Grade 9 reading comprehension worksheet focusing on city life, with exercises to fill in the blanks and answer questions about urban living.

Let’s go step by step to fill in the gaps in the passage using the words from the box:

Words available:
- opportunity
- drawbacks
- well-lighted
- problems
- unlike
- education
- advantages
- air-pollution
- harmful
- with

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Gap (1):
“City life is full of advantages and disadvantages. There are a lot of (1) ……………… of living in a city.”
→ The sentence starts by saying “advantages and disadvantages”, then says “a lot of ___”. Since it’s listing positive things next (facilities, comforts), this should be advantages.

✔ (1) = advantages

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Gap (2):
“The people who live in cities enjoy some special facilities and comforts (2) ……………… the village people.”
→ This is comparing city people to village people — they have things that village people don’t. So we need a word meaning “different from” → unlike

✔ (2) = unlike

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Gap (3):
“Their houses are modern, streets are (3) ………………”
→ We’re describing streets. From the word list, “well-lighted” fits here — it means streets have good lighting.

✔ (3) = well-lighted

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Gap (4):
“Moreover, they can receive (4) ……………… in schools, colleges and universities of high standard.”
→ Schools, colleges, universities → these are places for learning → so the word is education

✔ (4) = education

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Gap (5):
“However, city life has some (5) ……………… too.”
→ “However” signals a contrast — before we talked about good things, now we talk about bad things. So this should be drawbacks or problems. But look ahead — gap (9) also needs a negative word. Let’s see which fits better later. For now, both could work, but “drawbacks” is more formal and matches “advantages” earlier. Also, “problems” might fit better elsewhere. Let’s tentatively pick drawbacks.

Wait — let’s check gap (6): “a better luck and a better (6) ………………” → probably “opportunity”

Then gap (7): smoke causes ___ → definitely “air-pollution”

Gap (8): “We don’t see the (8) ……………… gasses” → likely “harmful”

Gap (9): cause health ___ → “problems”

Gap (10): “no touch (10) ……………… nature” → “with”

So if gap (9) is “problems”, then gap (5) should be “drawbacks” to avoid repetition and match tone.

✔ (5) = drawbacks

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Gap (6):
“Everybody is rushing for a better life, a better luck and a better (6) ………………”
→ After “better life” and “better luck”, the next logical thing is “better opportunity” — especially since job opportunities are mentioned later in Part II.

✔ (6) = opportunity

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Gap (7):
“Those smoke causes (7) ………………”
→ Smoke from vehicles → leads to pollution → specifically air-pollution

✔ (7) = air-pollution

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Gap (8):
“We don’t see the (8) ……………… gasses but we inhale it.”
→ Gases that are dangerous → harmful

✔ (8) = harmful

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Gap (9):
“...cause health (9) ………………”
→ Health issues → problems

✔ (9) = problems

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Gap (10):
“It has no touch (10) ……………… nature whatsoever.”
→ Phrase: “touch with nature” → so with

✔ (10) = with

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Now let’s double-check all answers against the word bank:

Used:
- advantages ✔
- unlike ✔
- well-lighted ✔
- education ✔
- drawbacks ✔
- opportunity ✔
- air-pollution ✔
- harmful ✔
- problems ✔
- with ✔

All 10 words used exactly once. Perfect.

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Final Answer:
(1) advantages
(2) unlike
(3) well-lighted
(4) education
(5) drawbacks
(6) opportunity
(7) air-pollution
(8) harmful
(9) problems
(10) with