Life in the city and the countryside. My hometown/village. Transport

Choose the correct word. A _____________ is a place where you can withdraw and deposit money.

Choose the correct word. You can go to a ____________________ to report a crime.

Choose the correct word. You can check your car tyres at a _______________.

Choose the correct word. You can buy stamps at a ________________.

Choose the correct preposition. Three boys went __________ us on bikes.

Choose the correct preposition. The airplane flew ___________ the city.

Choose the correct preposition. We drove ___________ the tunnel.

Choose the correct preposition. Just walk __________ the river to the bridge.

Read the article and match the phrases. CITY VS. COUNTRYSIDE. WHAT IS THE BEST PLACE TO LIVE? Big city glamour? Balderdash. Try big city cost. If you want to live like a king (or at least be your own landlord), move to the country. 1. It’s cheap. You have to actively try to spend more than $20 on a meal, even a good one. A movie still costs single digits. No one has a clue or cares what brand of clothing you’re wearing, let alone whether your shoes, purse or belt are this year’s season or last. And did I mention housing? You can live in a real house with multiple bedrooms, multiple bathrooms and a garage. 2. There’s space – for you, for your dog, for your kids, between you and your annoying neighbours. In the city, you live on top of each other. Your kids and your dog barely know what grass is. In the country, you have something called a yard. You run around, kick a football and chase fireflies. You go sledding and build snowmen on fresh snow that hasn’t been trodden by hundreds of others. 3. There are no billionaires. You don’t feel poor as you do in big cities where even those earning six-figures still believe they’re “just getting by “. In the country, you aren’t constantly aware of your socioeconomic status. You worry a lot more about the weather. 4. You aren’t reliant on public transit. You don’t have to push your way onto an overcrowded subway car only to find yourself squashed next to someone who smells or elbows you. You can drive yourself where you want, when you want. Even if there’s traffic (and there isn’t much outside of cities), you can usually find another way to go. You are in control, and there’s plenty of (free) parking.

Read the text and choose the correct option. Mike loves travelling a lot. Last year Mike took a trip to England. He went to the airport by bus and travelled to London by plane. In London he took a bus to the city centre. London buses are called double-deckers. They have a driver and a conductor. Mike got to most places in London very quickly by the underground. There are many lines in the London underground. He bought the tickets from the ticket office and the underground station, or from the automatic machines. If Mike was in a hurry, the fastest way of travelling was by taxi. Their shape and black color are famous all over the world. The “cabs”, as they are called, have become the symbol of London. London taxi drivers have green badges on their jackets. Mike had a wonderful time in London. Then he decided to go to Coventry, another city of England. It’s easy to get there by car or by train. Mike doesn’t have a car. So he went to the train station by bus and went to Coventry by train. He visited a famous transport museum there. He got there on foot. It took him 15 minutes. He discovered the very first bicycles and the fastest cars on Earth. Mike liked it a lot. Next year Mike is going to travel to France by ship, and you? 1. First, Mike travelled by. 2. Then, he took a journey by. 3. After that, Mike had a wonderful trip by. 4. He also travelled byonand by. 5. He didn’t travel by. 6. ­Mike is planning to go on a cruise by.