Bài tập môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 Global Success - Unit 2: Life in the countryside (Có đáp án)

 25 Feed v /fi:d/ Cho ăn
26 Ferry n /'ferɪ/ Phà
27 Furniture n /ˈfɜːrnɪtʃər/ Đồ nội thất
28 Furnished adj /ˈfɜːrnɪʃt/ Được trang bị đầy đủ (tiện nghi)
29 Herd v, n /hɜːrd/ Chăn giữ vật nuơi, đàn vật nuơi
30 Harvest v, n /ˈhɑːrvɪst/ Thu hoạch, vụ thu hoạch
31 Hay n /heɪ/ Cỏ khơ
32 /ˌhəʊm ˈmeɪd 
 n Sản phẩm tự làm
 Home-made product ˈprɒdʌkt/
33 Hospitable adj /hɒˈspɪtəbl/ Mến khách, hiếu khách
34 Household chores n /ˈhaʊshəʊld tʃɔːrz/ Việc nhà
35 Load v /ləʊd/ Tải lên, chất lên
36 Lighthouse n /'laɪthaʊs/ Hải đăng, đèn biển
37 Local adj /'ləʊkl/ Địa phương
38 Milk v /mɪlk/ vắt sữa
39 Noise n /nɔɪz/ Tiếng ồn
40 Noisy adj /'nɔɪzɪ/ Ồn ào
41 Orchard n /ˈɔːrtʃərd/ Vườn cây ăn quả
42 /ˈɔːfər ən 
 v Tạo, cung cấp cơ hội
 Offer an opportunity ˌɒpəˈtjuːnəti /
43 Optimistic adj /ˌɒptɪˈmɪstɪk/ Lạc quan
44 Pasture n /ˈpɑːstʃə(r)/ Đồng cỏ
45 Peaceful adj /ˈpiːsfl/ Yên bình, yên tĩnh
46 Paddy field n /ˈpỉdɪ fi:ld/ Ruộng lúa
47 Picturesque adj /ˌpɪktʃəˈresk/ Đẹp như tranh (phong cảnh)
48 Plough v /plaʊ/ Cày (ruộng)
49 Provide SB with ST v /prəˈvaɪd/ Cung cấp cho ai cái gi
50 Provide ST for SB v /prəˈvaɪd/ Cung cấp cái gì cho ai
51 Ride v /raɪd/ Cưỡi; đạp xe
52 Remote area n /rɪˈməʊt ˈeəriə/ Vùng sâu, vùng xa  Kết thúc bằng 1 nguyên âm (u, e, o, a, i) và 1 phụ hot hotter
 âm (trừ h, w, x, y, z) nhân đơi phụ âm cuối, rồi 
 thêm “er”
  Cịn lại + er cold colder
 Đối với tính từ dài (từ 2 âm tiết trở lên)
  Thêm “more” trước tính từ interesting more interesting
  Lưu ý: tính từ 2 âm tiết kết thúc bằng y đổi y pretty prettier
 thành ier
  Tính từ 2 âm tiết kết thúc bằng le, er, ow,et narrow narrower
 thêm “er” quiet quieter
 clever cleverer
 Irregular comparative adjectives (Tính từ bất quy tắc)
 good better tốt hơn
 bad worse tệ, dở hơn
 much /many more nhiều hơn
 little + N số ít, khơng đếm được less ít hơn
 few + N số nhiều, đếm được fewer ít hơn
 far farther/further xa hơn
2. Comparative forms of adverbs
- So sánh hơn của trạng từ sử dụng khi đưa ra phép so sánh cách thức thực hiện 1 việc nào đĩ giữa 2 
đối tượng hoặc nhĩm đối tượng.
 Form (Cấu trúc)
 S1 + V + adv-er + than S2 (S2 + Vaux). She came earlier than me (I did). 
 S1 + V + more + adv + than S2 (S2 + Vaux). She sings more beautifully than me (I do).
 * Vaux: trợ động từ (be/do/have/can...)
 How to form comparative adverbs (Cách biến đơi trạng từ so sánh hơn)
 Đối với trạng từ ngắn (1 âm tiết), khơng kết thúc 
 bằng đuơi -ly
  Kết thúc bằng “e” thêm r late later
  Cịn lại + er hard harder 3. A. collect B. pasture C. canal D. donate
4. A. discover B. equipment C. mountainous D. experience
5. A. remote B. orchard C. household D. lighthouse
PART 2. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
I. VOCABULARY
Exercise 1. Look at the pictures and fill in the blanks.
 orchard mountainous area pasture crop load
 feed paddy field cattle lighthouse canal
 1. _________________________________ 2. _________________________________
 3. _________________________________ 4. _________________________________
 5. _________________________________ 6. _________________________________ 8. I-C-R-P-U-U-E-T-Q-E-S H. people from a particular country or region, or who have a 
 ______________________ particular way of life
 9. A-L-C-P-E-T-I-S-Y-I I. to spread over an area of land
 ______________________
 10. H-S-C-T-E-T-R J. a tower or other building that contains a strong light to warn and 
 ______________________ guide ships near the coast
Your answer:
 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Exercise 3. Circle the odd one out.
