Fill each blank with a suitable word from the box to complete a passage about Doi Tam Drum-making village famous more since amazed takes follow sold introduced We went to Doi Tam,a villa
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2 Choose A, B, C or D to complete each sentence
1 The flower was……….out of a single piece of valuable good
2 In this town, they……….all the frames in steel
3 She is killed at ………cloth
4 If you like, I can……….flowers in the sushion covers for you
5 Is it true that you……… this woolen hat yourself?
6 The doll has been……….out of clay
3 Complete the passage by filling in each blank with the correct form of the word in brackets
Some people ask me if I like living in my hometown The answer is certainly ‘yes’ The simple reason is that it has lots of (1.interest) ……… places If you want to widen your knowledge of the past, you can to the museum It a (2 history) ……… building with a big collection of valuable artefacts There is also a craft village in my hometown There, the (3 Village)
……….make drums Their drums are not only famous in the (4.local)
………., but also nationwide
You can visit the old worhop, where drums are still made in the traditional way Some of them are huge! Another (5.attract) ……… in my hometown is the local library It's an (6.educate)
……… place where anyone can borrow books and take them home to read Besdes,
it also has a (7 read)………club I’m one of its members and we gather once a week to discuss what we’ve read together My hometovm is also a (8.culture)
………centre, with many traditional festivals and activities I love it very much
4 Choose A, B, C or D to complete the sentences
1 I love going to this place………It’s the quietest place in the city
2 They keep changing the decoration of the shop ……… they can attract more young people
3 ………she’s young, she’s the most famous artisan in the village
4 Do you know who’s………his pottery workshop?
A bringing out B taking over C passing down D turning down
5 I’ve ……….the product catalouge and decided to buy this table
A found out B closed down C looked through D lived on
6 This sports centre is so small that it cannot ……….the demands of local
residents
A keep up with B face up to C deal about D set up
5 Make a complex sentence from each pair of sentences Use the subordinator provided in brackets and make any necessary changes
1 There are modern knitting machines The artisans in my village like using traditional looms
(although )
………
2 Many children like to go to Bat Trang Ceramic village They can make their own pottery there (as)
3 We have to follow more than ten stages We can make a simple conical hat (so that)
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5 We’ll have to phone you first Then we’ll organise the trip (before)
………
………
6 We are visiting an old building They were going to a traditional market (while)
………
6 Complete each sentence using a verb from A in the correct form and a particle from B You can use any particle more than once
1 What time does your mother usually……… in the morning?
2. We must………the train times so that we can take the earliest train to Hai Phong
3 My favorite writer has……….another best-seller
4 We’re ………lots of complaints from customers about the quality of these shirts
5 Why did you ………your workshop? I thought that it was running quite well
6 I had to ………their invitation to take part in the trip because my father didn’t allow me to go
Reading
1 Choose the correct answer A, B, C or D to complete Mi’s email to her new friend, Elisa
Dear Elisa,
Thanks very much for your email It was fun to read about the places you find interesting I (1)
……… like going to museums in my free time There are several museums in my city, but I like the Museum of Fine Arts the most I love art, so (2)………I have free time, I go to this museum There’s a great mix (3) ……… art from across the eras, including some really impressive modern Vietnamese paintings What I especially like about the museum is that (4)………of its galleries have an introduction in Vietnamese, English and French It (5)……… that I can learn lots of English while enjoying the art works
Another places of interest that I love is the (6)………….park It’s near my house, so I go there almost everyday Sometimes I go for a walk around the park with my mother Sometimes I choose a beautiful place in it to sit and draw some sketches And sometimes I just sit (7)…………a bench, doing nothing, just watching people passing by It’s really relaxing
I hope someday I’ll have a(n) (8)……….to visit your National Portrait gallery and Hyde Park Until the next email,
Mi
2 Fill each blank with a suitable word from the box to complete a passage about Doi Tam Drum-making village
famous more since amazed takes follow sold introduced
We went to Doi Tam,a village(1) ……….for its drum making techniques, in Ha Nam Province last month The craft was first (2)……… to the village sometime in the 8th or 9th century Today there are (3) ………than six hundred drum makers living in Doi Tam village I was (4)……… to see big drums in front of every house in the village People say that it (5)……… four workers three days to make a drum with a diameter of 1.5 metres To make a drum,
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……… to Other countries such as Laos Cambodia Japan, and the USA
3 Read a passage about the Somerset Levels and do the exercises that follow
Last year I visited the Somerset Levels, a coastal plain and wetland area in Somerset, South West England This area is home to one of Somerset's oldest traditional crafts - willow basket making Basket making began in the area a long time ago At the beginning of the 19th century, more than three thousand acres of willow trees were planted commercially there because the area provided an excellent natural habitat for their cultivation I’d seen willow baskets before I visited the Levels, but I was still amazed at the numerous products created by the basket makers there They make lobster pots, bread trays, and even passenger baskets for hot air balloons Although the arrival of plastics in the 1950s caused the basket making industry
to decline, willow growing and basket making have continued to play a significant role in Somersets rural economy Willow growers and basket makers have dealt with this challenge by finding new markets and innovative ways of using willow They make willow charcoal for artists and bower seats for gardens Sorne even weave willow coffins Therefore, people here can still live on the craft that their great-grandparents passed down to them
a Match the words with their definitions
1 willow A existing in large numbers
2 commercially B introducing or using new ideas, ways of doing something, etc
3 numerous C in a way that is connected with the buying and selling of goods and services
4 significant D large or important enough to have an effect
5 innovative E a black substance made by burning wood slowly in an oven with little air, used for
drawing
6 charcoal F a tree with long branches and long thin leaves that often grows near water
b Decide if the sentences are T (true) or F (false)
1 Willow basket making is the oldest traditional craft in Somerset
2 Willows can grow well in the area because of its favourable natural conditions
3 The presence of plastic products did not affect the growth of the basket making industry in the area in 1950s
4 Basket making does not play an important role in the area now
5 Willow growers and basket makers have found new ways to promote industry
6 Basket makers can live on their craft nowadays
c Answer the questions
1 Where are the Somerset Levels?
………
2 How many acres of willows were planted commercially there at the beginning of the 19th century?
………
3 How did the author feel when he visited the place?
………
4 What are innovative products made in the area?
………
5 Is basket making passed down through generations? ………
E Writing
1 Make sentences using the words and phrases below You can add extra words or make changes
1 There/be/some/famous/pottery village/Vietnam/as Chu Dau/Bat Trang/Bau Truc
………
2 Bau Truc/one/old/pottery village/Southeast Asia
………
3 It/locate/ten/kilometer/Phan Rang City
4 There/young girl/twelve to fifteen years old/begin/learn/how/make/pottery
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………
2 Complete each complex sentence using your own ideas
1 While I was shopping in my favorite fashion shop,………
2 My mother goes to Bat Trang Ceramic Village every month so that
………
3 My close friends love doing yoga in that centre because ………
4 ……….though we have lots of similar products at home
5 We decided to have a picnic in Green Park after………
3 You receive an email from Elena, your penpal in the UK She asks you to write to her about your favourite places of interest in your area Write an email telling her about these places
Hello Elena,
I really enjoyed reading your email! Now I’m going to tell you about my favourite places of interest
………
……… When you come to my hometown, I hope I’ll be able to show you some of these places
Bye for now,