Question

The sleepy village of Bussier-Badil is (1)______ the place where you’d expected to find an internationally famous ceramics exhibition attracting fifteen thousand visitors each year. Yet when a pottery fair was first held there over fifty years ago, it was the only one (2)_______ of France , and it is still one of the most important.But why here? There is a seam of clay that runs through the area, but it is red clay of the type used to make tiles and bricks as (3)________ pots, so there is no (4)____________ tradition of art pottery. The idea of the fair started when a pottery potter by the name of Miguel Calado (5)__________ a studio in the village at the (6)________of the mayor, himself a local tile-maker, who was (7)__________ to put the region on the map.And he had certainly succeeded. Every year, up to 40 potters from all over France and beyond (8)_______ on the village to display their wares in a huge purpose-built shed. (9)________on show range from the utilitarian to the decorative, with every nuance in between. And the crowds come to look, to (10)_______ at the potters’ art, and to buy.

1.A. hardly B. seldom C. improbably D. unlikely

2.A. in all B. altogether C. all D. of all

3.A. opposed to B. rather than C. instead of D. apart from

4.A. certain B. particular C. exact D. individual

5.A. turned up B. took up C. made up D. set up

6.A. instigation B. advice C. encouragement D. persuasion

7.A. convinced B. determined C. dedicated D. committed

8.A. gather B. assemble C. converge D. collect

9.A. Issues B. Items C. Matters D. Topics

10.A. astonish B. fascinate C. amaze D