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

II. READING
1. Read rhe passage and fill in each gap with ONE suitable word from the list
     though ; attraction ; ancient
     as soon as ; features ; pottery
The pottery-making of Tho Ha village developed significantly in the 14th century. Thus is one of  three (1)____ pottery centers of VN, besides Phu Lang and Bat Trang. The pottery products of Tho Ha include rare (2)___ such as the high level of glazed terra-cotta, water resistance, the bell-like melody, the smoothness and warmth of brown-red glazed color. The (3)___ of this village is extremely durable, may be endless with the time, (4)___ it is buried in the ground or soaked in the water for a long time
    *Answer
1_____
2_____
3_____
4_____

136. My parents  can’t make all of them because they have lots of ___ (PRODUCE)
137. Bat Trang is one of the most ___ traditional craft village in Ha Noi (FAME)
138. Another ___ is they can make pottery themselves in workshops. (ATTRACT)
139. Do you think that the ___ crafts remind people of a specific region ? (VARY)
140. It’s the reason ___ often choose handicrafts as souvenirs. (TOUR)
141. That must be a ___ experience. (MEMORY)
142. Bat Trang is one of the most famous ___ craft village in Ha Noi. (TRADITION)
143. If you go to Hoi An on the 15th of each lunar month, you can enjoy the lights of many __ lanterns. (BEAUTY)
144. We shouldn’t destroy ___ buildings. (HISTORY)
145. I invited her to join our trip to Trang An but she turned down my ___ (INVITE)

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

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

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

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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)

      4.       Sinh paintings are special. They are burned after worship. (since)

      5.       We’ll have to phone you first. Then we’ll organise the trip. (before)

      6.       We were visiting an old building. They were going to a traditional market. (while)

           7.  Mary often goes home as soon as the class is over. She doesn’t want her mother to wait for her. (so that)

      8.       Linda didn’t go to school yesterday. She was ill. (because)

      9.       The artisan moulded the copper to make a bronze drum. (so that)

          10. I was tired after a long trip. I still went to visited Tay Ho conical hat making village right away. (although)

      11.     It rained heavily. We cancelled the trip to the famous Bat Trang craft village. (since)

           12.     I am going to the cinema with my friend this weekend to see the latest 60 Ocean Explore film. (in order that)

1.(Have A) you ever (been B) (to C) craft (village D) ?

2. Khang (bought A) that Bat Trang (pottery B) (although C) he (though D) that is was beatiful

3. (This A) (ancient B) statye (was C) (making D) in two years

4. Her (embroidering A) painting was (told B) at (the C) proce of 100 (thousand D) dollars

5. Dan is (famous A) (with B) his (pottery C) (making D) skill

6. My father (goes A) to Tay Ho (village B) in Hue so that he could buy some bai tho (conical hats D)

7. Dong Ho (village A) (was B) the firts name peoplewill (think of C) when it (comes D) to traditional paintings