Kiểm tra - Unit 1

 Choose A, B, C, or D that best completes each sentence.

Before starting her work at a restaurant, Sarah puts on her clothes. She wears a black skirt and a white blouse. 

Choose A, B, C, or D that best completes each sentence.

My next-door neighbour oftens plays drum late at night. I can’t stand it. I want to move to another place. 

IV. Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each blank. (Question 26-35)

Bau Truc pottery village of Cham ethnic minority is one of the oldest pottery villages in Southeast Asia. lt is located about 10 kilometres in the South of Phan Rang town. The small village is (26) _____ to more than 400 families, (27)_____ 85% are in the traditional pottery business. The style is said to be handed (28) ____from Po Klong Chan, one of their ancestors from the immemorial time.

People in Bau Truc use their skillful hands bamboo-made circles and shells to create priceless works. It is (29) ______ that while the Kinh people have switched to using wheel as an indispensable (30) ______ , the Cham counterparts, on the contrary, still (31) ______ talent hands and simple tools. To create a pottery product, a Cham craftsman only needs an anvil, not a potter`s wheel, and other simple equipment and moulds and then uses hands to (32) ______ pieces of clay into the works he wants.

The clay is taken from the banks of the Quao River and is very flexible, durable when (33) ______ . The skills needed to mix sand with the clay are also various. The amount of sand mixed with the plastic material is dependent on what the pottery used for and the sizes. For these reasons, Bau Truc pottery is quite different from pottery elsewhere. For example, water Jars made in Bau Truc are always favoured by people in dry and sunny areas (34) _____ the temperature of the water in the jars is always one centigrade cooler than (35)______ outside.

The small village is _____ to more than 400 families.

IV. Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each blank. (Question 26-35)

Bau Truc pottery village of Cham ethnic minority is one of the oldest pottery villages in Southeast Asia. lt is located about 10 kilometres in the South of Phan Rang town. The small village is (26) _____ to more than 400 families, (27)_____ 85% are in the traditional pottery business. The style is said to be handed (28) ____from Po Klong Chan, one of their ancestors from the immemorial time.

People in Bau Truc use their skillful hands bamboo-made circles and shells to create priceless works. It is (29) ______ that while the Kinh people have switched to using wheel as an indispensable (30) ______ , the Cham counterparts, on the contrary, still (31) ______ talent hands and simple tools. To create a pottery product, a Cham craftsman only needs an anvil, not a potter`s wheel, and other simple equipment and moulds and then uses hands to (32) ______ pieces of clay into the works he wants.

The clay is taken from the banks of the Quao River and is very flexible, durable when (33) ______ . The skills needed to mix sand with the clay are also various. The amount of sand mixed with the plastic material is dependent on what the pottery used for and the sizes. For these reasons, Bau Truc pottery is quite different from pottery elsewhere. For example, water Jars made in Bau Truc are always favoured by people in dry and sunny areas (34) _____ the temperature of the water in the jars is always one centigrade cooler than (35)______ outside.

 .... 400 families, _____ 85% are in the traditional pottery business.

IV. Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each blank. (Question 26-35)

Bau Truc pottery village of Cham ethnic minority is one of the oldest pottery villages in Southeast Asia. lt is located about 10 kilometres in the South of Phan Rang town. The small village is (26) _____ to more than 400 families, (27)_____ 85% are in the traditional pottery business. The style is said to be handed (28) ____from Po Klong Chan, one of their ancestors from the immemorial time.

People in Bau Truc use their skillful hands bamboo-made circles and shells to create priceless works. It is (29) ______ that while the Kinh people have switched to using wheel as an indispensable (30) ______ , the Cham counterparts, on the contrary, still (31) ______ talent hands and simple tools. To create a pottery product, a Cham craftsman only needs an anvil, not a potter`s wheel, and other simple equipment and moulds and then uses hands to (32) ______ pieces of clay into the works he wants.

The clay is taken from the banks of the Quao River and is very flexible, durable when (33) ______ . The skills needed to mix sand with the clay are also various. The amount of sand mixed with the plastic material is dependent on what the pottery used for and the sizes. For these reasons, Bau Truc pottery is quite different from pottery elsewhere. For example, water Jars made in Bau Truc are always favoured by people in dry and sunny areas (34) _____ the temperature of the water in the jars is always one centigrade cooler than (35)______ outside.

 The style is said to be handed ____from Po Klong Chan, one of their ancestors from the immemorial time.

