1. When summer comes, we enjoy _____ picking _____ blackberries.

2. Our village has no running water, which is _______ inconvenient ________. We have to help our parents to _____ collect _____ water from the river.

3. In the countryside, children learn to ____ herd _____ the cattle when they are small.

4. Have you ever _____ ridden _____ a horse? I think one has to be _____brave _____ to do it.

5. You can relax in the countryside. It’s so _____ peaceful _____.

6. _____ Nomadic _____ life is hard because people have to move a lot.

7. The sky is _____ put up _____ here in the countryside. There are no buildings to block the view.

8. We worked together to  ____ vast ______ this tent. It was _____hard _____ work.

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Sometimes I hear adults around me say that it is (0. good) better for children to grow up in the city than in the countryside. They say that the city offers a child more opportunities for (1. high)__higher____ education, and (2. easy)___easier___ access to (3. good) ____better___ facilities. Life there is and (5. convenient)__more convenient____ .

They may be right, but there's one thing they might not know. I feel (6. happy) ___happier___ here than in a crowded and noisy city. Country folk are (7. friendly)___more friendly___ than city folk. I know every boy in my village. Life here is not as (8. fast)__fast____ as that in the city and I feel (9. safe)__safer ____ . Perhaps the (10. good) __best____ place to grow up is the place where you feel at home.