. I prefer to come back to my hometown on the harvest time. .................
A B C D
2. Last summer holiday, I had a very forgettable time with my cousin .................
A B C
because we had a lot of fun together.
D
3. I think that people living in the countryside have to work hard than .................
A B C
people in cities.
D
4. Sometimes city people talk much pessimistically than country people. .................
A B C D
5. Some people like living in big cities because of its excited life with .................
A B C
a lot of entertainments and modern facilities.
D
C. READING 
IX Read the passage. Decide if the statements are true (T) or false (F).
If you had your own apple orchard, it means you have a busy, year-around job. Apple growers schedule tasks all year long in order to have a good harvest in the fall and to get the apples to your grocery store while they are still fresh. Early in the spring, you will be out in the orchard fertilizing the trees and planting new trees. Maybe you are just replacing a few old trees that no longer produce many apples, or maybe you are adding rows of trees to enlarge your orchard or to try a new variety of apples. Soon the trees begin to show their pink and white blooms. Don’t spend too much time admiring the flowers! You need to rent some bee hives to pollinate all of your trees. You don’t want your trees to grow lots of tiny apples. You want to grow nice big ones, so after the blooms fade you start checking your trees to see if the buds need to be thinned. Maybe you will thin them by hand, or maybe you will use chemicals to do the job.
1. Apple growers always have things to do with their apple orchard. .................
2. Apples are harvested in the fall and brought to the stores after that season. .................
3. Apple growers use fertilizers for apples trees. .................
4. After each harvest season, all apple trees are replaced with new ones. .................
5. Thinning the buds will bring about big apple trees. .................
X Read the passage.
Life is changing rapidly in the large cities of England. However, life in other areas remains much the (1) ……………………… as it has been for centuries. Factories have brought huge population increases to the cities, and city life boomed.
City residents have discovered a new (2) ……………………… of life, but in country villages the traditional lifestyle has remained nearly (3) ………………… There have been a few changes, particularly the new steam-powered machinery. It made farm production more (4) …………………… But for the people who remain in the countryside, daily life continues much as it had before the (5) …………………… Revolution. Life in country villages continues to (6) ……………… at a slow pace. The daily schedule depends on the times that the sun rose and set and on the weather. In a typical village, the (7) ……………… number of workers is still employed in agriculture or in domestic service. A smaller number of people work in various trades. Even (8) ……………………… work in the professions.
Choose the most suitable word to fill in the blank
1. A. similar B. same C. different D. both A & B
2. A. method B. walk C. way D. path
3. A. changeful B. changeable C. unchanged D. change
4. A. efficient B. efficiently C. efficiency D. inefficient
5. A. Industry B. Industrial C. Industrialize D. Industrialized
6. A. run B. walk C. move D. drive
7. A. largest B. biggest C. highest D. all are correct
8. A. more B. less C. few D. fewer
Fill in the blank with one word/ phrase from the passage
1. The population in the city has increased because of ……………… .
2. There has been hardly any changes in the ……………… in rural areas.
3. Steam – powered machinery helps ……………… a lot.
4. The daily schedule of people in the countryside depends on ……………… .
5. Most countryside people in England work in agriculture or in ……………… .
D. SPEAKING 
XI Work in pairs. Describe one of the countryside places that you have ever known or visited.
You should base on the suggestions below:
- Where is it?
- Why do you know about it?
- What are the special things about it?
- What do you like about it?
- What do you dislike about it?
XII Now tell your partner whether you prefer living in the city or in the countryside.
You should base on the suggestions below:
- Which do you prefer?
- If you prefer living in the city, what are the good points about it?
- If you prefer living in the countryside, what are the good points about it?
E. LISTENING 
XIII Listen to a woman sharing her thoughts about seasons in the countryside. Answer the questions below:
1. What does she think about the seasons in the countryside?
.................................................................................................................................................
2. Where does she think city dwellers spend half their lives?
.................................................................................................................................................
3. Are there a lot of changes from day to day in the countryside?
.................................................................................................................................................
4. When do the farmers harvest the crops?
.................................................................................................................................................
5. What does she say about the seasonal food?
.................................................................................................................................................
XIV Listen again. Decide if the followings statements are true (T) or false (F).
1. City people are also interested in season changes in the countryside. .................
2. The crops developed the fastest in spring and summer. .................
3. Not everything changes when a new season comes. .................
F. WRITING 
XV Rewrite the following sentences, using the comparative forms of the given adjectives/ adverbs.
1. It takes Lan 30 minutes to pick 10 kilograms of apples, but it takes her sister only 20 minutes.
→ Lan’s sister .................................................................................................................... (fast)
2. It is quite easy to find an entertainment center in a city, but it is not easy to find one in the countryside.
→ Finding ........................................................................................................................ (hard)
3. I went to the party early at 7.00 p.m. However, she had already been there.
→ She went ..................................................................................................................... (early)
4. Where I live is not as scenic as where you live.
→ Where you live .......................................................................................................... (scenic)
5. Going to my hometown from here takes 1 hour; however, going to his hometown from here takes 3 hours.
→ It takes ......................................................................................................................... (long)
1)Have you ever (do) done volunteer work ?
Last summer, I had a chance to join my friend's family on a trip to his home village, about 30 kilometers to the north of Da Nang. The village (25) lies near the foot of Hai Van Pass. We went there by car. Our car ran at an average speed, (26) so we could enjoy the beautiful sights along the road. The green paddy fields stretched as far as the eye could see. Some cows were grazing by the roadside. It did not take long, just about half an hour. The village is on the other side of the river, so we had (27) to park the car under a big banyan tree by the ferry landing. We crossed the river by ferry.
Like almost every village in the country, Nam's home village looks quiet and (28) peaceful with bamboos,banyan trees, water wells.......We enjoyed the beautiful sights and the fresh air, met (29) friendly people and did interesting things. I hope I (30) will be able to get there again.
25. A. lays B. lies C. stands D. grows
26. A. because B. so C. but D. however
27. A. to park B. parking C. parked D. park
28. A. peacefully B. peace C. peaceful D. peacefulness
29. A. economic B. equal C. traditional D. friendly
30. A. will B. can C. am D. would
Mùa hè năm ngoái, tôi có dịp cùng gia đình bạn tôi đi du lịch quê anh ấy, cách Đà Nẵng khoảng 30 cây số về phía Bắc. Làng (25) nằm gần chân đèo Hải Vân. Chúng tôi đến đó bằng ô tô. Xe của chúng tôi chạy với tốc độ trung bình, (26) để chúng tôi có thể thưởng thức những cảnh đẹp dọc đường. Những cánh đồng lúa xanh trải dài ngút tầm mắt. Một số con bò đang gặm cỏ bên đường. Nó không mất nhiều thời gian, chỉ khoảng nửa giờ. Làng ở bên kia sông nên chúng tôi (27) phải đậu xe dưới gốc cây đa to bên bến phà. Chúng tôi qua sông bằng phà.
Giống như hầu hết các làng quê trên cả nước, quê của Nam trông yên ả và thanh bình với lũy tre, cây đa, giếng nước ....... Chúng tôi rất thích cảnh đẹp và bầu không khí trong lành, gặp (29) người dân thân thiện và đã làm những điều thú vị. Tôi hy vọng tôi (30) sẽ có thể đến đó một lần nữa.