In some countries in western Europe, such as France, Belium and Britain, the countryside is c （1） Life has become difficult for many villages, and some d （2）There are a numberof reasons for this. Firstly, young people from villages usually want to live s (3) livelier and they often move to the towns and do not r （4）. Secondly, people move to the cities to find work, a_______ __ (5) there are often very few jobs in the countryside. Sometimes villages remain because people from the cities have b____ ___ ____ (6) a “second home” in the village, where they come and s______ __ __ (7) at weekends. The prices of houses go up and people from the area cannot a____ __ _____ (8) to buy a house there. Another p______ ____ (9) is that it is becoming more and more difficult for farmers to make money from the farms. So they sell their l__________ (10) and find another job.
All these things mean that many villages in western Europe are fighting to survive. We can only hope that they will remain. The countryside would be a sadder and uglier place without them. 1. changing 2. disappearing 3. somewhere 4. return 5. as 6. bought / built 7. stay 8. afford 9. problem 10. land 11. fighting 12. uglie