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A person’s home is as much a reflection of his personality as the clothes he wears, the food he eats and the friends with whom he spends his time. Depending on personality, most have in mind a(n) “( 1) ______ home”. But in general, and especially for the student or new wage earners, there are practical ( 2) ________ of cash and location on achieving that idea.

Cash, ( 3) ________, in fact, often means that the only way of ( 4) _________ when you leave school is to stay at home for a while until things ( 5) _________ financially. There are obvious ( 6) ________of living at home—personal laundry is usually ( 7) _________ done along with the family wash; meals are provided and there will be a well-established circle of friends to ( 8) _________. And there is ( 9) _________ the responsibility for paying bills, rates, etc.

On the other hand, (10) _________ depends on how a family gets on. Do your parents like your friends? You may love your family—(11) _________do you like them? Are you prepared to be (12) __________ when your parents ask where you are going in the evening and what time you expect to be back? If you find that you cannot manage a(n) (13) _________, and that you finally have the money to leave, how do you (14) _________ finding somewhere else to live?

If you plan to stay in your home area, the possibilities are (15) _________well-known to you already. Friends and the local paper are always (16) _________. If you are going to work in a (17) _________ area, again there are the papers—and the accommodation agencies, (18) _________ these should be approached with (19) _________. Agencies are allowed to charge a fee, usually the (20) ________ of the first week’s rent, if you take accommodation they have found for you.

1. A. ideal B. perfect C. imaginary D. satisfactory

2. A. deficiencies B. weaknesses C. insufficiencies D. limitations

3. A. cut B. shortage C. lack D. drain

4. A. getting over B. getting in C. getting back D. getting along

5. A. improve B. enhance C. develop D. proceed

6. A. concerns b. issues C. advantages D. problems

7. A. still B. always C. habitually D. consequently

8. A. call in B. call over C. call upon D. call out

9. A. always B. rarely C. little D. sometimes

10. A. little B. enough C. many D. much

11. A. and B. but C. still D. or

12. A. tolerant B. hostile C. indifferent D. good-tempered

13. A. agreement B. consensus C. compromise D. deal

14. A. go about B. go over C. go in for