Type of dwelling

Control Work №4
Variant 1
READING
Text 1
Read the information about the houses of famous people. Decide what type of dwelling they have got. For questions 1–6, write a letter A–F next to each person.

PEOPLE	TYPE OF DWELLING
1 Cher 2 Mick Jagger 3 Elvis Presley 4 Tina Turner 5 George Michael 6 Gloria Estefan	F A white house in the countryside with a flat roof B A huge old stone house with big towers. D The house bears the name of his mother. C A classical four-storey building. E An unordinary building with a garage up at the top. A A two-storey building with a tiled roof.

1 Cher’s house is big and white. It’s in a beautiful valley in California and there are lots of palm trees everywhere. There’s a large verandah on one side of the house. This house has a flat roof.

2 Mick Jagger has several homes. This is a very grand house in the country somewhere in Oxfordshire. It’s called Stargrove. It’s a very old stone house and it looks like a castle with all its big towers. It looks big enough for about ten families. It has a large garden and the front of the house looks onto a big lawn.
3 Elvis Presley’s house is called Graceland. His mother’s name was Grace. Now it’s a museum and a place of pilgrimage for Elvis’s fans. It has white stone lions near the front steps and a very classical facade with white columns and steps up to the front door.
4 Tina Turner’s house is in London. It’s a classical house with four storeys. It has a basement and a small balcony at the front. The windows on the ground floor are in the shape of arches. 5George Michael’s house is in London. It’s a very modern style. It’s an unusual house because the garage is up at the top of the house and the living space is underneath. Many of its windows are in the roof.
6 Gloria Estefan’s house is on an island in Miami called Star Island. It has a red tiled roof. Most of the house is on just two storeys. It has a swimming pool, palm trees, lawns, and a small jetty where she keeps her powerboat.