Section II.   Read the passage and answer the following questions. (1,25 pts)

City life or Country life

              Which place is better – the city or the country? Two American teenagers talk about where they live.

Leo, 16: I live in New york and it’s great. There are huge shopping centres  and interesting places to go. My mum loves all the art galleries and museums, but I like Central Park where I go skateboarding. It’s big enough to get away from the noise and traffic. The country isn’t for me. It isn’t exciting enough for people of my age. Most people don’t live close enough to their friends to have a good social life. It’s too quiet and too boring . City life is the best!

 Amelie, 14: I live on a ranch in the country, in Colorado. In the summer, we go hiking in the mountains, and in the winter I go snowboarding I really like it because it’s relaxing and quiet . I can’t imagine life in the city . It isn’t safe enough to walk around alone and it’s too dangerous to cycle in the streets because of the traffic. Overrall, I think the city is too noisy ,too dirty, too crowded and too expensive. I prefer country life!

1. What does Leo like about New York?

2. What doesn’t he like about the country?

 3. Where does Amelie live?

  4. Does Amelie like living in the city or in the country?

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5. How about you? Do like living in the city or in the country? Why/

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IX. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions. GIẢI THÍCH ĐÁP ÁN DÙM NHA
Unlike life in the countryside which is often considered to be simple and traditional, life in the city is modern and complicated. People, from different regions, move to the cities in the secretaries of having a better life for them and their children. The inhabitants in city work as secretaries, businessmen, teachers, government workers, factory workers and even street vendors or construction workers.
The high cost of living requires city dwellers, especially someone with low income, to work harder or to take a part-time job. For many people, an ordinary day starts as usual by setting up in the early morning to do exercise in public parks. Preparing for a full day of working and studying, then travelling along crowed boulevards or narrow streets filled with motor scooters and returning home after a busy day. They usually live in large houses, or high-rise apartment blocks or even in a small rental room equipped with modern facilities, like the Internet, telephone, television and so on. Industrialization and modernization as well as
global integration have big impact on lifestyle in the cities. The most noticeable impact is the Western style of clothes. The “ao dai” - Vietnamese traditional clothes are no longer regularly worn in Vietnamese women’s daily life. Instead, jeans, T-shirts and fashionable clothes are widely preferred.
28 Industrialization and modernization may lead to industrialization and modernization may lead to _________. A. some changes in lifestyles B. global integration
C. the fact that women no longer wear Ao Dai D. the disappearance of Western-styled clothes
29. The most important reason why people move to the city is that _________.
A. to have busy days B. to look for a complicated life C. to look for a better life D. to take part-time jobs
30. We can infer from the passage that _____.

A. there is a big gap between the rich and the poor in the city.
B. people leave the countryside because life there is simple

C. most of the urban dwellers have low income
D. people do morning exercise in public parks because they have much free time
31. According to the passage, the city life can offer city dwellers all of the following things EXCEPT _________. A. a variety of jobs in different fields B. modern facilities C. the Internet
D. friendly communication with neighbours
32. The word “impact” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ____.A. situation B. effect C. force D. action

Read the passage, and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D to each question.

     Unlike life in the countryside which is often considered to be simple and traditional,    life   in the city is modern and complicated. People, from different regions, move to the   cities in the hope of having a better life for them and their children. The inhabitants in city work as secretaries, businessmen, teachers, government workers, factory workers and even street vendors or construction workers. The high cost of living requires city dwellers, especially someone with low income, to work harder or to take a part-time job. For many people, an ordinary day starts as usual by getting up in the early morning to do exercise in public parks, preparing for a full day of working and studying, then travelling along crowded boulevards or narrow streets filled with motor scooters and returning home after a busy day. They usually live in large houses, or high-rise apartment blocks or even in a small rental room equipped with modern facilities, like the Internet, telephone, television, and so on. Industrialization and modernization as well as global integration have big impact on lifestyle in the cities. The most noticeable impact is the Western style of clothes. The "ao dai” - Vietnamese traditional clothes big are no longer regularly worn in Vietnamese women's daily life. Instead, jeans, T-shirts and fashionable clothes are widely preferred.

12.1    The most important reason why people move to the city is that                       

to look for a complicated life

to take part-time job

to have busy day

to look for a better life

12.2    

According to the passage, the city life can offer city dwellers all of the following things EXCEPT ________.

the Internet

a variety of jobs in different fields

modern facilities

friendly communication with neighbours

12.3    

We can infer from the passage that            .

there is a big gap between the rich and the poor in the city

people leave the countryside because life there is simple

people do morning exercise in public parks because they have much free time

most of the urban dwellers have low income

12.4    Industrialization and modernization may lead to                        

the fact that women no longer wear ao dai

some changes in lifestyles

the fact that women no longer wear ao dai

global integration

12.5    The word "impact" in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to                 

effect

force

action

situation

Living in the country is something that people from the city often dream about. However, in reality, it has both advantages and ___________.

There are certainly many advantages to living in the country. First of all, you can enjoy _______ and quiet. Morever, people are friendlier. Ther is less ______, so it is ______for young children.

However, there are some disadvantages to life outside the city . Firstly, because there are _____ people, you have few friends. In addition, entertainment is difficult to find, especially _______ the evening.

There are ________ shops and services, so it is hard to find _______. On the whole, the country is often the_______ place for those people who are retired or who have young children.

1.According to the passage,living in the country has ________
A.only good points
B.only bad points
C.both good and bad points
D.no disadvantages

2.How many advantages does living in the country have?
A.two
B.three
C.four
D.no

3.Living in the country is safer for children because___________
A.there is less traffic
B.there are few shops
C.there are fewer people
D.there are fewer services

4.Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passenger?
A.People in the country tend to be friendlier than people in the city.
B.It's hard to find entertainment in the country.
C.There are fewer shops and services in the country.
D.The country is only suitable for retired people.

5.Having few friends is_______
A.one of drawbacks to life in the country
B.the only disadvantage to living in the country
C.one of certain drawbacks to life outside the city.
D.one of certainad vantages to life outside the city

IV. Match the questions with the answers.

Young people prefer the city life because they love the noisy and busy and busy life there. They also think that it is easier to find jobs and money in the city than in the country. Therefore, more and more young people leave the country for the city every year. Different from the young, old people like living in the country because the life in the country is quiet and peaceful. In addition, the air is fresher and they can eat healthier foods. After stopping working, many old people move to their home villages to live there.

Answer true (T) or false ( F):

1/Young people prefer country. (_____)

2/Old people like living in the country (_____)

3/Air in the country is fresher. (_____)

4/After stopping working, many old people move to their home villages to live city. (_____)

Read the passage and answer the questions

The thing I liked most when I was small was the change of seasons. Spring, summer, autumn and winter. I could see them all come and go and each one was completely different. Now in the city, you can buy summer flowers in winter and eat the same vegetables all the year round! Whereas, in the country, I could only eat things at certain times of the years- for example strawberries in June and turnips in winter. I lived my childhood with the seasons.

Also we made most of our food and would never eat frozen or tinned food. Every thing was fresh, so it must be better than the type of food I am taking now in the city. City people may think people in the country miss a lot of things about modern life, but in my opinion they miss a lot more than them. They miss real life

1. What did the writer like most about living on a farm?

2. What does the word " them" in line two refer to?

3. In the coutryside, which season can we buy strawberries?

4. Why did the writer never eat tinned food when living in the country?

5. Can people in the city grow vegetables all year round?