Test (Reading\Use of English) level B1

Read the text and choose the correct sentences.

WHEN 'HOME' IS TO ROAM

Jonathan Smith is an English gypsy. He talks to 'Lifestyle' magasine about his home.

I live in a trailer. 'Gorjias', as we call non-gypsie in our language, sometimes refer to our homes as caravans, but we prefer to use the word trailer. My hore Jezi pulls ours along. _____________________

My trailer was built back in 1993, by my uncle. I changed the canvas roof only last year. ___________________ . Now it has a well-made beige roof and the beautiful wheels are painted bright red!

I grew up in this wagon, with my brother Jess and my parents who have since passed away. Now it's just Nelly and I, but we travel with company 'kumpania' as it's known in our language. _____________________

Of course it's not like in the old days before the war. My grandparents used to tell stories of gypsy wagon trains that were so long they stretched from one horizon to the other. They were a travelling community. ___________________. It's hard to make a living these days.

Although we do still travel around a lot, living in a chilly and damp climate like that of Britain, means that we are forced to stay put through the winter. ______________. Even though some of these aren't very pleasant, we make the most of our temporary home by singing and dancing and knowing that we have the freedom to move on when we please.

Our life is about being on the move, and we're not interested in owning land or having our own country. We don't care about owning or living in a house. _______________. For me, home is my trailer, home is being outside with nature. Basically 'home' is where you feel that you belong.

Use of English (Grammar)

'I often forget names but I never forget a face.' We are all used to _________ this.

But why is it true? Probably, like most people, your brain _______________ the memory of thousands of faces.

This ________ that you recognize people you have met before. And when you hear the name of a person that you know, an image of their face will appear in your mind.

For about 2% of the population, however, everybody's faces __________ to be the same, or very similar.

Emily Roberts has had this problem since she was a child but she's only known the name for it for a few weeks. 'I__________ about memory on the Internet when I saw an article about 'face blindness'

I realized at that moment that other people have this problem. Since then I _________ a face blindness support group to get help and advice in the future.