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. (_____)

I. Choose the word or the phrase among A,B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage.

          The country and the city have advantages and (1)____________. People in the country live in more beautiful surroundings. They enjoy (2) _______ and quietness, and can do their work at their own  space because  no one  is in a (3)___________. They live in larger, more comfortable houses,and their neighbors are more friendly, and ready to help them when  they need it. Their life, however, can be boring  and they may be isolated, which is a serious problem if they are ill or want to take children to school.

          The city has all the services that the country lacks, but it also has a lot of disadvantages. Cities are often polluted. They not (4)          have polluted air but also have noisy streets. Everyone is always in a hurry and this (5)              that people have no time to 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.hurry           B. hurried                  C. hurriedly                D. hurrying

4.A. never          B. ever                       C. hardly                    D. only

5.A. aims            B. means                   C. asks                       D. said

VIII. Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage.

The country and the city have advantages and (1) ………………. People in the country live in more beautiful surroundings. They enjoy (2) ……………… and quietness, 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 a 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 a hurry and this (10) ……………… that people have no time to 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. already              D. so

9.  A. never                  B. ever                   C. hardly                D. only

10.  A. aims                 B. means                C. asks                   D. said

Question 2: Choose the best answer to complete the passage. (2,0p)

            More than two hundred years ago, the term “environmental pollution was quite strange to people. They lived healthily, drank (1)_______water, and breathed fresh air. In those days, industry was not well-developed. Nowadays, the (2) _______ is quite different. The world today is facing with many (3) _______ threats. The most dangerous threat is war, and after the threat of war is (4) _______. People all over the world are worried about things that are happening to the environment. Actually it is man that is (5) _______the surrounding with many kinds of wastes from the devices that make human lives more comfortable and convenient. Everybody knows that emit dangerous gases that cause poisonous (6) _______and cancer, but no one wants to travel on foot or by bicycle. Manufacturers know that (7) _______from factories  make water and (8) _______ polluted, but they do not want to spend a lot of their money on (9) _______the wastes safely. (10) _______ rubbish is bad for our health, but no one wants to spend time burying it. Is it worth talking a lot about pollution?

Ex 9: Choose the best answer. Reykjavik in Iceland is one of the world's healthiest cities. Its people often do activities outside, even though it's very cold. They go hiking, and swimming outside! Also, Icelandic people eat more healthy, fresh fish - it is an island, after all.

Tehran, capital city of Iran, is not a healthy place to live. The air pollution is very bad, so people stay at home on ‘smog holidays' – days when the air is full of smoke and it is unhealthy to go out. Glasgow in Scotland has a problem with obesity. Almost half of people in this city are obese. Scotland is cold. Here that means people watch more TV, play more computer games, and do less exercise than in other countries. They also eat a lot of junk food.

1. The weather in Reykjavik, Iceland is _________________?

A. warm B. cold C. hot D. cool

2. What do people in Reykjavik, Iceland do outside? A. go hiking and swimming B. go shopping and swimming

B. go fishing and swimming D. go hiking and camping

3. What does ‘smog holidays' mean? A. days when the air is full of dust B. days when the air is full of fire C. days when the air is full of smoke D. days when the air is full of virus

4. Which problem do people in Glasgow face? A. A lof of sick people B. A lof of busy people

C. A lof of interesting people D. A lof of obese people

5. How many people in Glascow are obese? A. 50% B. 20% C. 100% D. 80%

 III. Choose the item among A, B, C or D that best answers the question about the passage.

          The country is more beautiful than a town and more pleasant to live in. Many people think so, and go to the country for the summer holidays though they cannot live there all the year round. Some have a cottage built in a village so that they can go there whenever they can find the time.

          English villages are not all alike, but in some ways they are not very different form one another. Almost every village has a church, the round and square tower of which can be seen from many miles around. Surrounding the church is the churchyard, where people are buried.

          The village green is a wide stretch of grass, the houses or cottages are built round it. Country life is now fairy comfortable and many villages have running water brought through pipes into each house. Most villages are so close to some small towns that people can go there to buy what they can’t find in the village shops.

1. When do city people often go the country?

A. All the weekends.                            B. All the year round. 

C. At Christmas                                   D. The summer holidays.

2. What is the advantage of city people when they have a cottage built in the village?

A. They can have their houses rented.             

B. They can go to the country at weekends.

C. They can go to the whenever they can find the time.  

D. All the correct.

3. What is the common feature of English villages?

A. They have a church

B. They have a church with a tall tower, and a village green.    

C. They have a village green                

D. They have running water.

4. What is NOT mentioned in the life of English villages?

A. The village green   B. The church     C. Running water        D. The Internet

5.What can villagers do when their villages are close to small towns?

A. They can go there to buy whatever they want.                    

B. They can go there to buy cheaper things.

C. They can go there to buy what is not found in the village shops.

D. They can go there to buy luxury goods.

36 - 40. Choose the item among a, b, c or d that best answers the question about the passage.

The country is more beautiful than a town and more pleasant to live in. Many people think so, and go to the country for the summer holidays though they cannot live there all the year round. Some have a cottage built in a village so that they can go there whenever they can find the time.

English villages are not all alike, but in some ways they are not very different from one another. Almost every village has a church, the round or square tower of which can be seen from many miles around. Surrounding the church is the churchyard, where people are buried.

The village green is a wide stretch of grass, and houses or cottages are built round it. Country life is now fairly comfortable and many villages have water brought through pipes into each house. Most villagers are so close to some small towns that people can go there to buy what they can’t find in the village shops.

36. When do city people often go to the country?

      a. At the weekends.                                              b. All the year round.

      c. At Christmas.                                                    d. The summer holidays.

37. What is the advantage of city people when they have a cottage built in the village?

      a. They can have their houses rented.

      b. They can go to the country at weekends.

      c. They can go to the country whenever they can find the time.

      d. All are correct.

38. What is the common feature of English villages?

      a. They have a church.

      b. They have a church with a tall tower, and a village green.

      c. They have a village green.

      d. They have running water.

39. What is NOT mentioned in the life of English villages?

      a. The village green.                                             b. The church.

      c. Running water.                                                  d. The Internet.

40. What can villagers do when their villages are close to small towns?

      a. They can go there to buy whatever they want.

      b. They can go there to buy cheaper things.

      c. They can go there to buy what is not found in the village shops.

      d. They can go there to buy luxury goods.

III.       Choose the best answer to complete the sentences

5. Life in the countryside is ___________________________________________ than that in the city.

A. more quiet                            B. as quiet                                C. most quiet                             D. quiet

6. If you have to do home improvements, ____________________________________ is the good way to save money.

A. eating out                             B. walking                                C. camping                                    D. doing DIY

7. In the Central Highlands, the biggest and tallest house in the village is the ____________________________ house.

A. communal                            B. communication                     C. community                               D. commune

8. Don’t worry. It is ________________________________________________ to travel to that village even at night.

A. difficult                                B. inconvenient                         C. safe                                      D. unsafe

9. The boys help load the rice ______________________________________________ buffalo – drawn carts.

A. to                                         B. onto                                     C. into                                      D. on

10. The Viet people have many __________________________________________ customs and crafts.

A. traditional                             B. tradition                               C. culture                                    D. customary

11. We help the farmers ________________________________________________ water into the field.

A. to pump                                B. pump                                   C. pumping                                   D. Both A and B

12. Viet has been a kind of addicted ______________________________________________ the net.

A. to                                         B. from                                     C. to                                         D. at