of-town complexes are threatening the (2) ….. of             EXIST

old, established shops. A central (3) .… is no longer as attractive to the                  LOCATE

public, due to traffic problems and parking restrictions. The most (4) …. city        SUCCESS

centres are the ones that develop to meet the new (5) …. of their                            REQUIRE

users. A local council may need to look for private (6) ... in order to pay                   FUND

for the complete (7) ….. of the city centre. Government help is,                            GENERATE

at the moment, (8) ….. to be available, although this policy may                                 LIKE

well be (9) ….. in the future.                                                                                     CONSIDER

4.        Complete the text by writing one word in each of the gaps

CLOZE TEST

MY SPACE, MY PLACE

I dream of living in a small, stylish modern flat in a historic old building near the centre of a large city (1) …. as Barcelona, where my aunt lives. What a change that would be (2) …. the ordinary suburban house (3) …. I live now! I could enjoy all the things a big city has to   offer, going to cool shops, trendy cafes, seeing the latest films at modern cinemas or going bowling with my friends – who would naturally all live nearby!

What would the flat be like? Well, for a start, I’d live on my (4) …. , so I’d be able to do (5) …. I wanted whenever I wanted. The flat would be high-tech, with the heating and lighting controlled automatically. There would be a light, airy sitting room with an enormous comfortable sofa in it, a huge TV screen and all the latest gadgets, of course. Ideally, it would (6) …. big windows in all the rooms. I wouldn’t need much space, as (7) …. as I had room to have a (8) …. friends round too. (9) …. I had all these things, I’d be happy for years.

KEY:

Ex 3

Ex 4