IV. Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each blank. (Question 26-35)

Bau Truc pottery village of Cham ethnic minority is one of the oldest pottery villages in Southeast Asia. lt is located about 10 kilometres in the South of Phan Rang town. The small village is (26) _____ to more than 400 families, (27)_____ 85% are in the traditional pottery business. The style is said to be handed (28) ____from Po Klong Chan, one of their ancestors from the immemorial time.

People in Bau Truc use their skillful hands bamboo-made circles and shells to create priceless works. It is (29) ______ that while the Kinh people have switched to using wheel as an indispensable (30) ______ , the Cham counterparts, on the contrary, still (31) ______ talent hands and simple tools. To create a pottery product, a Cham craftsman only needs an anvil, not a potter`s wheel, and other simple equipment and moulds and then uses hands to (32) ______ pieces of clay into the works he wants.

The clay is taken from the banks of the Quao River and is very flexible, durable when (33) ______ . The skills needed to mix sand with the clay are also various. The amount of sand mixed with the plastic material is dependent on what the pottery used for and the sizes. For these reasons, Bau Truc pottery is quite different from pottery elsewhere. For example, water Jars made in Bau Truc are always favoured by people in dry and sunny areas (34) _____ the temperature of the water in the jars is always one centigrade cooler than (35)______ outside.

It is ______ that

IV. Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each blank. (Question 26-35)

Bau Truc pottery village of Cham ethnic minority is one of the oldest pottery villages in Southeast Asia. lt is located about 10 kilometres in the South of Phan Rang town. The small village is (26) _____ to more than 400 families, (27)_____ 85% are in the traditional pottery business. The style is said to be handed (28) ____from Po Klong Chan, one of their ancestors from the immemorial time.

People in Bau Truc use their skillful hands bamboo-made circles and shells to create priceless works. It is (29) ______ that while the Kinh people have switched to using wheel as an indispensable (30) ______ , the Cham counterparts, on the contrary, still (31) ______ talent hands and simple tools. To create a pottery product, a Cham craftsman only needs an anvil, not a potter`s wheel, and other simple equipment and moulds and then uses hands to (32) ______ pieces of clay into the works he wants.

The clay is taken from the banks of the Quao River and is very flexible, durable when (33) ______ . The skills needed to mix sand with the clay are also various. The amount of sand mixed with the plastic material is dependent on what the pottery used for and the sizes. For these reasons, Bau Truc pottery is quite different from pottery elsewhere. For example, water Jars made in Bau Truc are always favoured by people in dry and sunny areas (34) _____ the temperature of the water in the jars is always one centigrade cooler than (35)______ outside.

The Kinh people have switched to using wheel as an indispensable ______

IV. Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each blank. (Question 26-35)

Bau Truc pottery village of Cham ethnic minority is one of the oldest pottery villages in Southeast Asia. lt is located about 10 kilometres in the South of Phan Rang town. The small village is (26) _____ to more than 400 families, (27)_____ 85% are in the traditional pottery business. The style is said to be handed (28) ____from Po Klong Chan, one of their ancestors from the immemorial time.

People in Bau Truc use their skillful hands bamboo-made circles and shells to create priceless works. It is (29) ______ that while the Kinh people have switched to using wheel as an indispensable (30) ______ , the Cham counterparts, on the contrary, still (31) ______ talent hands and simple tools. To create a pottery product, a Cham craftsman only needs an anvil, not a potter`s wheel, and other simple equipment and moulds and then uses hands to (32) ______ pieces of clay into the works he wants.

The clay is taken from the banks of the Quao River and is very flexible, durable when (33) ______ . The skills needed to mix sand with the clay are also various. The amount of sand mixed with the plastic material is dependent on what the pottery used for and the sizes. For these reasons, Bau Truc pottery is quite different from pottery elsewhere. For example, water Jars made in Bau Truc are always favoured by people in dry and sunny areas (34) _____ the temperature of the water in the jars is always one centigrade cooler than (35)______ outside.

The Cham counterparts, on the contrary, still ______ talent hands and simple tools.

IV. Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each blank. (Question 26-35)

Bau Truc pottery village of Cham ethnic minority is one of the oldest pottery villages in Southeast Asia. lt is located about 10 kilometres in the South of Phan Rang town. The small village is (26) _____ to more than 400 families, (27)_____ 85% are in the traditional pottery business. The style is said to be handed (28) ____from Po Klong Chan, one of their ancestors from the immemorial time.

