.     I prefer to come back to my hometown on the harvest time.                               .................

                              A               B                          C               D

      2.   Last summer holiday, I had a very forgettable time with my cousin             .................

                                                   A                        B                                C

            because we had a lot of fun together.

                                               D

      3.   I think that people living in the countryside have to work hard than             .................

                                               A                                                         B     C

            people in cities.

                              D

      4.   Sometimes city people talk much pessimistically than country people.          .................

                                      A                  B              C               D

      5.   Some people like living in big cities because of its excited life with              .................

                                            A                                B                     C

            a lot of entertainments and modern facilities.

                                 D

C. READING  

 IX  Read the passage. Decide if the statements are true (T) or false (F).

            If you had your own apple orchard, it means you have a busy, year-around job. Apple growers schedule tasks all year long in order to have a good harvest in the fall and to get the apples to your grocery store while they are still fresh. Early in the spring, you will be out in the orchard fertilizing the trees and planting new trees. Maybe you are just replacing a few old trees that no longer produce many apples, or maybe you are adding rows of trees to enlarge your orchard or to try a new variety of apples. Soon the trees begin to show their pink and white blooms. Don’t spend too much time admiring the flowers! You need to rent some bee hives to pollinate all of your trees. You don’t want your trees to grow lots of tiny apples. You want to grow nice big ones, so after the blooms fade you start checking your trees to see if the buds need to be thinned. Maybe you will thin them by hand, or maybe you will use chemicals to do the job.

      1.   Apple growers always have things to do with their apple orchard.                .................

      2.   Apples are harvested in the fall and brought to the stores after that season. .................

      3.   Apple growers use fertilizers for apples trees.                                                .................

      4.   After each harvest season, all apple trees are replaced with new ones.          .................

      5.   Thinning the buds will bring about big apple trees.                                        .................

 X  Read the passage.

            Life is changing rapidly in the large cities of England. However, life in other areas remains much the (1) ……………………… as it has been for centuries. Factories have brought huge population increases to the cities, and city life boomed.

            City residents have discovered a new (2) ……………………… of life, but in country villages the traditional lifestyle has remained nearly (3) ………………… There have been a few changes, particularly the new steam-powered machinery. It made farm production more (4) …………………… But for the people who remain in the countryside, daily life continues much as it had before the (5) …………………… Revolution. Life in country villages continues to (6) ……………… at a slow pace. The daily schedule depends on the times that the sun rose and set and on the weather. In a typical village, the (7) ……………… number of workers is still employed in agriculture or in domestic service. A smaller number of people work in various trades. Even (8) ……………………… work in the professions.

 Choose the most suitable word to fill in the blank 

      1.   A. similar                     B. same                       C. different                 D. both A & B

      2.   A. method                   B. walk                        C. way                         D. path

      3.   A. changeful               B. changeable              C. unchanged              D. change

      4.   A. efficient                  B. efficiently               C. efficiency               D. inefficient

      5.   A. Industry                 B. Industrial                C. Industrialize           D. Industrialized

      6.   A. run                          B. walk                        C. move                       D. drive

      7.   A. largest                     B. biggest                    C. highest                    D. all are correct

      8.   A. more                       B. less                          C. few                         D. fewer

 Fill in the blank with one word/ phrase from the passage

      1.   The population in the city has increased because of ……………… .           

      2.   There has been hardly any changes in the ……………… in rural areas.

      3.   Steam – powered machinery helps ……………… a lot.

      4.   The daily schedule of people in the countryside depends on ……………… .

      5.   Most countryside people in England work in agriculture or in ……………… .       

D. SPEAKING 

 XI  Work in pairs. Describe one of the countryside places that you have ever known or visited.

         You should base on the suggestions below:

         - Where is it?

         - Why do you know about it?

         - What are the special things about it?

         - What do you like about it?

         - What do you dislike about it?

 XII  Now tell your partner whether you prefer living in the city or in the countryside.

      You should base on the suggestions below:

      - Which do you prefer?

      -  If you prefer living in the city, what are the good points about it?

      -  If you prefer living in the countryside, what are the good points about it?

E. LISTENING

 XIII  Listen to a woman sharing her thoughts about seasons in the countryside. Answer the questions below:

      1.   What does she think about the seasons in the countryside?

            .................................................................................................................................................

      2.   Where does she think city dwellers spend half their lives?

            .................................................................................................................................................

      3.   Are there a lot of changes from day to day in the countryside?

            .................................................................................................................................................

      4.   When do the farmers harvest the crops?

            .................................................................................................................................................

      5.   What does she say about the seasonal food?

            .................................................................................................................................................

 XIV  Listen again. Decide if the followings statements are true (T) or false (F).

      1.   City people are also interested in season changes in the countryside.            .................

      2.   The crops developed the fastest in spring and summer.                                 .................

      3.   Not everything changes when a new season comes.                                      .................

F. WRITING  

 XV  Rewrite the following sentences, using the comparative forms of the given adjectives/  adverbs.

      1.   It takes Lan 30 minutes to pick 10 kilograms of apples, but it takes her sister only 20 minutes.

      → Lan’s sister ....................................................................................................................  (fast)

      2.   It is quite easy to find an entertainment center in a city, but it is not easy to find one in the countryside.

      →  Finding ........................................................................................................................  (hard)

      3.   I went to the party early at 7.00 p.m. However, she had already been there.

      →  She went .....................................................................................................................  (early)

      4.   Where I live is not as scenic as where you live.

      →  Where you live ..........................................................................................................  (scenic)

      5.   Going to my hometown from here takes 1 hour; however, going to his hometown from here takes 3 hours.

      → It takes .........................................................................................................................  (long)

Find one mistake in each sentence and correct it.

      1.   I prefer to come back to my hometown on the harvest time.                           .................

                              A               B                          C               D

      2.   Last summer holiday, I had a very forgettable time with my cousin                .................

                                                   A                        B                                C

            because we had a lot of fun together.

                                               D

      3.   I think that people living in the countryside have to work hard than               .................

                                               A                                                         B     C

            people in cities.

                              D

      4.   Sometimes city people talk much pessimistically than country people.           .................

                                      A                  B              C               D

      5.   Some people like living in big cities because of its excited life with               .................

                                            A                                B                     C

            a lot of entertainments and modern facilities.

                                 D