V. Fill in each blank with one suitable word

Bat Trang Pottery Village

Bat Trang Pottery Village Bat Trang, a traditional pottery village with history of seven centuries, is an interesting attraction in Hanoi that tourists should (1)......... ignore Bat Trang ceramics (2) ...... produced for daily household use ( bow, cup, plates,pot,bottle...), worshipping, or decoration purposes. Nowadays, the pottery, artists bring into ceramics many innovations in production techniques (3).......... creativity in product's features, hence many new products have (4) ..... born, and even daily household items may have the beauty ....... (5) decoration ones. Visiting Bat Trang, tourists can make (6)..... walk or join a buffalo tour for sightseeing and shopping . Besides many ceramic stores along the road in (7)........ village, tourists should visit Bat Trang Porcelain abd Pottery Market(8)............ they can directly make pottery products(9)... themselves. Many youngsters and foreign tourists are (10)...... in this pottery- making experience, and spend a whole day in the market to make a gift for family or friends.

Read the passage, and do the tasks that follow.

Bat Trang Pottery Village

Bat Trang, a traditional porcelain and pottery village with history of seven centuries, is an interesting attraction in Ha Noi that tourists should not ignore.

Located in an area rich in clay, the village has advantage of ingredients to create fine ceramics. Moreover, lying beside the Red River, between Thang Long and Pho Hien, two ancient trade centers in the north of Viet Nam during the 15th -17th centuries. Bat Trang's ceramics were favourite products not only in the domesticmarket, but also foreign ones thanks to Japanese, Chinese and Western trading boats that passed by.

In the 18th and 19th centuries, due to restricting foreign trade policy of Trinh, Nguyen dynasties, it was difficult for pottery products in Viet Nam to be exported to foreign countries, and some famous pottery-making villages like Bat Trang, or Chu Dau (Hai Duong province) went through a hard time. Since 1986, thanks to economic reforms and development, more attention has been paid to the village and the world gets a chance to know more about Vietnamese porcelain through many high quality exported Bat Trang's ceramic products.

Bat Trang ceramics are produced for daily household use (bows,cups, plates, pots, bottles…), worshipping, or decoration purposes. Nowadays, the pottery artists bring into ceramics many innovations in production techniques, and creativity in products' features, so many new products have been made, and even daily household items may have the beauty like decoration ones.

Visiting Bat Trang, tourists can visit Bat Trang Porcelain and Pottery Market where they can directly make pottery products by themselves. Many youngsters and foreign tourists are interested in this pottery-making experience, and spend a whole day in the market making a souvenir for their families or friends.

Task 1: Match a word in column A with its definition in column B, writing the answer in each blank.

Question 1: Rich

A. of or inside a particular country

B. limiting a certain activity

C. new ideas or methods

D. containing a lot of something

Choose the correct answer A, B, or C to complete each sentence.

1. Tet is coming. I see ______ flowers and ornamental trees everywhere.

A. a                           B. the                           C. \(\varnothing\)

2. Bat Trang Village is famous for ______ traditional craft of pottery making.

A. a                           B. the                           C. \(\varnothing\)

3. - Hi, Trang. ______ are things in Hue?

- Everything’s great. The weather's fantastic, and the food’s delicious.

A. How                       B. What                      C. Where

4. ______ street food in Viet Nam is most popular among foreign visitors?

A. How                        B. What                     C. Why

5. I'm searching for ______ information about the lifestyle of the Van Kieu in central Viet Nam.

A. some                      B. many                      C. an

IV. Fill in the blank with an appropriate preposition or adverb to form a phrasal verb.

1. They got bus and walked to the craft village.

2. The museum has been temporarily closed for reconstruction.

3. Bat Trang Ceramic Village is facing up the lack of artisans.

4. He asked her to go on a vacation with his family but she turned him .

5. Tourists coming Western countries find conical hats interesting.

6. She is used to dealing all kinds of people in her job.

7. He got to find himself alone in the house.

8. Tomorrow’s match has been called because of the icy weather.

9. I’m looking to the reunion with my family in Vietnam.

10. These traditional stories have been passed from parent to child overmany generations.

V. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word in capital.

