20 câu trắc nghiệm Tiếng Anh 8 Unit 2. Life in the countryside -Reading - Global Success có đáp án

Read the text carefully then answer the following questions.

Living in the country is something that people from the city often dream about. However, in reality, it has both advantages and disadvantages.

There are certainly many advantages of living in the country. First, you can enjoy peace and quietness. Moreover, people tend to be friendlier. A further advantage is that there is less traffic, so it is safer for young children.

However, there are certain disadvantages or drawbacks to life outside the city. First, because there are fewer people, you are likely to have few friends. In addition, entertainment is difficult to find, particularly in the evening. Furthermore, the fact that there are fewer shops and services so it is quite hard to find jobs. As a result, you may have to travel a long way to work, which can be extremely expensive.

In conclusion, it can be seen that the country is more suitable for some people than others. On the whole, it is often the best place for those who are retired or who have young children. In contrast, young or single people who have a career are better provided for in the city.

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I live in a house near the sea. It’s an old house, about 100 years old, and it’s very small. There are two bedrooms upstairs but no bathroom. The bathroom is downstairs next to the kitchen and there’s a living room where there is a lovely old fireplace. There’s a garden in front of the house. The garden goes down to the beach and in spring and summer there are flowers everywhere. So, I have a lot of visitors. My city friends often stay with me.

I love my house for many reasons: the garden, the flowers in summer, the fire in winter, but the best thing is the view from my bedroom window.

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We live in Yorkshire, on a farm in the country. The farmhouse is quite an old building. It’s about 250 years old, I think. There aren’t many houses near us. There’s a pub in the village about three miles away, but we’re over twenty miles from the nearest town. That can be difficult for shopping, but we love it here. It’s very quiet, there’s no traffic, and the view is wonderful.

Our uncle’s family, however, don’t live in a house or a flat. They live on a houseboat. The boat looks small, but it’s quite big inside. Apart from the bathroom, it only has one room, so they have to do everything there – eat, cook, sleep, and watch TV.

 Read the passage and decide whether the statements are TRUE (T) or FALSE (F).

When I was young, I used to spend the summer on my grandparents’ farm. I loved those days, so carefree and enjoyable. There were so many things to do and to sec that I was never bored. I would get up at sunrise and go for a walk around a meadow. I had a dog and together we wandered while the rest of the world was sleeping.

In the morning my grandmother fed the chickens and other farm animals and my grandfather turned out the cattle. Then together we went to a field to reap the harvest. We usually worked in the field until lunchtime but when it was too hot to work I picked currants, raspberries or fruit in the garden or went for a walk to a nearby forest and looked for birds’ nests. Later in the afternoon I would often go swimming or fishing in the river. When I felt lazy, I just lay in the sun and watched the birds and animals again and collect chickens’ eggs. I even learned to milk the cows and I was very proud of myself. My grandparents had a barn behind the house, and I used to spend the night there. I took my sleeping-bag and a torch and slept in hay. That was an unforgettable experience. After such holidays I always returned to town refreshed and healthy.

Now I do not spend the summer in the country any longer. My grandparents have grown old and they are not strong enough to work in the fields and look after cows, pigs and hens. I visited them last year but it was not the same. The village has grown and developed. You can no longer see horses in the fields but modern agricultural machines. The forest I loved so much has been cut and has lost its natural beauty.