Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.

Life is changing rapidly in the large cities of England. However, life in other areas remains much the (1) ______ as it has been for a centuries. Factories have brought huge population increases to the cities, and city life boomed.

City residents have discovered a new (2) ________ of life, but in country villages the traditional lifestyle has remained nearly (3) _______. There have been a few changes, particularly the new steam-powered machinery. It made farm production more (4) ______. But for the people who remain in the countryside, daily life continues much as it had before the (5)_______ revolution. Life in country villages continues to (6) _______ at a slow pace. The daily schedule depends on the times that the sun rose and set and on the weather. In a typical village, the (7) ______ number of workers is still employed in agriculture or in domestic service. A smaller number of people work in various trades. Even (8) ________work in the professions.

However, life in other areas remains much the (1) ______ as it has been for a centuries.