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1) Choose the correct answer A,B,C or D to complete Mi's email to her new friend, Elisa.

Dear Elisa,

Thanks very much for your email. It was fun to read about the places you find interesting.

I (1) ..................... like going to museums in my free time. There are several museums in my city, but I like the Museum of Fine Arts the most. I love art, so (2) ..................... I have free time, I go to this museum. There's a great mix (3) ..................... art from across the eras, including some really impressive modern Vietnamese paintings. What I especially like about the museum is that (4) ..................... of its galleries have an introduction in Vietnamese, English, and French. It (5) ..................... that I can learn lots of English while enjoying the art works.

Another place of interest that I love is the (6) ..................... park. It's near my house, so I go there almost every day. Sometimes I go for a walk around the park with my mother. Sometimes I choose a beautiful place in it to sit and draw some sketches. And sometimes I just sit (7) ..................... a bench, doing nothing, just watching people passing by. It's really relaxing.

I hope someday I'll have a(n) (8) ..................... to visit your National Portrait Gallery and Hyde Park.

Until the next email,

Mi

ĐÁP ÁN:

2) Fill each blank with a suitable word from the box to complete a passage about Doi Tam Drum-making.
 

We went to Doi Tam, a village (1) .................... for its drum making techniques, in Ha Nam Province last month. The craft was first (2) .................... to the village sometime in the 8th or 9th century. Today there are (3) .................... than six hundred drum makers living in Doi Tam village.
I was (4) .................... to see big drums in front of every house in the village. People say that it (5) .................... four workers three days to make a drum with a diameter of 1.5 metres. To make a drum, the craftsmen have to (6) .................... an eight stage process. Stretching the drumhead is the most challenging stage (7) .................... they have to carefully assess the sound it makes. The other steps do not require such high skills.
Nowadays, Doi Tam drums are not only famous in Viet Nam but are also (8) .................... to other countries such as Laos, Cambodia, Japan, and the USA.

ĐÁP ÁN:

3c) Read a passage about the Somerset Levels and do the exercises that follow.

Last year I visited the Somerset Levels, a coastal plain and wetland area in Somerset, South West England. This area is home to one of Somerset's oldest traditional crafts - willow basket making. Basket making began in the area a long time ago. At the beginning of the 19th century, more than three thousand acres of willow trees were planted commercially there because the area provided an excellent natural habitat for their cultivation.

I'd seen willow baskets before I visited the Levels, but I was still amazed at the numerous products created by the basket makers there. They make lobster pots, bread trays, and even passenger baskets for hot air balloons.

Although the arrival of plastics in the 1950s caused the basket making industry to decline, willow growing and basket making have continued to play a significant role in Somerset's rural economy. Willow growers and basket makers have dealt with this challenge by finding new markets and innovative ways of using willow. They make willow charcoal for artists and bower seats for gardens. Some even weave willow coffins. Therefore, people here can still live on the craft that their great-grandparents passed down to them.

1. Where are the Somerset Levels?

2. How many acres of willows were planted commercially there at the beginning of the 19th century?

3. How did the author feel when he visited the place?

4. What are some innovative products made in the area?

5. Is basket making passed down through generations?

ĐÁP ÁN:

1. They're in South West England.

2. More than three thousand acres.

3. He was amazed by the numerous products created by the basket makers.

4. Charcoal for artists, bower seats for gardens, lobster pots, balloon baskets, or willow coffins.

5. Yes, it is.