1. A. collect B. cultivate C. noise D. dry
2. A. convenient B. feed C. catch D. load
3. A. vast B. hospitable C. friendly D. skillful
4. A. mountainous B. folk C. peaceful D. rural
5. A. picturesque B. ride C. plough D. transport
Exercise 4. Complete the sentences with the words in the box.
 harvest cattle load inconvenient atmosphere
 well-trained pasture collect vast donate
1. My uncle raises a herd of _______________ on his farm.
2. There was a long drought which produced a very poor _______________.
3. Many millionaires _______________ a great deal of money to the poor in this remote area yearly.
4. All people in this small village have to _______________ water from remote rivers to their homes 
every day.
5. It is very _______________ to live in the mountainous areas because of the lack of transportation.
6. On the way to my hometown, I can see the _______________ fields stretching to the horizon.
7. _______________ workers in this factory can produce quality performance.
8. When I go to the countryside, I enjoy the peaceful _______________ and the clear blue sky there.
9. I usually help my grandfather _______________ the rice onto the ox-drawn cart during harvest time.
10. Look! A little boy is driving the herd of buffaloes to the _______________.
II. GRAMMAR
Exercise 1. Write the comparative form of these adjectives and adverbs. 3. My performance is _______________ than Sam’s. (bad)
4. No one in my class is _______________ than Jack. (clever)
5. This high-tech mobile phone is much _______________ than my old one. (expensive)
6. I have _______________ patience than my friends, so I can’t wait for even five minutes. (little)
7. The house we lived in was _______________ than my flat now. (modem)
8. In my opinion, country folks are _______________ than city dwellers. (friendly)
9. My tutor always helps me to be _______________ when I speak in public. (confident)
10. All the fanners in the village have to work hard to have a _______________ life. (good)
Exercise 4. Complete the sentences with a suitable comparative form of the words provided.
1. Traffic in the city is always _______________ than that in the countryside. (busy)
2. A sofa is _______________ than a bench. (comfortable)
3. Does a tiger run _______________ than a horse? (slow)
4. Anna sings _______________ than her classmates. (good)
5. My house is _______________ from the city centre than Lucy’s house. (far)
6. John plays the flutes _______________ than Henry. (bad)
7. Cities are _______________ than villages. (big)
8. This year, the farmers in my village work _______________ than they did last year. (hard)
9. Villages are _______________ than cities. (quiet)
10. I think people in rural areas live _______________ than those in urban areas. (happy)
Exercise 5. Complete the sentences with the comparative form of the adverbs in brackets.
1. Julia can speak English _______________ than I do. (fluently)
2. The visitors are expected to arrive _______________ than the scheduled time. (early)
3. Tony submitted his assignment _______________ than me yesterday. (late)
4. Mary won the competition because she danced _______________ than anyone Else. (beautifully)
5. I asked Anna to speak _______________ because it was too noisy in the room. (loud)
6. I quite believe that our team can do this project _______________ than the other one. (well)
7. Dan won the medal because he could jump _______________ than other students in the sport event. 
(high)
8. If you use this latest model car, you can go _______________ than when you use your old car. (far)
9. I’m afraid that I can’t let James drive because he drives _______________ than I do. (carelessly)
10. My sister is very clumsy. She cooks _______________ than my brother. (badly) 3. More and more people move to a (bigger / biggest) city to get more job opportunities every year.
4. This board game is (more exciting / the more exciting) than the one I played yesterday.
5. Sam is (more intelligent/most intelligent) than Jack.
6. My new car is (costlier / more costly) than the old one.
7. When we have enough money, we will move to a (more comfortable / more comfortable than) 
apartment next year.
8. I hope you will get (gooder /better) results in the next exam.
9. My sister loves to live in Da Lat because it is (more quiet / quieter) than her area.
10. The more my daughter grows up, the (more independent /independenter) she is.
Exercise 9. Circle the correct answers.
1. It’s incredible, your house is much (bigger / more big / biger) than mine.
2. Bill has a good mood today, he looks (more happy / happier / more happily) than he was yesterday.
3. Pat’s car is (faster / fastest / more fast) than Peter’s.
4. This picture is (colourfuler / more colourful / more colourfully) than the one in the hall.
5. Most people like working with Tom because he always does his work (more responsibly / responsibler 
/ more responsible) than others.
