III. Pronunciation.
1. A. pottery B. local C. control D. so
2. A. pot B. forget C. control D. produce
3. A. Artisan B. establish C. attraction D. handicraft
4. A. Artisan B. establish C. impress D. specific
5. A. Statue B. culture C. attraction D. control
6. A. environment B. environmental C. entertainment D. document
IV. Reading
When you come to the countryside of Vietnam, especially in Hue, you can see a lot of beautiful girls with a palm leaf (1) ____________ hat on. The conical leaf hat is said the symbol of the Vietnamese (2) _______. The hat is made (3) ________ a special kind of bamboo and young and soft palm leaves. The ribs are shaped into a conical form. The diametre of the hat is ussually 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 tightly stitched onto the bamboo frame. Finally, the hat is usually (4) ________ with a coat of furniture - polish oil.
The palm leaf conical hat is mainly used to protect from shine or rain. Beneath the broad rim of the hat do Vietnamese girls look more (5) ................ and charming?
1. A. cone B. conical C. conically D. conicity
2. a. culture B. nation C. hat D. flag
3. A. with B. to C. from D. in
4. A. drawn B. written C. painted D. covered
5. A. attract B. attractive C. attraction D. attractiveness
VI. Complete each of the following sentences using the correct form of a phrasal verbs in the box
keep up, close down, come back, deal with, get up, look through, pass down, set off, turn down, live on
1. My sister is an early bird. She ................ at 7 o' clock every day of the week.
2. We 'll .............. for Tay Ho village at 9 o'clock and arrive at 10 o'clock.
3. When I was a student, I ................ small allowances from my parents.
4. The government must now .............. The preservation of traditional craft village.
5. The banks have ............ a lot of branches in villages over the last few years.
6. Many foreign tourists decide to ................ to Viet Nam for another holiday.
7. They offered her a trip to Europe but she ............... it ................
8. He has ................. the report and found nothing interesting.
9. Phong walk too fast and it's really hard to ............. him.
10. These traditional stories have been .................. from parents to children over many generation.
IX. Choose the word which has different sound in the underlined part
1. a. reminded b. turned c. wandered d. resolved
2. a. craftsman b. design c. conducts d. tense
10. a. generation b. endangered c. accept d. memorable
X. Choose the word which has different stress pattern
1. a. picture b. decision c. lovely d. worried
2. a. guidance b. pressure c. delighted d. confident
3. a. communicate b. appointed c. preparation d. affordable
4. a. attraction b. bamboo c. technique d. handicraft
5. a. sculpture b. embroider c. preserve d. opinion
6. a. accept b. transfer c. publish d. remind
7. a. famous b. fabulous c. village d. reliable
8. a. department b. historical c. technique d. pottery
9. a. confident b. determine c. convenient d. pagoda
10. a. fascinate b. different c. expensive d. restaurant
The conical (1)___leaf____ hat is one of the typical symbols of the Vietnamese (2)___culture ____ because it cannot be found anywhere else in the world. The leaf hat is not only a symbol of (3)____Vietnamese ___ women but has also become part of the spirit of the Vietnamese nation.
The hat is made from a (4)___special ____ kind of bamboo and young and soft palm leaves. It has a (5)___conical ____ form. The diameter of the hat is from 45 to 50 cm and it is from 25 to 30 cm high. The form is covered with the (6)___palm ____ leaves. Finally, the hat is trimmed and painted with a coat of attar oil.
The leaf (7)___hat ____ is used like an umbrella to (8)___protect ____ people from the sun or the rain. Beneath the broad rims (9)____of ___ the leaf hat, the girls and women look more (10)____pretty ___ and attractive.