36 Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.
Recently, we made a trip to visit Dong Ho village with a desire to meet the old artisan - Nguyen Huu Sam. Just when we arrived at the dyke in the village and talked with the villagers about the artisan, they intimately told us about him. The old house owned by the artisan is situated in a long alley of the village. On the walls of the house there are many folk paintings in different genres, from daily life paintings to landscape paintings shown in a set of “four seasons” and four times.
Mr. Sam told us about his past. When he was three years old, he was instructed in the craft of making Dong Ho paintings by his father. At five, he could help his father apply the Dong Ho paintings, and learn how to print the paper with proper colours.At seven, he was able to draw with a pen and make the most difficult samples. Years went by and the soul of Dong Ho folk paintings has kept seashell powder paint to the poonah-paper.
In the 1940s, this craft flourished. At that time, he was assigned by his parents to take the paintings to the market for sale. Mr. Sam said that 17 families in the village had been engaged in making Dong Ho paintings.
Artisan Sam has always been devoted to the making of Dong Ho paintings and has waited for opportunities to restore this traditional craft. In 1967, when the local authorities assigned him to restore the traditional genre of Dong Ho folk paintings, he gathered 50 villagers with professional skills and collected hundreds of woodblocks to establish the Dong Ho Painting Cooperative. Thanks to his efforts, such famous paintings as "Rat’s wedding”, “Rooster”, “Scene of jealousy” and “Writing verses about precious flowers” have been revived. Dong Ho paintings have been available in many parts of the world such as Japan, France, Germany, Singapore and the United States.
The themes of Dong Ho paintings are about ________.
A:
various aspects of life
B:
animals and flowers
C:
landscapes
D:
weddings
37
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions:
_____________ she’s young, she’s the most famous artisan in the village.
A:
Whereas
B:
When
C:
Although
D:
In order to
38
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits blank (28).
We went to Doi Tam, a village famous (25)______ its drum making techniques, in Ha Nam Province last month. The craft was first introduced to the village sometime in the 8th or 9th century. Today there are more than six hundred drum makers living in Doi Tam village.
#x200eI was amazed to see big drums in front of every house in the village. People say that it (26)______ four workers three days to make a drum with a diameter of 1.5 metres. To make a drum, the craftsmen have to follow an eight-stage process. Stretching the drumhead is the most challenging stage (27)_______ they have to carefully assess the sound it makes. The other steps do not require such high skills.
#x200eNowadays, Doi Tam drums are not only famous in Viet Nam but are also (28)_______ to other countries such as Laos, Cambodia, Japan, and the USA.
A:
be sold
B:
selling
C:
sold
D:
sell
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Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions:
They keep changing the decoration of the shop ________ they can attract more young people.
A:
so that
B:
when
C:
although
D:
because
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Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions:
The people in my village cannot earn money for their daily life. They can’t _____________ this traditional craft. They have to find other jobs.
A:
live on
B:
work on
C:
set up
D:
help out