1. Local people can earn their livings by providing tourists with necessary services. (LIVE) → Local people

2. That man has a friendly relationship with the owner of Los Angeles County Museum of Art. (GETS) → That man

3. Pictures of the suspect were published in all daily papers. (BROUGHT) → Pictures

4. There is no oil and gas left on Earth. (RUN) → The Earth has

5. The council had to cancel the football match because of the storm. (CALL) → The council

6. She was reading a magazine as she waited in the doctor’s office. (LOOKING) → She

7. I will return to Hoi An to have another week of adventure this summer. (COME) → I

8. After leaving college, he started his own business with a bank loan. (SET) → After

9. She promised to meet me at the cinema this evening, but she didn’t arrive. (TURN) →

10. Nicholas began his trip to the remote farmhouse in Connecticut yesterday. (SET) → Nicholas

IV. Fill in the blank with an appropriate preposition or adverb to form a phrasal verb.

1. They got bus and walked to the craft village.

2. The museum has been temporarily closed for reconstruction.

3. Bat Trang Ceramic Village is facing up the lack of artisans.

4. He asked her to go on a vacation with his family but she turned him .

5. Tourists coming Western countries find conical hats interesting.

6. She is used to dealing all kinds of people in her job.

7. He got to find himself alone in the house.

8. Tomorrow’s match has been called because of the icy weather.

9. I’m looking to the reunion with my family in Vietnam.

10. These traditional stories have been passed from parent to child overmany generations.

V. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word in capital.

1. Local people can earn their livings by providing tourists with necessary services. (LIVE) → Local people

2. That man has a friendly relationship with the owner of Los Angeles County Museum of Art. (GETS) → That man

3. Pictures of the suspect were published in all daily papers. (BROUGHT) → Pictures

4. There is no oil and gas left on Earth. (RUN) → The Earth has

5. The council had to cancel the football match because of the storm. (CALL) → The council

6. She was reading a magazine as she waited in the doctor’s office. (LOOKING) → She

7. I will return to Hoi An to have another week of adventure this summer. (COME) → I

8. After leaving college, he started his own business with a bank loan. (SET) → After

9. She promised to meet me at the cinema this evening, but she didn’t arrive. (TURN) →

10. Nicholas began his trip to the remote farmhouse in Connecticut yesterday. (SET) → Nicholas

VII. Cho dạng đúng của từ trong ngoặc để hoàn chỉnh câu:

1.  One of the most famous (attract) ________________in Hanoi is Hoan Kiem Lake.

2. Van Phuc village is very famous for its different types of silk (produce) ______________.

3. Bat Trang is one of the most famous (tradition) ______________craft villages of Hanoi.

4. All the guests got dressed in (nation) _____________costume.

5. I was really (delight) _______________to see you here again.

IV.  Rearrange the words to make correct sentences.
6.   Vietnam/ of/ is/ one/ the/ It/ popular/ most/ tourist attractions/ in

      ____________________________________________________________

7.   Bat Trang Pottery Village/ going/ Today/ we/ are/ to.

      ____________________________________________________________

8.   will/ my family and friends/ buy/ I/ make/ some/ gift/ pottery/ a/ to/ for.

      ____________________________________________________________

Choose the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

        After day tours in dynamic and crowded Hanoi city, we decided to visit Bat Trang ceramic village, one of the famous (1) ____ in Hanoi. When entering the center area of the village, we were so impressed (2) _____ the scene of white ceramic statues, big vases and other products in all shapes, sizes laid everywhere in front of stone houses. We reached a house like a small producing area. Inside this house, we (3) _____ a chance to witness the whole process of making ceramic products from mixing materials, moulding, and drying to baking, decorating and completing a finished product on the first floor. Next, we went up the second floor. Here,  we found a room with all products of Bat Trang ceramics. Some of them were undecorated, while others were being decorated with various and sophisticated patterns and colors by skillful artisans. We really admired the talented and (4) ___ artisans in this village.

1. A. attractions                       B. attraction                 C. attractive                 D. attracts

2. A. of                                    B. for                           C. with                         D. by  

3. A. had                      B. having                     C. have                                    D. has

4.  A. creativity                        B. create                      C. creative                   D. creation