I. Choose the word having the underlined part pronounced differently in each line.
1. A. country B. cloud C. loudly D. mouse
2. A. camel B. cattle C. paddy D. buffalo
3. A. populated B. loaded C. harvested D. lived
4. A. fields B. flowers C. lemons D. parks
5. A. normal B. visitor C. transport D. chore
II. Put the words in the box into two groups.
block climb clip black
blow blossom cloud clue
/bl/ /cl/
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III. Put the words in brackets into the right forms to complete the sentences. 1.People in my country are very open and.................................. I like to go there when I have free time. (friend) 2. Some of my.................................. live in the countryside. (relate) 3. Some people say that the country is more ……………………. for the people who are retired. (suit) 4. Entertainment is difficult to find in the country, ……………………. in the evening. (particular) 5. Natural disasters can................................... destroy a harvest and leave the farmers with little or no money until the following year. (easy) IV. Use the adjectives or adverbs in brackets in their correct forms of comparison to complete the sentences. 1. Minh says life in the countryside is ……………………. he expected. He’ll go there whenever he has free time. (interesting) 2. My brother is studying at a university in Ha Noi. He often says he loves living in our village because people here are...................................people in Ha Noi. (friendly) 3. Last week we went to Sa Pa. It’s .................................. to look at the paddy fields on mountain slops than the paddy fields on the lowlands. (wonderful) 4. My grandparents often tell us that they used to live in a ……………………. life than it is now. (hard) 5. Living in the countryside is ……………………. and ..................................living in big cities. (peaceful, quiet) 6. The cost of living in my town is ..................................in this area. (expensive) 7. Living in modern flocks of flats is................................... other places. You can buy everything you want just on the ground floor. (convenient) 8. City children have .................................. life than the country children. (exciting) 9. He is a famous athletic so of course he runs .................................. me. (fast) 10. My grandfather says that farmers in the past worked......................................farmers nowadays. (hard) V. Fill each blank with a word/ phrase in the box. 1. At the ................................., my brother always helps my parents load the rice onto the truck
and drives it home. 2. I often help my parents dry the...................................in the yard in front of my house. 3. Some farmers in my village still use .................................. to transport rice home. 4. He usually goes ..................................the buffaloes with other boys in his village. 5. My pen pal friend says he would like to visit my .................................. at harvest time to see what farmers do. 6. My friend has never ridden a ..................................so he would like to try once. 7. Harvest time is the...................................of the year in the countryside. 8. Our garden is.................................. in spring when almost flowers bloom. 9. I like looking at the stars on starry nights. It’s ……………………. 10. My uncle lives in the city. He says it’s ..................................my village. VI. Read the following paragraph and complete it with one suitable word in each blank. My grandmother told me that our village (1)...................................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) …………………… . in houses made of straw and mud. busiest time noisier than buffalo fantastic rice countryside herding harvest time buffalo-drawn carts colourful Nowadays my village has (3) .................................. a lot. People live in big brick houses. In the evening, they can listen to the (4) ……………………. on the radio or watch TV for entertainment. All people in my village try their best to make their living better. They raise and resurface the roads (5) ……………………. the roads will not be muddy and flooded after it rains. They widen the roads so cars and lorries can get to the village easily. They build a medical centre so people’s health can be looked (6)...................................at any time. They build a new school so their (7) ……………………. have better learning conditions. They build a bridge (8) ……………………. the river so villagers have a shorter way to town. They also build a football ground so their children can (9) ……………………. sports. In addition, they grown cash crops so people can export the crops and have more money. I would like to become an agricultural engineer in the future so I can apply new technology to our farming and do more for the village (10).................................. our parents did. VII. Read the text and answer the questions below. Last week Nick and some of his classmates went to the countryside. They went to visit a farm of Nick’s uncle. They left early in the morning and went there by bus. Nick’s uncle, Mr. Brown met them at the bus stop and took them to his farm. On the way. Uncle Brown showed them the field of wheat and vegetables where some tractors were running up and down, ploughing and breaking soil, distributing manure and planting potatoes. After lunch, they all went for a walk. In the large yard of the farm, they saw some farm machines. Among them is the biggest machine which is called a combine harvester. They were told that this machine can cut and thresh corn at the same time. In the afternoon, they went to the place where cattle such as horses, sheep and cows were raised. They were very excited to see how cows were milked by the workers there. Uncle Brown also spoke about many interesting things in the countryside. After having some fruits and cakes, they said goodbye and went home. 1. How did Peter and his classmates go to Uncle Brown’s farm? ………………………………………………………………………………………………… .
2. What does his uncle grow on his farm? ………………………………………………………………………………………………… . 3. What can a tractor do? ………………………………………………………………………………………………… . 4. What is typical of a combine harvester? ………………………………………………………………………………………………… . 5. Which kinds of cattle are raised in Uncle Brown’s farm?