Choose the best answer.
1. Pressure _____ children to get into top schools has reached a crisis point.
A. at B. under C. on D. with
2. Perhaps what you're reading or hearing is boring, which makes it hards to _____ on the book or the conversation.
A. concentrate B. rely C. depend D. notice
3. A great way to improve _____ skills is to keep trying new things.
A. reason B. resoned C. reasoning D. reasons
4. As children move toward _____, they are less likely to ask for advice.
A. dependent B. dependence C. independent D. independence
5. Taking good notes _____ students to evaluate, organize and summarize information.
A. requests B. requires C. allows D. offers
6. Susan needs someone to show her how to _____ her anxiety and depression.
A. empathise B. try C. succeed D. smanage
7. Craft village are becoming popular _____ in Viet Nam.
A. tourism attractions B. tourist attraction C. tour attractiveness D. physical attraction
8. Vietnamese traditional _____ is done with a simple hammer and chisel.
A. sculpture pieces B. sculpture C. sculptured feature D. sculptor
9. Now, at the age of over 80, the artisans is leaving the craft to his descendants with the desire to _____ this ancient craft.
A. preserve B. reserve C. change D. consider
10. For that artisans, making the paintings is a career _____ it supports the life of many generations of the family.
A. so that B. because C. because of D. although
11. The Van Phuc silk producers have expended their silk garment goods _____ they can satisfy the varied demand for their silk.
A. in order to B. despite C. because D. so that
12. Weaving mats in Dinh Yen, Dong Thap used to be sod in the "ghost" markets set up at night and operate up to early morning _____ the goverment built a new market five years ago.
A. when B. until C. after D. as soon as
13. The traditional craft has _____ from generation to generation.
A. passed down B. passed C. been passed down D. been passed by
14. Craftsmen have to _____ the domestic and international markets so that they needn't depend on the middlemen for their sales.
A. find B. find about C. find out D. find out about
15. The four-ton statue of hero Tran Vu, _____in 1667, still stands in Quan Thanh Temple.
A. cast B. casting C. to cast D. to be cast
16. In 1990, due to the change of the economic situation, Dong Ho paintings were difficult to sell and many _____ quit their job.
A. craftsmanship B. craft unions C. craftsmen D. crafts
17. Making rice paper _____ jobs and income for many locals, help many families out of poverty and become well-off.
A. keeps B. gets C. applies for D. creates
18. Since changing the way of production, many craftsmen have voluntarily joined together to form _____.
A. cooperates B. cooperation C. cooperatives D. cooperative
19. The artisan is delighted to _____ to you the craft of creating prints in an old-age style.
A. demonstrate B. expain C. express D. provide
20. _____ a majority of Vietnamese small and medium enterprises do not have in-house designers or specialized design staff, they have to hire ireelance designers.
A. While B. Since C. Due to D. Despite the fact
21. Nowadays, Tan Chau artisans can produce silk off multiple colours _____ they can meet customers demands.
A. so B. so that C. but D. in order
22. The bronze casting craft in Viet Nam dated back from the age of King An Duong Vuong _____ ancients bronze arrowheads were made.
A. because B. although C. so D. when
23. In 1990, due to the change of the economic situation, many Dong Ho cooperatives had to _____
A. close B. close in C. close down D. shut
