Fill in the blank (collocation with “countryside”) “He lives near a lovely ______ of countryside.” Select the noun that best fits.

Difficulty: Easy

stretch
street
streak
strand

Correct Answer: stretch

Explanation:

Given data

Noun needed to quantify/describe an area of countryside.

Concept/Approach
The standard collocation is “a stretch of countryside.”

Option analysis
stretch — correct collocation.street — a road in a town/city; wrong domain.streak — a line/mark; doesn’t fit area/landscape.strand — a beach or filament; unnatural here.

Final Answer
stretch

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