Title 2. UNIT 2. LIFE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE-HS.docx ✅

UNIT 2. LIFE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE A. PHONETICS I. Put the words into the correct column. mother, pick, hospitable, village, picturesque, collect, busy, cottage, water, sing, open, sofa, milk, gather, calendar, hill, around, fish, message, famous, decide, accident, return, suppose, farmer, pretty, symbol, build, today /ə/ /ɪ/ II. Choose the word whose underlined port is pronounced differently from that of the others. 1. A. activity B. ship C. dinner D. kitchen 2. A. begin B. possible C. sit D. harvest 3. A. sky B. shy C. mystery D. why 4. A. chicken B. excellent C. open D. problem 5. A. ago B. pasta C. banana D. shortage B. VOCABULARY I. Complete the sentences with the words in the box. hospitable paddy field cultivate load well-trained canals orchards herding surrounded combine harvester 1. Villagers in the northeast regions ______________ mostly rice and corn. 2. ______________ and rivers form the waterways of the Mekong Delta. 3. He sometimes goes ______________ the buffalos over several kilometres from home. 4. Most countryside houses are ______________ by green trees and rice fields. 5. In my province, people often ______________ rice onto boats and transport it on rivers. 6. Water buffalos are still used to pull the ploughs through the muddy and flooded ______________. 7. Vinh Long is a beautiful farm province, with grapefruit and orange ______________ everywhere.
8. Farmers in my homeland are ______________, opening to sharing, and welcoming on their farm. 9. The modern ______________ is a machine designed to harvest a variety of grain crops. 10. Rides on ______________ horses are an incredible experience in their beautiful countryside. II. Fill in the blanks with the verbs in the box. grow stretch plough fly unload feed dry milk catch harvest 1. There isn’t enough wind to ______________ a kite, so let’s walk home. 2. Our family ______________ the cabbage and turnips from our field. 3. Their fields ______________ about 5 km, or 3 miles, north to south. 4. I helped her ______________ to the cows, to feed the chickens, and to plant carrots. 5. It is important to ______________ rice grain as soon as possible after harvesting. 6. Her farm aims to grow enough barley to ______________ the pigs in all seasons. 7. The farmers ______________ their fertile fields with oxen in the traditional way. 8. If we don’t ______________ the grain soon, it will start rotting in the silos. 9. Do you want to know how to ______________ fruit trees in your own garden? 10. You can ______________ fish with a hook in a small pond near my house. III. Choose the best answer to complete the sentences. 1. Do you like to have a farm tour and try your hand at milking ______________? A. cows B. fish C. pigs D. dogs 2. After harvesting rice, the farmers often ______________ it in the sunlight. A. collect B. water C. dry D. plant 3. The farmers were ______________ because they warmly welcomed us and accommodated our needs. A. hospitable B. healthy C. interesting D. well-trained 4. Ploughing the ______________ with buffalos is a common cultivation method in the highlands. A. crops B. lakes C. ponds D. fields 5. It was so fun when we came to the point of herding the ______________. A. fruit B. trees C. cattle D. poultry 6. This national park is a ______________ and tranquil place to go and visit. A. crowded B. peaceful C. noisy D. busy 7. As a main source of food, paddy rice is ______________ in about 123 countries. A. picking B. growing C. loading D. herding 8. The farm has a ______________ expanse of grassland for us to play football. A. vast B. short C. limited D. narrow
9. My cousin rode the bike ______________ through the narrow soil paths. A. clearly B. skillfully C. exactly D. hardly 10. They got about 30 million tons of grain at the end of the ______________ season. A. planting B. watering C. ploughing D. harvesting IV. Supply the correct form of the word in the brackets. 1. Have you ever taken a train to discover Britain’s ______________ countryside? (picture) 2. ______________ in the countryside north of Ha Noi still continue the tradition of water puppet shows. (village) 3. The river flows ______________ in rural countryside between green fields. (quiet) 4. Raising animals was only secondary to other forms of ______________. (farm) 5. There’s nothing like the ______________ of the countryside, the quiet and the lack of distraction. (peaceful) 6. People living in rural areas are likely to have unique ______________ care needs. (support) 7. The ______________ of Viet Nam comes from every aspect of life through photos, texts, poems, etc. (beautiful) 8. The ______________ stopped work, sat down and started to eat and drink. (harvest) 9. Some thought him ______________ because he disliked meeting people. (sociable) 10. The cost of ______________ is much higher in cities than in the country. (live) C. GRAMMAR I. Choose the correct answer to complete the sentences. 1. Horses, mountain bikes and feet work _____________ on grasslands. (good/ well) 2. Agriculture is still based on _____________ methods in some countries. (traditional/ traditionally) 3. The _____________ populated provinces present a different economic picture. (dense/ densely) 4. He is very _____________ he often buys things for other people. (generous/ generously) 5. The village is _____________ situated in a quiet spot near the river. (beautiful/ beautifully) 6. Our house is very central, so we can _____________ get to theatres and cinemas. (easy/ easily) 7. They have replanted many areas with rare and _____________ plants. (unusual/ unusually) 8. She _____________ ran down the stairs to greet her cousins. (excited/ excitedly) 9. The Thompsons left their homeland and looked for a _____________ place to stay. (permanent/ permanently) 10. Some reporters spoke _____________ about rural development. (optimistic/ optimistically) II. Supply the comparative form of the words in brackets. Add “than” where necessary.
1. Average incomes in rural areas are rising _____________ those in the city. (slow) 2. The conditions they’re living in are _____________ we thought. (bad) 3. Your book looks _____________ mine. Can I borrow it for some days? (interesting) 4. The evening in the countryside is often _____________ that in the city. (peaceful) 5. Many families in the suburbs are _____________ the ones you meet in the urban. (happy) 6. With the help of technology we can live _____________ ever before. (convenient) 7. Watching football is one of Britain’s top leisure activities, even _____________ eating out. (popular) 8. Henderson said that he could run _____________ anybody else in the class. (fast) 9. This year’s harvest season seems to come a week _____________ usual. (early) 10. All these students are good, but some work _____________ others. (hard) III. Choose the best answer to complete the sentences. 1. This year’s exam was much _____________ than last year’s. A. the harder B. harder C. more hardly D. more hard 2. The growth rate of rice farms is _____________ that of corn farms this year. A. higher more than B. high more than C. more higher than D. higher than 3. I think living in the city is _____________ living in the countryside. A. more expensive than B. expensive more than C. as expensive more than D. more than expensive 4. Our house in the town looks _____________ than their house in the country. A. moderner B. more moderner C. more modern D. modern 5. The development of cities happens _____________ than that of the countryside. A. more rapidly B. much rapidly C. more rapid D. more rapidly as 6. We could go back to the days when life was _____________ it is today. A. slower than B. slowlier than C. slower D. more slowly 7. I think you’ll find going fishing _____________ than playing mobile games. A. more relaxing much B. much more relaxing C. more much relaxing D. much relaxing more 8. My parents’ farm is very big, but my uncle’s is even _____________. A. more bigger B. more big C. bigger than D. bigger 9. Doing the shopping in the countryside is _____________ that in cities. A. the least convenient B. less conveniently than C. less convenient than D. least conveniently