Unit 2 - Check up - Grade 8

There is a huge cloud ______ as far as the eye can see.

• surrounded

• stretching

• vast

People in my village are really _______; they are always generous and friendly to visitors.

• well-trained

• funny

• hospitable

The development of cities destroys ____________ areas of countryside.

• vast

• much

• stretching

The workers in our factory are very _______ because they took a lot of good training courses.

• hospitable

• kind

• well-trained

The area around the village is famous for its ________ landscape.

• picturesque

• boring

• dull

The workers are _____ a truck with timber.

• unloading

• loading

• taking

• filling

He often _____ holes in his garden to plant trees.

• ploughs

• picks

• digs

• collects

My uncle hired extra workers to help at harvest _____.

• time

• point

• period

• season

From the hilltop, we can see row after row of orange trees _____ to the horizon.

• running

• expanding

• enlarging

• stretching

People in my village grow rice in vast _____ fields.

• corn

• wheat

• pad

• paddy