A1 English test 9 – Text with multiple-choice gaps

Rebecca Scott 1 is havinghashave an apartment in a rich part of London. It’s in a beautiful old building, but it’s modern inside. She pays £800 a week to live in it.

2 DoIsDoes it a big, luxury apartment?

No!

3 HersSheHer apartment is tiny! It is about four metres long and four metres wide. In the past, it 4 wereiswas a cupboard in an old house. Now it is an apartment with a double bed!

Just 5 belowbehindbetween the door, there is a small entrance hall. The hall is about 1.5 metres x 1.5 metres. This room is also the kitchen. It has a sink, a cooker, a fridge and some cupboards 6 inonat the wall. Opposite the cooker, there are some glass doors to the bathroom. This is a little 7 smallestsmallersmall than the hall. It has a toilet, a shower and a washbasin.

The hall/kitchen leads to a small room with a big window. This is a living room and a bedroom. In the day time, it has a sofa. At night, the sofa 8 is becomingbecomebecomes a double bed. It fills the whole room. There isn’t a table or 9 someanymuch chairs. There isn’t enough space for 10 theirtheythem.

So 11 wherewhowhy does Rebecca live in this expensive, tiny place?

“It’s in a nice, quiet neighbourhood, near to my office. There are bigger apartments in this area, but 12 therethosethat are too expensive for me. Apartments outside the city centre are bigger and cheaper than this one, 13 butandbecause they are in noisy, dangerous places and I don’t want 14 to liveliveliving there. I prefer living here. Also, my tiny apartment 15 doesn’tisn’tdon’t take long to clean!”