People in Bau Truc use their skillful hands bamboo-made circles and shells to create priceless works. It is (29) ______ that while the Kinh people have switched to using wheel as an indispensable (30) ______ , the Cham counterparts, on the contrary, still (31) ______ talent hands and simple tools. To create a pottery product, a Cham craftsman only needs an anvil, not a potter`s wheel, and other simple equipment and moulds and then uses hands to (32) ______ pieces of clay into the works he wants.

The clay is taken from the banks of the Quao River and is very flexible, durable when (33) ______ . The skills needed to mix sand with the clay are also various. The amount of sand mixed with the plastic material is dependent on what the pottery used for and the sizes. For these reasons, Bau Truc pottery is quite different from pottery elsewhere. For example, water Jars made in Bau Truc are always favoured by people in dry and sunny areas (34) _____ the temperature of the water in the jars is always one centigrade cooler than (35)______ outside.

To create a pottery product, a Cham craftsman only needs an anvil, not a potter's wheel, and other simple equipment and moulds and then uses hands to ______ pieces of clay into the works he wants.

IV. Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each blank. (Question 26-35)

Bau Truc pottery village of Cham ethnic minority is one of the oldest pottery villages in Southeast Asia. lt is located about 10 kilometres in the South of Phan Rang town. The small village is (26) _____ to more than 400 families, (27)_____ 85% are in the traditional pottery business. The style is said to be handed (28) ____from Po Klong Chan, one of their ancestors from the immemorial time.

People in Bau Truc use their skillful hands bamboo-made circles and shells to create priceless works. It is (29) ______ that while the Kinh people have switched to using wheel as an indispensable (30) ______ , the Cham counterparts, on the contrary, still (31) ______ talent hands and simple tools. To create a pottery product, a Cham craftsman only needs an anvil, not a potter`s wheel, and other simple equipment and moulds and then uses hands to (32) ______ pieces of clay into the works he wants.

The clay is taken from the banks of the Quao River and is very flexible, durable when (33) ______ . The skills needed to mix sand with the clay are also various. The amount of sand mixed with the plastic material is dependent on what the pottery used for and the sizes. For these reasons, Bau Truc pottery is quite different from pottery elsewhere. For example, water Jars made in Bau Truc are always favoured by people in dry and sunny areas (34) _____ the temperature of the water in the jars is always one centigrade cooler than (35)______ outside.

The clay is taken from the banks of the Quao River and is very flexible, durable when ______ .

IV. Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each blank. (Question 26-35)

Bau Truc pottery village of Cham ethnic minority is one of the oldest pottery villages in Southeast Asia. lt is located about 10 kilometres in the South of Phan Rang town. The small village is (26) _____ to more than 400 families, (27)_____ 85% are in the traditional pottery business. The style is said to be handed (28) ____from Po Klong Chan, one of their ancestors from the immemorial time.

People in Bau Truc use their skillful hands bamboo-made circles and shells to create priceless works. It is (29) ______ that while the Kinh people have switched to using wheel as an indispensable (30) ______ , the Cham counterparts, on the contrary, still (31) ______ talent hands and simple tools. To create a pottery product, a Cham craftsman only needs an anvil, not a potter`s wheel, and other simple equipment and moulds and then uses hands to (32) ______ pieces of clay into the works he wants.

The clay is taken from the banks of the Quao River and is very flexible, durable when (33) ______ . The skills needed to mix sand with the clay are also various. The amount of sand mixed with the plastic material is dependent on what the pottery used for and the sizes. For these reasons, Bau Truc pottery is quite different from pottery elsewhere. For example, water Jars made in Bau Truc are always favoured by people in dry and sunny areas (34) _____ the temperature of the water in the jars is always one centigrade cooler than (35)______ outside.

water Jars made in Bau Truc are always favoured by people in dry and sunny areas _____ the temperature of the water in the jars is always one centigrade cooler

IV. Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each blank. (Question 26-35)

Bau Truc pottery village of Cham ethnic minority is one of the oldest pottery villages in Southeast Asia. lt is located about 10 kilometres in the South of Phan Rang town. The small village is (26) _____ to more than 400 families, (27)_____ 85% are in the traditional pottery business. The style is said to be handed (28) ____from Po Klong Chan, one of their ancestors from the immemorial time.

People in Bau Truc use their skillful hands bamboo-made circles and shells to create priceless works. It is (29) ______ that while the Kinh people have switched to using wheel as an indispensable (30) ______ , the Cham counterparts, on the contrary, still (31) ______ talent hands and simple tools. To create a pottery product, a Cham craftsman only needs an anvil, not a potter`s wheel, and other simple equipment and moulds and then uses hands to (32) ______ pieces of clay into the works he wants.

