IX-Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blanks space in the following passage.
The country and the city have advantages and (61)____________. People in the country live in more beautiful surroundings. They enjoy (62)__________ and quietness, and can do their work at their
(63)____________ pace because no one is in a (64)______________. They live in larger, more comfortable houses, and their neighbors are more friendly, and ready to help them (65)_____________ they need it. Their life, however, can be (66)____________ and they may be isolated, which is serious problem (67)___________ they are ill or want to take children to school.
The city has all the services that the country lacks, but it (68)___________ has a lot of disadvantages. Cities are often polluted. They not (69)_____________ have polluted air but also have noisy streets. Everyone is always in hurry and this (70)______________ that people have no time to get to know each other and make friends.
61. A. joy B. enjoyment C. happiness D. disadvantages
62. A. quiet B. quietly C. peace D. peaceful
63. A. less B. own C. just D. only
64. A. hurry B. hurried C. hurriedly D. hurrying
65. A. when B. which C. what D. that
66. A. bore B. bored C. boring D. bores
67 A. unless B. because C. although D. if
68. A. also B. yet C. already D. so
69. A. never B. ever C. hardly D. only
70. A. aims B. means C. asks D. said
61.D
62.C
63.B
64.A
65.A
66.C
67.D
68.A
69.D
70.B
61. D
62. C
63. B
64. A
65. A
66. C
67. D
68. A
69. D
70. B
