Luyện tập, Trắc Nhiệm: Lesson 3. Skills and communication

Read the passage, and decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).

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 favorite products not only in the domestic market, 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 (bowls, 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.

1. Bat Trang pottery has been developed since the 7th century.

Read the passage again, and decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).
Bat Trang’s pottery products were exported to foreign markets during the 18th and 19th centuries.

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Its location beside the Red River has provided an enormous source of fine clay as the ingredient for pottery making.

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Many Japanese, Chinese, and Western trading boats came to Pho Hien during the 15th and 17th centuries.

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Artisans in Bat Trang village have always kept the traditions without any changes.

Choose the words that are not stressed in the following sentences. Practice reading the sentences aloud.
This tour takes you to the outskirts of Hue.

Choose the words that are not stressed in the following sentences. Practise reading the sentences aloud.

During their stay in Hanoi, most tourists insist on a trip to Van Phuc Silk Village.

Choose the words that are not stressed in the following sentences. Practice reading the sentences aloud.

Banh Chung of Tranh Khuc village is famous for its distinctive flavour.

Choose the words that are not stressed in the following sentences.
Practice reading the sentences aloud.
Cao Thon craft village in Hung Yen is among the largest incense-making villages in Viet Nam.

Choose the words that are not stressed in the following sentences.
Practice reading the sentences aloud.
Nhat Tan peach flowers have become a brand of Hanoi.

Read the following ideas. Are they about the benefits of traditional crafts (B) or challenges that artisans may face (C). Write B or C.

Listen again and complete the table. Use no more than three words for each blank. 

Student	Place of interest	Activities
Trà	Viet Nam National Museum of History	- Seeing various (1)  - Looking round and (2)
Nam	Bat Trang pottery village	- Learning to (3)  and (4)
Hoa	Ha Noi Botanical Garden	- Climbing up (5)  - Reading (6)  - Feeding (7)  - (8)  people

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