Unit 8: Country life and City life - Read

Choose the word (a, b, c, or d) that best fits each of the blank spaces. My name is Pallapah and I live in Bangkok (1) __Thailand. We (2) ___live in the country. My dad and his brothers (3) ____ farmers. But due to money problems, my dad decided (4) _____ to Bangkok, our capital city. None of us really like (5) _____ here because of all the traffic and (6) _____. And because of the high cost of living, we can’t buy a house yet. (7) _____ we would all prefer to live in the (8) _____ , we can earn more money here in the city. So despite all the problems, we will probably stay here.

Read the following passage and choose the item (a, b, c, or d) that best answers each of the questions about it. I live in Cairo, which is the capital of Egypt. There are more than ten million people here. A lot of them have come from the countryside because there are more jobs here. I live in an apartment near the city center. It is a busy, exciting place. It has cinemas and shops, but unfortunately there is a lot of traffic too. Many tourists come from all over the world to see the Pyramids, which are near the city. I like Cairo because it is big and exciting. I have a lot of friends and it is easy to meet new people. I am glad that I live here, but my mother doesn’t like it. She used to live in the countryside, and she would like to go back one day.