Unit 2: Life in the countryside

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 advantage and (1).......................... . people in the country live in more beautiful surrounding. they enjoy(2) .................. and puietness and can do their work at their (3)................. pace because no one is in a (4) ............ . they live in larger , more comfortable houses , and their neighbors are more friendly and ready to help them (5) ......................... they need it . their life. however, can be (6)............... and they may be isolated. which is serious problem (7).................. they are ill or want to take children to school

the city has all the services that the country lacks , but it (8)................. has a lot of disadvantages cities are often polluted . they not (9)...................... have polluted air but also have noisy streets. everyone is always in hurry and this (10)................ that people have no time tho get to know each other and make friends.

1 A. joy B. enjoyment C. happiness D. disadvantages

2 A. quiet B. quietly C. peace D. peaceful

3 A. less B. own C. just D. only

4 A. hurry B. hurried C. hurriedly D. hurrying

5 A when B which C what D that

6 A bore B bored C boring D bores

7 A unless B because C although D if

8 A also B yet C alrealy D so

9 A never B ever C hardly D only

10 A aims B means C asks D said

10.D nha

My hometown changes so much. The first change is life of local people. They have a better life because they have electricity, TV, hospital, schools nearby the village. The second change is the peopleắ There are more people and more houses here. The houses are more modern in brick not by soil anymore. The last change is the place for children to play. There is a park in the village.

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choose the correct answer to complete the sentences

1. mr. brown arrived ..... than expected.

A. more early B. earlier C. late D. more late

2. we walked ....... than the rest of the people.

A. more slowlier B. slowlier C. more slowly D. more fast

3. my mother talked ....... than the other guests.

A. more loudly B. loudlier C. more slowly D. loudly

4. i went home ........ this afternoon.

A. more late B. later C. more early D. more earlier

5. he's working much ..........

A. harder B. more hard C. good D. gooder

6. of course, a rabbit runs ....... than a turtle.

A. more fast B. faster C. slower D. more slow

7. jim jumped .......... than peter.

A. more fartherly B. far C. farther D. farrer

8. minh always answers questions ...... than the other students.

A. weller B. good C. better D. goodly

9. our new teacher explains the exercises ........ than our old one.

A. more badly B. bad C. badder D. worse

10. this machanic checks the motorbike ...... than those mechanics.

A. thoroughlier B. thorough C. thorougher D. more thoroughly

1.B

2.B

3.B

4.B

5.A

6.B

7.C

8.C

9.D

10.D

Read the following paragraph and complete it with one suitable word in each blank:

My grandmother told me that our village (1)...was.. very poor many years ago. The villagers had to work hard in the fields all day but they could not earn enough for their living. Their lives were very simple. Many people had to (2) .live.. in houses made of straw and mud.

Read the following paragraph and complete it with one suitable word in each blank:

My grandmother told me that our village (1)...was... very poor many years ago. The villagers had to work hard in the fields all day but they could not earn enough for their living. Their lives were very simple. Many people had to (2) ...live... in houses made of straw and mud.

(1) was

(2) live

Choose the best answer to complete each ot the following sentences.

1. Nam helped his parents ________ the rice into the ox-drawn cart.

A load B. collect C dry D rider

2. in En's opinion city life is more____than country life.

A friendly B exciting C natural D peaceful

3. The sky is __ here in the countryside because there are no buildings to block the view.

D. vast C. dense A. tidy B. Close

4. Look Some children are ____the buffaloes

A. picking B. playing C. driving D. herding

5. Viet plays the guitar ____than Phong does.

A. better B. gooder C. more well D. more goodly

6. Medical help is_____________ easily obtained in remote areas than in towns.

A. fewer B. less C. higher D. more

7. Today Peter gets up _______than he did yesterday

A. more earlily B. more early C. more earlier B,  earlier

8. He seems to be _____ than we thought.

A. more quick B. more quickly C. quicklier D. quicker

9. The wind is blowing_____ than it did last night.

A. stronger B. more strongly C. stronglier D. more stronger

10. Is living in the city _____than living in the country?

A. more convenient B. as convenient C. most convenient D. so convenient

1-a

2-D

3-D

4-D

5-C

6-C

7-A

8-D

9-B

10-A

Life is a process, not a goal. Choosing where to spend your time, to spend your life has always been something to wonder by many. Countryside in general is a great place to live, however, also there are some disadvantages living there compared to in the city as well.

On one hand, the living environment in the countryside is fresh, clean and friendly in most cases. You don't have to worry about the industrial air, dust or pollution of the million vehicles commuting all day and all night. One more plus thing is that you are surrounded by green trees. There are spaces for you to farm, to enjoy planting and raising animals. It is most suitable for nature lovers.

On the other hand, there are high chances that it will be difficult to find certain forms of convenience like shops, airports, traffics, hospitals, entertainments, ... The choices of schools for your kids will also be limited. Travelling might be an ordeal sometimes since the public transports will not be very convenient as living in the city.

One more thing to consider is the people. In general, people in the countryside are more friendly and willing to give a hand. In the city however, everyone is busy going about their life, you are more likely to find yourself lonely in a crowded city than a lovely little town in the countryside. 

Whichever kind of place you choose to live, it should be suitable for your life style, your family and most of all, your long-term plan of living. As long as you're happy, it does not matter the city or the countryside after all.

1-was

2-live

3-improved

4-news

5-so that

6-after

7-children

8-over

9-play

10-like

find a mistake in each sentence below

1. i'm rich, A. but i am not as B. richer->rich C. as my D. friends

2. A. live in the B. coutry->country is C. more inconvenient than in D. the city

3. A. your picture B. is C. colourfuler->more colourful than mine. i think you're good D. at painting.

4. in A. that test, sam did B. more well->better than you. now C. you should try D. harder

5. if you A. want to be a big B. man, you have C. to eat D. less->more

1 . B . RICHER => RICH

2. A . LIVE => LIVING (CHO COUNTRY BAN VIET SAI NHA)

3 . C . COLOURFER=> MORE COLOURFUL

4 . B. MORE WELL =>BETTER

5 . D. LESS=> MORE

1. I'm rich, A. but i am not as B. richer->rich C. as my D. friends

2. A. live in the B. coutry->country is C. more inconvenient than in D. the city

3. A. your picture B. is C. colourfuler->more colourful than mine. i think you're good D. at painting.

4. in A. that test, sam did B. more well->better than you. now C. you should try D. harder

5. if you A. want to be a big B. man, you have C. to eat D. less->more