IVReading
1 Read the passage and fill in each gap with ONE suitable word from the list
handicraft ; design ; quality ; costumes ; artisan ; history
There are many embroidery villages in the VN, but Quat Dong village in HN is widely known for its products of high (1)____. Embroidery has been developing around here since the 17th century. In the past, local skilled artisans were chosen to make embroidered (2)____ for the VN King, Queen and other Royal family members. In order to create beautiful embroideries, a/an (3)____ must be patient, careful and have an eye for (4)____ along with clever hands. Nowadays, Quat Dong products may range from clothes, bags, pillowcases, to paintings and decorations, which are exported to many countries.

II Supply the correct form of the word in parentheses to complete each sentence
1 Maria is ____ recovering from the illness ( slow)
2 There is a ____ of employment opportunities in a city ( various )
III Complete each sentence with the correct tense or form of one suitable verb from the box. One verb must be used in negative form
1 After Mary (speak) ____ in public on many occasions, she got the TV job offer
2 My wife and I (travel) ____ to Mexico at this time last summer

When you come to the countryside of VN, especially in Hue, you can see a lot of beautiful girls with a palm leaf conical hat on. The conical leaf hat is said the symbol of the VN culture. The hat is made from a special kind of bamboo and young and soft palm leaves. The ribs are shaped into a conical from. The diametre of the hat is usually about between forty and fifty-five centimetres ; and it is about twenty-five or thirty centimetres high. The ribs are covered with palm leaves which are tighly stitched onto the bamboo diametre ; rib

III Reading
1 Read, then complete the passage. Use the correct form of words provided
            read ; attract ; culture ; educate
You can visit the old workshop, where drums are still made in the traditional way. Some of them are huge! Another (1) ____ in my hometown is the local library. It's an (2) ____ place where anyone can borrow books and take them home to read. Beside, it also has a (3) ____ club. I'm one of its members, and we gather once a week to discuss what we've read together. My hometown is also a (4) ____ centre, with many traditional festival and activities. I love it very much

I Complete the sentences using the cued pictutures
1 I bought a poetic ____ for my mother on the trip to Hue last summer
2 Van Phuc village in Ha Noi is well-known for diffirent types of ____ products such as cloth, scarves, ties and dresses
II Choose the best answer
1 If you like, I can____ folwers on the cushion covers for you (grow/make/embroider/knit)
2 Is it true that you ____ this woolen hat yourself ? (knitted/move/did/carved)
3 I've been to a ____ village in Hue! (conical hat making/making conical hat/making conical hats/hat making conical)
4 I've ____ the product catalogue and decided to buy this table (found out/closed down/looked through/lived on)
5 Do you known who's ____ his pottery workshop ? (bringing out/taking over/passing down/turning down)
6 The villagers are trying to learn English ____ they can communicate with foreign customers (so that/in order to/although/but)
7 This deparment store is an attraction in my city ____ the products are of good quality (when/because/though/if)
8 Find and correct the mistake
My village is famous in making drums
          A                 B       C      D

1. No one in my class is as tall as Tam. => Tam is the____________________ 2. I can't cook as well as my mother. => My mother can cook____________ 3. He does not play tennis as well as Jack. => Jack can___________________ 4. I did not spend as much money as you. => You spent___________________ 5. I don't think this book is expensive as it is. => This book is____________ 6. He is the tallest boy in his class. => No one in_______________ 7. This is the most interesting film of all. => No other films are_____________ 8. No cars in the world are more expensive than Japanese ones. => Japanese cars _____ 9. This exercise is easier than that one. => That exercise is not_________ 10. He drives more carefully than Jack does. => Jack_____________ 11. No one in the group plays better than he. => He can___________________ 12. No hotel in the city is as comfortable as this. => This hotel is the _______ 13. Other oceans in the world aren't as large as the Pacific one. => The Pacific Ocean is ______

I Read and fill each of the gaps with one word
     symbol ; attractions ; excited
fascinating ; known ; considered
The London Eye, also ____ as the Millennium Wheel, is a ____ observation wheel in London. The entire structure is 135 metres (440ft) tall and the wheel has a diameter of 120 metres (394ft). When erected in 1999 it was the world's tallest observation wheel. It is now one of the most popular ____ in the world it is considered to be a ____ of London.

I Choose the correct option to the complete the following sentences
1 The Van Phuc silk producers have expended their silk garment goods ____ ( so that/when because/although) they can satisfy the varied demand for their silk
2 ____ ( because/while/since/although) these silk scarves are very expensive. A great number of tourist want to buy them
3 We expected her at nine but she finally ____ ( turned up/turned out/came over/grew up) eleven
4 Production methods in the village are normally ____ ( passed away/passed out/passed up/passed down) from ancestors to the younger generations
5 She the skilled at ____ (giving/weaving/doing/carving) cloth
6 The follower was ____ (carved/molded/cast/given) out of a single piece of valuable wood
7 Along with the Ao Dai, the ____ is a cultural symbol of Vietnamese people ( conical hat/ silk/ lantern)
8 Dong Ho ____ (paintings/paint/painting/painted) are simple meaning ful and created for the mass
9 Thanh Ha ____ (pottery/pot/tour/product) village in Hoi An is famous for its manually crafted products
10 Choose the world which is stressed diffirently from the rest
   A. scuplture     B. measure
   C. painting        D. facility

III Complete the second sentences
1 This deparment store is an attraction in my city. The products are of good quality
________because_______
2 This hand-embroidered picture was expensive, but we bought it
Even though ________
3 He turned on the radio in order to listen to the news
________so that_______

I Choose the best answer for each sentences
1 Van Phuc in Ha Noi produces diffirent types of (silk/cloth/lanterns) products such as scares, ties and dresses
2 The artisan (wove/knitted/cast) this statue in bronze
3 He (embroidered/carved/moulded) this flower from wood
4 The crafts to basket weaving is usually (turned down/closed down/passed down) from generation to generation
5 I don'r remember exactly the day when my parents (set up/live on/deal with) this workshop