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VI. Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blanks space in the following passage:
Many people from rural areas are leaving be hind their (1)__________________way of life and (2)_________________to the city. They believe that well – paying jobs are plentiful in the city.
At home on the farm, life is always a struggle with nature.(3)_______________, floods or droughts can easy destroy a harvest and leave the farmer with little or no money until the following year. Often farmars look (5)______________other work (6)__________________they need more money for their family.
1. A. tradition B. traditional C. traditions D. traditionally
2. A. move B. to move C. moving D. to moving
3. A. Rain B. Typhoons C. Forests D. Winds
4. A. a few B. a little C. few D. little
5. A. for B. up C. in D. at
6. A. or B. when C. but D. so
The increase in(1)_______________, however, has led to (2)________________in many cities. This puts a strain (3)____________school and hospitals, as well as water and electricity supplies. Increase (4)________________is another unpleasant result.
There is also a human side to this tragedy. Families sometimes have to live apart. In these cases, children may live at home with relatives, (5)________________their parents go and live in an urban area.
Governments all (6)__________________the world are trying to provide facilities for these migrants, but it can be a quite problem.
1. A. solution B. population C. problem D. popularity
2. A. overcrowding B. overcrowded C. overcrowds D having overcrowded
3. A. in B. on C. at D. of
4. A. pollute B. polluted C. pollution D. polluting
5. A. till B. until C. while D. however
6. A. over B. through C. in D. out