UNIT 8 : COUNTRY LIFE AND CITY LIFE

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others.
A. away B. facility C. migrant D. nature
A. urban B. pollution C. ruler D. supermarket
A. supply B. typhoon C. facility D. try
A. strain B. air C. rain D. entertainment
A. drought B. although C. sound D. proud

Choose the word or phrase that best completes each unfinished sentence below.
The game __________ at two o’clock tomorrow.
A. has started B. is going to start C. start D. is starting
Is your English __________ better?
A. get B. got C. getting D. geting
I feel much __________ now because the exams are over.
A. more relaxed B. more relaxing C. relaxer D. relax
I think this milk is turning__________.
A. sour B. sourly C. sourness D. more sourly
Our new car is a little __________ than our old one, but still fits easily into the garage.
A. wide B. wider C. widder D. widely
__________ the piano but also the violins.
A. Not only she plays B. She plays not only C. Neither she plays D. She plays either
Italy __________ against France in tomorrow’s final.
A. has played B. played C. is playing D. play
People used to believe that the world was flat.
A. think B. say C. claim D. hear
__________ is a longtime when there is not enough rain.
A. Storm B. Drought C. Typhoon D. Flood
Strawberries are__________ at the moment.
A. a lot of B. plentiful C. much D. many
I’m sorry, but I can’t come for dinner because I__________ to York tonight.
A. has driven B. drives C. drove D. am driving
That child is getting__________ every day.
A. big B. bigger C. biggest D. biger
It’s becoming__________ to go out alone at night.
A. danger B. dangerous C. dangerously D. dangerousness
The number of cars on the road__________.
A. increase B. is increasing C. are going to increase D. are increasing
It has been the__________ day in London for 35 years.
A. hoter B. hotter C. hotest D. hottest
The giraffe is __________ the man. Giraffe/ d3i:’ra:f/
A. taller than B. tall than C. tallest than D. the tallest than
I’ve lost my keys. Can you help me to look __________ them?
A. for B. at C. after D. forward to
The heavy rain has caused__________ in many parts of the country.
A. storms B. droughts C. typhoons D. floods
Living in the country is not expensive. And it isn’t complex, __________.
A. either B. too C. neither D. so
There’s usually a lot of traffic at this time of the day.
A. vehicles moving along a road or street B. movement
C. means of transport D. transportation



Choose the underlined part that needs correction.
I have to get up early because I will teach a physics class at 6. 00 in the morning.
A B C D
The situation is very badly and it is getting worse.
A B C D
I enjoy not only reading novels but also magazines.
A B C D
She actually prefers do things by herself.
A B C D
Is the boat from Hai Phong arriving on 10. 30?
A B C D
Choose the word (a, b, c, or d) that best fits each of the blank spaces.
I live (31)_____ Romania, in the countryside. My school is about one kilometer (32)_____ from my home. My sister goes to school (33)_____bike every morning, but I haven’t got a bike, so I go (34)______foot. It only (35)_____ about fifteen minutes, and it’s good exercise.
A. in B. at C. on D. from
A. apart B. away C. far D. b & c
A. by B. with C. on D. of
A