I. Choose the correct word A, B, C or D for each gap to complete the following

My parents are farmers. They work very (1) ………… on the paddy fields. They usually get (2) ………… very early in the morning. After (3) ………… breakfast, they feed the buffaloes, pigs, chickens, ducks and they (4) ………… the eggs. From about eight, they work on the fields. They (5) ………… rice but their main (6) ………… is vegetables. From eleven thirty to one thirty, they rest and have lunch. They continue to work until five in the afternoon, then they come back home. My mother (7) ………… the animals again while my father (8)………… the buffalo shed and the chicken coop. They usually finish their work at about six thirty. Twice a week, my mother (9) ………… the vegetables and eggs to the town market to sell them then she often buys the things we need for our daily life. She also (10) ………… me a small present each time.

1. A. hard

2. A. on

B. hardly

B. off

C. harder

C. up

D. hardest

D. in

3. A. to have

B. having

C. have

D. had

4. A. take

5. A. plant

B. see

B. water

C. have

C. grow

D. collect

D. cut

6. A. period

7. A. leads

B. crop

B. feeds

C. time

C. gives

D. harvest

D. calls

8. A. cleans

B. washes

C. polishes

D. clears

9. A. makes

10. A. buying

B. takes

B. buys

C. carries

C. to buy

D. brings

D. bought