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Britain is now a highly industrialized country and there are only 238,000 farms in the UK. More and more farmers leave the land because they can not earn enough money to survive. Only large farms are economic and because of this most British farm are big. They usually grow cereals in the east of England and raise sheep and cowsin the north of England and Scotland. The small family farms often have to earn more money by offering bed and breakfast accommodation to tourists. Farming methods in Britain have also changed. Fields used to be quite small, divided by hedges which were sometimes a thousand years old and full of wild flowers and birds. Many hedges were pulled up to allow farmers to use mordern machinery. Now most fields in England are large by European standards.
- British farmers give up working on their farms because________ .
A.they are tired of the farm work
B.they can’t earn their own living by farming
C.they want to continue to live
D. they are forced to leave the land
2. Most British farms are big because_________ .
A. there are plenty of abandoned land
B.farming is now industrialized
C. small farms are unecenomic
D. most British farmers are rich
3.The small family farms often offer bed and breakfast accommodation to tourists ______.
A. to show their friendship
B. because they want to have more tourists to their farms
C. in order to improve their earnings
D. so that the tourists will return in their farm the next time
4. Fields on British farms were __________ .
A. seperated from each other by hedges
B. full of wild flowers and birds
C. a thousand years old
D. all are correct
5. Which of the following sentences is not true?
A. Industries are developed in Britain
B. Breeding farms are usually in the north of England
C. Many hedges are pulled down for farmers to expand their farms
D. Most fields in England are now larger than they used to be
I. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in brackets.
1. In order to keep our environment ......unpolluted...... , we shouldn’t drop litter in public places. (pollute)
2. Don’t pump ....sewage........ into seas and rivers or it will pollute them. (sew)
3. Don’t throw away .......used..... bottles, papers, and glass. Take them to recycling centres. (use)
4. If we keep on .....polluting....... the air, more people will suffer from respiratory diseases. (pollution)
5. The local authorities have received many letters of ........complaint.... about the industrial wastes from that factory. (complain)
II. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in brackets.
1. Ba was ......seriously...... ill right after eating those ......poisonous...... mushrooms. (serious / poison)
2. ......Conservationists...... are interested in the protection of the environment. (conserve)
3. Without .......electricity..... , some people wouldn’t catch fish. (electric)
4. Shhh. Listen ......carefully...... to the conservationist teaching us how to protect the environment. (care)
5. What is responsible for the .....environmental....... problems in your city? (environment)
III. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in brackets.
1. Make sure the use of ......pesticide...... is not harmful to farm workers’ health. (pest)
2. .....Congratulations....... ! You have successfully held the clean-up campaign. (congratulate)
3. Use public transport or we won’t .....minimise....... pollution. (minimum)
4. If ......deforestation...... continues, there will be no forest left ten years from now. (forest)
5. The rising level of air pollution has caused concern among .......envrionmentalists..... . (environment)
I.read the passage and then fill in each gap with a suitable word chosen from the box .
and , what , day , has , next/close , where , get , the , which ,from ,in , here , for , more
The country is__more____(1) beautiful than a town and more pleasant to live in . any people think so and go to the country _____for___(2) the summer holidays though they can't live ___here____(3) all the year round . Some have a cottage built in a village ____so___(4) that they can go there whenever they can find the time .
Englosh villages are not all alike , but ___in____(5) some ways they are not very different _____from____(6) each other . Almost every village has a church , the round or square tower of__which____(7) can be seen many miles around . Surrounding ____the_____(8) church is the churchyard _____where____(9) peaple are buried .
The village green___is____(10) a wide streatch of grass , and houses or cottages are ______next_____(11) to it . Country file is now fairly comfotable and many villages_____have___(12) water brought through pipes each ____day___(13)
Most villages are so close to some small towns ____that___(14) peaple can go there to buy ___what____(15) they can't find in the village shop .
II. Reorder the letters so that they from the meaningful words , beased on the definitions beside .
1. IMAEZ - corn MAIZE
2. DEEF - give food to eat FEED
3. CROGREY ROSTE - where people buy food and small things GROCERY STORE
4. TRAP-IMET - shorter or less than standard time PART-TIME
5.CLETOCL - bring things together . COLLECT
BÀi 1:Give the correct form of the CAPITALS to complete each of the following sentences.
1. You have to use your ........imagination......(IMAGINE) when you read the story.
2. I think corporal ........punishment...(PUNISH) is now prohibited in schools.
3. .....traditionally........(TRADITION), we used to cook five-colour sticky rice on the first day of the lunar month.
4. Tom says he can't put up with Mary's ........behavior......(BEHAVE) any longer.
5. Those ....attendants.........(ATTEND) over there are friends of both then bride and groom.
6. The photo brought back many happy memories of my......childhood.........(CHILD)
7. I think riding a bicycle is ........inconvenient.........(CONVENIENCE), especially when it rains.
8. She said that in her village ......marriage.........(MARRY) used to be arranged by parents .
9. Thirty years ago only ......wealthy.............(WEALTH) people in the city had the TV.
10. We used to ......think..........(THOUGHT) of our home village when we lived overseas.
BÀi 2: Complete each of the following sentences with used to / didn't use to using the verbs from the box.
| be | buy | climb | play | shop |
| swim | travel | walk | watch | write |
1. On my childhood, there........didn't use to be...... so many high buildings here. There were parks.
2. People .......used to write...... with pen, but now they use computers.
3. My brother ........used to play......... football, but an injure stopped him from playing.
4. In my grandfather's youth, people .....didn't use to travel....... by car. They rode horses.
5. I .......used to walk..... to school, but two weeks ago I got a bike so now I ride it every day.
6. My sister ........didn't use to swim.......... when we go to the beach because sshe was afraid of water.
7. Mr. Lam .........didnt use to watch...... television in the morning. He did it in the evening.
8. David was a good climber in his youth. He .......used to climb...... very high mountains.
9. My parents ..........didn't use to buy....... me expensive toys as we were not rich.
10. We ...used to shop...... in the town market. We bought fish, fruit and vegetables.
II. Supply the correct form of the words in parentheses to complete the sentences.(1m)
1. My mark in the exam was __disappointedly___ low. I had had done better. (disappoint)
2. Many ethnic people in mountainous areas are _illiterate__. They can’t read or write. (illiteracy)
III. Supply the correct tense or form of the verbs in parentheses to complete the sentences. (1m)
1. I wish people in the world __lived___ in peace. (live)
2. The city __has set___ up a new school in the west suburb lately. (set)
Read the text below and complete it with the verbs in the box. Use “used to” or the present simple (e.g. he lives, they live, ect.)
The lives of Inuit people of North America have changed a lot in 50 years. First, their name: people (0) used to call them Eskimos, but now they are called Inuits, which means “the people”. They (1) _____used to live_____ in igloos in the winter but today, many of them live in houses in small towns. They (2) _____used to hunt_____ seals – they ate the meat and made clothes from fur. Many of the people still (3) _____wear_____ seal-skin clothes today because they are very warm. Remember, the weather is extremely cold for many months of the year. To move over the snow, they (4) _____used to wear_____ special snowshoes on their feet, but today many Inuits (5) ____drive______ snowmobiles. These machines can travel long distances in a short time. In the past it (6) ______used to take____ them days or weeks to travel the same distance. Inuit children never (7) _____used to go_____ to school – they learnt everything from their parents. But now, like all North Americans, they (8) _____have_____ about 10 years of school education. Life is not as hard as it (9) _____used to be_____, but many of the older Inuits (10) ______hate____ town life and want to go back to the old days.