Task 1. Read the following paragraph and complete it with one suitable word.

(Đọc đoạn văn sau đây và điền vào chỗ trống một từ thích hợp.)

Being in Cong Thanh village in Tam Quan Bac commune, Hoai Nhon district of Binh Dinh province (1) ______sunny days, visitors will (2) ______ sedge plants and flowery sedge mats drying in every available open space, on the roadside or drying yards.

For years, the local people, old and young, (3) ______ earned their living by growing sedge plants and weaving flowery mats. In the houses, women, old and young are (4) _____ at the weaving looms, their hands feeding threads to and fro on the looms so skillfully. To have a nice, durable mat, there should (5) _____ a total of three jobs combined (6) _______: the first is to grow sedge plants, harvest, split and dry (7) _______; the second is to dye rush threads and the last is to weave (8) ______. A skillful weaver who works (9) ______ early morning till late in the afternoon can weave three pairs of mats (mats are often sold in pairs). In most cases, the mats are (10) ______ with colourful, flowery designs.

Cong Thanh sedge mats are famous throughout the southern region of Central Viet Nam. If you leave Cong Thanh village late in the afternoon, you still see many people busily working. They transport sedge plants into a store house and sort them, or pack mats to deliver to consumers. All make up a nice picture of a traditional craft village.

Task 2. Choose the correct word by underline it at each number in the following paragraph, then answer the questions.

(Gạch chân từ đúng trong đoạn văn sau, sau đó trả lời câu hỏi.)

How a conical hat is made

Nowadays, people in Viet Nam use hats (1) made / make from cloth or plastic but many people still prefer (2) wear / wearing hats made from leaves. They say it's (3) more / most comfortable and cooler to wear conical hats. A conical hat looks (4) simple / simply but the hat makers have to follow 15 stages, from going to the forests to collect special leaves, choosing the quality ones, drying and ironing them to (5) make / making frames, etc. Conical hats always have two layers of leaves. Hat makers must be very skilful to make the two layers very thin. In Hue, the artisans make special conical hats by (6) add / adding poems or paintings of Hue between the two layers to create famous Bai tho or poetic conical hats. Making conical hats now (7) represents / represent one of the traditional crafts of Viet Nam.

8. Why do many Vietnamese people prefer wearing conical hats to cloth or plastic hats?

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9. Is it simple to make a conical hat?

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10. What makes Bai tho or poetic conical hats famous?

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Task 3. Choose the correct word A, B, C or D for each gap to complete the following passage.

(Chọn đáp án đúng A, B, C hoặc D cho mỗi chỗ trống để hoàn thành đoạn văn.)

I'm fascinated (1) ______ traditional handicrafts. At weekends, I usually go to Bat Trang where I was born. It's a (2) _________ village not far from Ha Noi centre. My uncle and my aunt still live in Bat Trang and they own a big workshop there. In fact, my grandparents (3) ________ that workshop and some years ago, my uncle and my aunt (4) _________ the business because my grandparents are very old. My grandfather is a well-known artisan in the village. Every time I go there, he teaches me how (5) _________ things from clay such as pots, vase and bowls.

There are (6) __________ of tourists coming from all over the country and the world (7) __________ Bat Trang craft village. They (8) _________ make pottery themselves in workshops and they learn how to paint on ceramics. They can buy the things they like or need (9) _______ their houses. Many people enjoy their visit to Bat Trang and they feel very (10) ______ after their trip.

1. A.in                       B. of                          C. by                          D. with

2. A.making hat         B. pottery                  C. moulding                D. painting

3. A.started               B. set                        C. went                       D. made

4. A.looked after       B. took care               C. set up                      D. took over

5. A.to make               B. to do                   C. to know                  D. to find

6. A.much                   B. lot                       C. a lot                       D. little

7. A.at                       B. in                          C. on                         D. to

8. A.could                 B. were able               C. can                       D. be able to

9. A.on                    B. for                         C. at                           D. of

10. A.interesting       B. interestingly            C. interested            D. to be interesting

1. I'm fascinated (1) ______ traditional handicrafts.

2. At weekends, I usually go to Bat Trang where I was born. It's a (2) _________ village not far from Ha Noi centre.

3. In fact, my grandparents (3) ________ that workshop and some years ago,...

4. my uncle and my aunt (4)_________ the business because my grandparents are very old.

5. Every time I go there, he teaches me how (5) _________ things from clay such as pots, vase and bowls.

6. There are (6) __________ of tourists...

7. There are a lot of tourists coming from all over the country and the world (7) __________ Bat Trang craft village.

8. They (8) _________ make pottery themselves in workshops and they learn how to paint on ceramics.

9. They can buy the things they like or need (9) _______ their houses.

10. Many people enjoy their visit to Bat Trang and they feel very (10) ______ after their trip.