1. The text describes Beth Barber's home, which is a flat in a big city. She uses the lift to go up to the tenth floor. She doesn't have a garden but can sit outside her bedroom. Her best friend, Oliver, lives in a house with a blue door on the same street. Beth likes living in a flat but would like to live in a small house on a beautiful island one day. 2. The options provided are for filling in the blanks in the text. Based on the context of the text, the correct answers are: 1. a block 2. a floor 3. a stairs 4. a attic 5. a ground 6. a terraced 7. a block