Bài tập ôn tập Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 Global Success - Unit 2: Life in the countryside

 13. After harvesting rice, the farmers often ________ it in the sunlight.
 A. collect B. water C. dry D. pick
14. My cousin rode the bike ________ through the narrow soil paths.
 A. healthily B. skilfully C. exactly D. hardly
15. This year’s exam was much ________ than last year’s.
 A. the harder B. harder C. more hardly D. more hard
16. I think living in the city is ________ living in the countryside.
 A. more expensive than B. expensive more than
 C. as expensive more than D. more than expensive
17. The development of cities happens ________ than that of the countryside.
 A. more rapidly B. much rapidly
 C. more rapid D. more rapidly as
18. I think you’ll find going fishing ________ than playing mobile games.
 A. more relaxing much B. much more relaxing
 C. more much relaxing D. much relaxing more
19. Doing shopping in the countryside is ________ that in cities.
 A. the least convenient B. less conveniently than
 C. less convenient than D. least conveniently
20. Mai: “Children in my village often fly their kites in dry rice fields.” Tom: “_____ ”
 A. It’s right up my street! B. That’s awesome.
 C. Exactly what I want. D. How interesting!
II. Choose the correct option A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning 
to the underlined word(s) in each of the following sentences
21. The villagers were very hospitable to anyone who passed through
 A. unsociable B. cold C. generous D. unfriendly
22. They lived in a small village in a picturesque landscape of small hills"
 A. ugly B. beautiful C. boring D. terrible
III. Choose the correct option A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in 
meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following sentences
23. Life in the countryside is very quiet and relaxing. 
 A. noisy B. exciting C. modern D. hard
24. This test is more difficult than the one we did last week
 A. boring B. good C. easy D. easily
IV. Choose the underlined word or phrase, A, B, C or D that needs correcting.
25. I am interested in playing sports and do DIY in my free time 
 A B C D
26. When spring comes, we enjoy to pick flowers on the hill near our house.
 A B C D
27. Although the island has no clean water and electric, it attracts lots of tourists.
 A B C D
28. I love farm work, such as digging holes, sowing seeds and I pick fruit.
 A B C D A. one of drawbacks to life in the country
B. the only disadvantage to living in the country
C. one of certain drawbacks to life outside the city
D. one of certain advantages to life outside the city
C. WRITING
I. Rearrange the words and phrases to make meaningful sentences. 
1. In the morning,/ people/ get up/usually/early. / in my village 
→ ______________________________________________________________________ . 
2. The children/traditional games./and/ love/ flying kites/ in the countryside/playing/ 
→ ______________________________________________________________________ . 
3. Some/ are into/ students/ to search/ surfing the net/ for their homework./ information/
→ ______________________________________________________________________ . 
4. If/ you / to become/ want/ you/ a successful farmer, work very hard./ need/ to/ 
→ ______________________________________________________________________ . 
5. Tom’s father/ is into/ to keep fit./ badminton/ playing/ 
→ ______________________________________________________________________ . 
6. After school, / usually help/ the children/ usually help/the village well./ to collect /their 
parents/ water/ from /
→ ______________________________________________________________________ . 
7. Minh/ is/English. keen on/ He/ more fluently than/last semester./ speaks/ he did/ 
→ ______________________________________________________________________ . 
8.Mai /to travel/ decided/ to/ to travel / Northern Highlands/ to learn/ ethnic groups./ more 
about 
→ ______________________________________________________________________ . 
9. detest building/ People/ in the village/more and more roads/ as/ this/ the environment. / may 
harm 
→ ______________________________________________________________________ . 
10.Travellers/ always/ to this village/ feel/ at home/ because/very hospitable./the villagers 
 /are/ 
→ ______________________________________________________________________ . 
II. Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first one.
1. A horse doesn’t plough as well as a buffalo.
→___________________________________________________________________
2. Hung drives more carefully than his brother 
→___________________________________________________________________
3. Trung drivers more carefully than Minh, so he has rarely had an accident. 
→___________________________________________________________________
4. It was such a beautiful flower farm that lots of tourists came to enjoy it.
→___________________________________________________________________
5. Brian is better at herding the cattle than William.
→___________________________________________________________________
6. City people talk less optimistically about the future than people in rural areas.
→___________________________________________________________________
7. It’s raining heavily, but he continues collecting rice on the farm.