MORE EXERCISES – 6 (English 9 ) Date of preparation: October 6 th ,2007 Date of teaching :________________ Week : 8 th UNIT 3:A TRIP TO THE COUNTRYSIDE TASK 1: Odd one out: A B C D 1. pagoda shrine mosque university 2. entrance mountain river forest 3. enjoyable journey interesting convenient 4. banyan tree bamboo forest gas station paddy field 5. sweater plain suit faded jeans label TASK 2: Odd stress out: A B C D 1.village banyan bamboo entrance 2. enjoyable convenient exciting interesting 3. travel exchange collect design 4. countryside hamburger mountain Vietnamese 5. family complete grocery primary TASK3: Choose the word that has the underlined part pronunced differently from the orthers: A B C D 1. river picnic shrine village 2. entrance banyan hamburger snack 3. tired enjoyed reached arrived 4. town down mountain grown 5.bamboo afternoon food foot TASK 4: Read the passage below then pick out ONE best option (A, B, C or D ) to complete each of the following sentences: ritain 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. B 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. 1. 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 ex pand their farms D. Most fields in England are now larger than they used to be TASK5: Fill in the blank: Fresh,place, boat, journey, village, entrance, bank, shrine, travel, mountain, river bank a’s home (1)……….lies near the foot of a (2)………… and by a river. Getting to the village is an interesting (3)………. . People have a chance to (4)……… between the green paddy fields, cross a small bamboo forest before they reach a big old banyan tree at the (5)……………. to the village B Walking up the mountain, people can visit the (6)……………. of a young Vietnamese hero and enjoyed the(7)…………. air there. Besides, they can also take a(8)………… for sightseeing in the river or have a picnic on the river (9)…………. .It’s a wonderfull (10)…………… for resting. TASK 6: Choose the word or phrases to fill in the blanks : 1. It’s an ………………… journey. A. interest B. interested C. interesting D. interestingly 2. The weather was bad, ………… we didn’t go on a picnic. A.however B. so C. because D. but 3. She sings very …………………………… A. beauty B. beautiful C. beautifully D. beautify 4. My village is about 120 kilometers…………….the west of Ho Chi Minh City A. in B. at C. for D.to 5. There is a shrine …………… the top of this mountain. A. on B. in C. at D. to 6. He used to………………… full time, but now he is a part-time worker. A. work B. working C. worked D. to work 7. The accident happens because of driving………………… A. careful B. careless C.carefully D. carelessly 8. I wish you……………us some day. A. visit B. will visit C. would visit D.visited 9. Van is a(n)…………… student in the USA. A. bright B. foreigner C. exchange D.intelligent 10. There is a river…………………across the village. A.flowing B. running C.lying D. reaching TASK7: Writing: Use the cues below to write a passage telling your recent trip to the countryside 1. Last weekend/ my family/ two-day trip/ home village. 2. We / start/ the journey/ very early/ morning. 3. After three hours/ travel / bus/ we / reach/ old banyan/ entrance/ the village 4. Everyone/ feel/ tired/ take a rest/ the tree 5. After that/ we /start/ walk/ the village/ twenty minutes/ come/ my grandparents’ house. 6. We/ spend/ enjoyable weekend/ the country. 7. We/ feel /happy and healthy/ the trip.