47. Geography CHECK YOUR ENGLISH VOCABULARY FOR FCE

CHECK YOUR ENGLISH VOCABULARY FOR FCE

47. Geography

Task 1. Places and features Match the words on the left with an example on the right. There are some words on the left that do not match with any on the right. Use your dictionary to check what these mean.

state	city	waterfall	county	canal		the Atlantic	Ankara	Munich
range	valley	province	ocean	mountain		the Sahara	Niagara	Everest
harbour	island	river	capital (city)	village
country	continent	desert	stream			Mexico	Bali	the Suez
						Asia	the Himalayas	the Nile
						Ohio

Task 2. Town and country. Complete the text with words from the box.

safer	amenities	peaceful	nature	pollution	commuters
jams	crowded	suburbs	fresh	rush hour	countryside
rural	stressful	fields	public	nightlife	urban
cosmopolitan

I've always preferred an _____ lifestyle to a _____ lifestyle. I'd much rather live in a city than in the _____ because there's so much more to do. The _____ is great - lots of bars, restaurants and nightclubs – and there are lots of _____ such as sports centres, swimming pools, museums and so on. What I particularly like is the fact that my home city is so _____; there are people there from all over the world. Of course, with so many people everywhere it can get very _____, especially during the _____ (in my city, this is between 7 and 9 in the morning, and between 4 and 6 in the evening). At those times, the trains and buses are packed with _____ coming to the city to work, and then going back to the _____ around the city where many of them live. Those who don't use _____ transport drive to the city in their own cars; this causes terrible traffic _____ on the roads, and of course lots of _____, which makes the air dirty and unpleasant. It can get quite _____ at times. Consequently, it is good to get away from the city now and then, and get back to _____; lots of lovely _____ air, green _____ and _____ villages where the only noise is the sound of birds and sheep. It's also much _____; there's less crime and the roads aren't as dangerous.

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