6. This vegetable soup tastes (well / best / better) if you add more salt.
7. My new job is (hardly / harder / hardlier) than my old one.
8. Lucy is the (prettier / prettiest / more pretty) of the two students.
9. Does Fred feel (weller / better / gooder) today than he did yesterday?
10. We must come (early / more early / earlier) than other people to get the best seats.
Exercise 10. Choose the best answer for each of the following sentences.
1. Quang helps his parents ______________ the rice onto the ox-drawn cart.
A. load B. collect C. dry D. ride
2. In my opinion, city life is more ______________ than country life.
A. friendly B. exciting C. natural D. peaceful
3. I love this view because the sky is ______________ here in the countryside because there are no 
buildings to block the view.
A. tidy B. close C. dense D. vast
4. Look! Some boys are ______________ the buffaloes.
A. picking B. playing C. driving D. herding 9. My new bed is ______________ than the old one.
A. more comfortable B. comfortably
C. more comfortabler D. comfortable
10. My sister plays the piano ______________ than me.
A. gooder B. weller C. better D. more good
11. This road is ______________ than that road, so we can’t drive here.
A. narrower B. narrow C. the most narrow D. more narrower
12. Antony drives ______________ his brother.
A. more careful than B. more carefully
C. more carefully than D. as careful as
13. It is ______________ in January than in November.
A. the colder B. the coldest C. coldest D. colder
14. She is ______________ than other students in my class.
A. most hard-working B. more hard-working
C. the most hard-working D. as hard-working
15. No other planet in the solar system is ______________ than Jupiter.
A. the biggest B. the bigger C. bigger D. biger
Exercise 12. Circle and correct the mistake in each of the following sentences.
1. Thanks to the development of technology, ploughing machine can plough very much more fastly than 
a buffalo.
A. ploughing B. can C. much D. more fastly
2. Harvest time is often more busy and harder for farmers.
A. Harvest B. is C. more busy D. harder
3. The streets in the city are much crowded than those in the countryside.
A. in B. are C. crowded D. those
4. Last summer holiday, I had a very forgettable time in my hometown when I spent a lot of time flying 
kites on the field with my old friends.
A. a B. forgettable C. when D. flying
5. Although Jane lives in a small village, her house is comfortably furniture.
A. Although B. in C. comfortably D. furniture
6. In my view, villagers think more optimistic than city-dwellers. 5. How does he go to school?
A. bicycle B. train C. moped D. school bus
Exercise 2. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answers.
 Nowadays, some people choose to live and work in the countryside. New ways of working, such 
as online working, have made it possible for more people to live there. There are both advantages and 
(1) ______________ to living in the countryside.
 On the one hand, life in the countryside is very peaceful. There are less cars and that means that 
there is less noise, and that it is less (2) ______________. Furthermore, there is more land available in 
the countryside, and people can often live in (3) ______________ houses or flats than in cities. Finally, 
it is easier to do a lot of outdoor activities such as walking or cycling if you live in the countryside. On 
the other hand, life in the countryside can be (4) ______________. There are fewer restaurants, 
cinemas and shops to go to. Moreover, there is little public transport, which makes it difficult to get 
around if you don’t have a car. Finally, you can feel isolated if you live a long way from other people.
 In conclusion, there are both pros and cons to living in the countryside. However, in my opinion, 
the (5) ______________ of the countryside makes it a very attractive option.
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1. A. good points B. disadvantages C. benefits D. merits
2. A. polluted B. clean C. noisy D. crowded
3. A. smaller B. more expensive C. bigger D. cheaper
4. A. interesting B. exciting C. amazing D. Boring
5. A. peacefulness B. advantages C. carefulness D. noisiness
Exercise 3. Fill each blank with a suitable word in the box to finish the passage.
 cultivate traffic outdoors orchards fresh
 effect livestock slower cleaner milking
 Life in the countryside is a bit (1) ______________ than life in the cities. It isn’t as exciting as life 
in the city. But in general people work hard - they work in the fields, in the garden, in the woods, etc. 
They grow vegetables, (2) ______________ crops and raise cattle (cows, horses, buffaloes, ...). Some 
people even have vineyards and fruit (3) ______________.
 There is a ton of work to be done on the farm - (4) ______________ cows, taking care of (5), 
______________ mucking out, ploughing fields, sowing seeds, fertilizing, harvesting,... . It is said that a 
fanner works from sunrise to sunset. People use farm machinery and drive tractors.