The clay is taken from the banks of the Quao River and is very flexible, durable when (33) ______ . The skills needed to mix sand with the clay are also various. The amount of sand mixed with the plastic material is dependent on what the pottery used for and the sizes. For these reasons, Bau Truc pottery is quite different from pottery elsewhere. For example, water Jars made in Bau Truc are always favoured by people in dry and sunny areas (34) _____ the temperature of the water in the jars is always one centigrade cooler than (35)______ outside.

The temperature of the water in the jars is always one centigrade cooler than ______ outside.

V. Read the passage below and choose one correct answer for each question. (Question 36-40)

Sedge Mat Craft Village In Tien Giang Province

In the Mekong Delta, Long Dinh village of Tien Giang province is famous for its traditional craft of weaving flowered mats. The mats high quality makes them popular domestically, and they are also exported to markets worldwide including Korea. Japan and America.

In spite of its well-established reputation for this traditional craft, mat weaving only started here some 50 years ago. It was first introduced by immigrants from Kim Son, a famous mat weaving village in the northern province of Ninh Binh. However, the technique of weaving Sedge mats in Long Dinh, as compared with other places in the South, is somewhat different. Long Dinh branded mats are thicker and have more attractive colours and patterns. Weaving sedge mats is similar to growing rice, Long Dinh mat production mainly occurs during the dry season. from January to April. Weavers have to work their hardest in May and June, otherwise, when the rainy season starts in July, they will have to put off finishing their products till the next dry season. No matter how much work it requires, Long Dinh mat producers stick with this occupation, as it brings a higher income than growing rice.

This trade provides employment for thousands of local labourers. At present., nearly 1,000 households in Long Dinh village live on weaving mats. To better meet market demands, Long Dinh mat weavers have created more products in addition to the traditional sedge mats. Particularly, they are producing a new type of mat made from the dried stalks of water hyacinth, a common material in the Mekong Delta.

Thanks to the planning and further investment, the mat weaving occupation has indeed brought in more income for local residents. Their living standards have improved considerably, resulting in better conditions for the whole village.

All of the following are true about the craft in Long Dinh EXCEPT that ______.

V. Read the passage below and choose one correct answer for each question. (Question 36-40)

Sedge Mat Craft Village In Tien Giang Province

In the Mekong Delta, Long Dinh village of Tien Giang province is famous for its traditional craft of weaving flowered mats. The mats high quality makes them popular domestically, and they are also exported to markets worldwide including Korea. Japan and America.

In spite of its well-established reputation for this traditional craft, mat weaving only started here some 50 years ago. It was first introduced by immigrants from Kim Son, a famous mat weaving village in the northern province of Ninh Binh. However, the technique of weaving Sedge mats in Long Dinh, as compared with other places in the South, is somewhat different. Long Dinh branded mats are thicker and have more attractive colours and patterns. Weaving sedge mats is similar to growing rice, Long Dinh mat production mainly occurs during the dry season. from January to April. Weavers have to work their hardest in May and June, otherwise, when the rainy season starts in July, they will have to put off finishing their products till the next dry season. No matter how much work it requires, Long Dinh mat producers stick with this occupation, as it brings a higher income than growing rice.

This trade provides employment for thousands of local labourers. At present., nearly 1,000 households in Long Dinh village live on weaving mats. To better meet market demands, Long Dinh mat weavers have created more products in addition to the traditional sedge mats. Particularly, they are producing a new type of mat made from the dried stalks of water hyacinth, a common material in the Mekong Delta.

Thanks to the planning and further investment, the mat weaving occupation has indeed brought in more income for local residents. Their living standards have improved considerably, resulting in better conditions for the whole village.

We can infer from the sentence “Weaving sedge mats is similar to growing rice” that _____.

V. Read the passage below and choose one correct answer for each question. (Question 36-40)

Sedge Mat Craft Village In Tien Giang Province

In the Mekong Delta, Long Dinh village of Tien Giang province is famous for its traditional craft of weaving flowered mats. The mats high quality makes them popular domestically, and they are also exported to markets worldwide including Korea. Japan and America.

