XI. Choose the word or the phrase among A,B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage.

            The country and the city have advantages and (1)     . People in the country live in more beautiful surroundings. They enjoy (2)  and quietness, and can do their work at their (3)                  pace because  no one  is in a (4)     . They live in larger, more comfortable houses,and their neighbors are more friendly, and ready to help them (5)        they need it. Their life, however, can be (6)  and they may be isolated, which is a serious problem (7)      they are ill or want to take children to school.

            The city has all the services that the country lacks, but it (8)             has a lot of disadvantages. Cities are often polluted. They not (9)                have polluted air but also have noisy streets. Everyone is always in a hurry and this (10)                       that people have no time to get to know each other and make friends.

1.A. joy                    B.enjoyment                      C.happiness                        D.disadvantages

2.A.quiet                  B.quietly                           C.peace                               D.peaceful

3.A.less                    B.own                               C.just                                  D.only

4.A.hurry                  B.hurried                           C.hurriedly                         D.hurrying

5.A.When                 B.which                             C.what                                D.that

6.A.bore                   B.bored                             C.boring                             D.bores

7.A. unless               B. because                         C. although                         D. if

8.A. also                   B. yet                                C. already                           D. so

9.A. never                B. ever                               C. hardly                            D. only

10.A. aims                B. means                           C. asks                                D. said