NAME : ___________________________
UNIT 8 (Country Life And City Life)
I. A. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others:
1. A. migrant B. strain C. rain D. great
2. A. supply B. typhoon C. facility D. try
3. A. nature B. pressure C. urban D. supply
4. A. drought B. ought C. brought D. thought
5. A. countryside B. government C. struggle D. pollution
B. Find the word which has different stress from the rest:
6. A. offer B. rural C. prefer D. urban
7. A. delay B. create C. believe D. harvest
8. A. migrant B. remote C. supply D. typhoon
9. A. tragedy B. unpleasant C. relative D. hospital
10. A. information B. entertainment C. government D. population
II. Write five nouns and five adjectives in the right column:

Country life
City life

Adjective
Noun
Adjective
Noun



























III. Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentences:
They are leaving behind their traditional ____________________of life and moving to the city. A. road B. route C. street D. way
The air in the countryside is always ____________________. A. quiet B. clean C. peaceful D. beautiful
This is a problem ___________________government around the world. A. facing B. standing C. struggling D. supplying
There’s no rain for months. The _________________is terrible. A. flood B. drought C. typhoon D. famine
The people from rural areas feel the city offers more ____________________. A. harvests B. results C. supplies D. opportunities
They believe that well-paying jobs are ____________________. A. plentiful B. easy C. rare D. normal
Many ____________________areas are getting electricity. A. crowded B. urban C. remote D. nearby
Unit 1 is _____________________than Unit 2. A. easy B. easier C. more easy D. more easier
Her grandfather is the _______________________in the village. A. older B. elder C. oldest D. eldest
10. TV is bringing ___________________information __________________entertainment. A. not only…but also B. so…that C. more…than D. neither…nor
IV. Supply the correct form of the words in brackets:
There are ______________________girls than boys in this class. (many)
City life is often _____________________than country life. (busy)
She is the _____________________student in my class. (good)
She doesn’t want to live there ______________________. (permanent)
Life in the countryside is very quiet and ______________________. (peace)
Foreign _____________________have been consulted about this decision. (govern)
Well-paying jobs are _____________________in the city. (plenty)
______________________are people moving from one place to another to find work. (migrate)
Medical facilities are more easily ____________________. (access)
Life in the provinces is _____________________changing for the better. (definite)

V. Put the verbs in brackets into the present simple or present progressive:
He ______________________his parents once a month. (visit)
I ________________________to the country this summer. (go)
The street _____________________very crowded after 4 pm. every day. (become)
We ______________________a rehearsal tonight. (have)
The River Nile _____________________into the Mediterranean. (flow)
Hurry ! The bus _____________________. (come) I ___________________to miss it. (not want)
She often ______________________badminton after class. (play)
The world ______________________rapidly. (change) Things never ___________________the same. (stay)
It often __________________(rain) in summer, but it _______________________now. (not rain)
Computers _______________________more important in our lives. (become)

VI. Fill in the blanks with a suitable preposition:
Life in the city is different _____________________life in the countryside.
She’s still looking ____________________a job.
The shopkeeper is struggling ___________________the thief.
My parents are tired _____________________living in the