In spite of its well-established reputation for this traditional craft, mat weaving only started here some 50 years ago. It was first introduced by immigrants from Kim Son, a famous mat weaving village in the northern province of Ninh Binh. However, the technique of weaving Sedge mats in Long Dinh, as compared with other places in the South, is somewhat different. Long Dinh branded mats are thicker and have more attractive colours and patterns. Weaving sedge mats is similar to growing rice, Long Dinh mat production mainly occurs during the dry season. from January to April. Weavers have to work their hardest in May and June, otherwise, when the rainy season starts in July, they will have to put off finishing their products till the next dry season. No matter how much work it requires, Long Dinh mat producers stick with this occupation, as it brings a higher income than growing rice.

This trade provides employment for thousands of local labourers. At present., nearly 1,000 households in Long Dinh village live on weaving mats. To better meet market demands, Long Dinh mat weavers have created more products in addition to the traditional sedge mats. Particularly, they are producing a new type of mat made from the dried stalks of water hyacinth, a common material in the Mekong Delta.

Thanks to the planning and further investment, the mat weaving occupation has indeed brought in more income for local residents. Their living standards have improved considerably, resulting in better conditions for the whole village.

Despite difficulties, people in Long Dinh try to follow the craft because _________.

V. Read the passage below and choose one correct answer for each question. (Question 36-40)

Sedge Mat Craft Village In Tien Giang Province

In the Mekong Delta, Long Dinh village of Tien Giang province is famous for its traditional craft of weaving flowered mats. The mats high quality makes them popular domestically, and they are also exported to markets worldwide including Korea. Japan and America.

In spite of its well-established reputation for this traditional craft, mat weaving only started here some 50 years ago. It was first introduced by immigrants from Kim Son, a famous mat weaving village in the northern province of Ninh Binh. However, the technique of weaving Sedge mats in Long Dinh, as compared with other places in the South, is somewhat different. Long Dinh branded mats are thicker and have more attractive colours and patterns. Weaving sedge mats is similar to growing rice, Long Dinh mat production mainly occurs during the dry season. from January to April. Weavers have to work their hardest in May and June, otherwise, when the rainy season starts in July, they will have to put off finishing their products till the next dry season. No matter how much work it requires, Long Dinh mat producers stick with this occupation, as it brings a higher income than growing rice.

This trade provides employment for thousands of local labourers. At present., nearly 1,000 households in Long Dinh village live on weaving mats. To better meet market demands, Long Dinh mat weavers have created more products in addition to the traditional sedge mats. Particularly, they are producing a new type of mat made from the dried stalks of water hyacinth, a common material in the Mekong Delta.

Thanks to the planning and further investment, the mat weaving occupation has indeed brought in more income for local residents. Their living standards have improved considerably, resulting in better conditions for the whole village.

In order to meet market demands, artisans in Long Dinh ________.

V. Read the passage below and choose one correct answer for each question. (Question 36-40)

Sedge Mat Craft Village In Tien Giang Province

In the Mekong Delta, Long Dinh village of Tien Giang province is famous for its traditional craft of weaving flowered mats. The mats high quality makes them popular domestically, and they are also exported to markets worldwide including Korea. Japan and America.

In spite of its well-established reputation for this traditional craft, mat weaving only started here some 50 years ago. It was first introduced by immigrants from Kim Son, a famous mat weaving village in the northern province of Ninh Binh. However, the technique of weaving Sedge mats in Long Dinh, as compared with other places in the South, is somewhat different. Long Dinh branded mats are thicker and have more attractive colours and patterns. Weaving sedge mats is similar to growing rice, Long Dinh mat production mainly occurs during the dry season. from January to April. Weavers have to work their hardest in May and June, otherwise, when the rainy season starts in July, they will have to put off finishing their products till the next dry season. No matter how much work it requires, Long Dinh mat producers stick with this occupation, as it brings a higher income than growing rice.

This trade provides employment for thousands of local labourers. At present., nearly 1,000 households in Long Dinh village live on weaving mats. To better meet market demands, Long Dinh mat weavers have created more products in addition to the traditional sedge mats. Particularly, they are producing a new type of mat made from the dried stalks of water hyacinth, a common material in the Mekong Delta.

Thanks to the planning and further investment, the mat weaving occupation has indeed brought in more income for local residents. Their living standards have improved considerably, resulting in better conditions for the whole village.

We can infer from the passage that _______.

VI. Fill in the blank with the correct form of the word given.

Choose the sentence that is closet in meaning to each of the following sentences.

I was very exhausted, but I didn’t stop working.

 Choose the sentence that is closet in meaning to each of the following sentences.

You can’t visit the foreign countries unless you get a visa.