Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the

correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks

The name Chu Dau literally means "wharf". Chu Dau village in the northern province
of Hai Duong was (1) ______ ____only as a busy trading hub until evidence was
uncovered that it used (2)______ ceramic vases that were renowned around the
world. The story of Chu Dau's revival as a ceramic village (3) ______ with a 1980
letter from Makoto Anabuki, Secretary of the Japanese Embassy in Vietnam, to Ngo
Duy Dong, Secretary of Hai Duong Province's Party Committee. In this letter,
Anabuki wrote that (4)______ a working trip to Turkey, he had visited Topkapi Saray
Museum in Istanbul and was very (5) ______ to see an ancient Vietnamese ceramic
jar on display. On the jar was written: "In the Year of 1945 of the 8th Thai Hoa reign,
a ceramic maker of the Bui Family in the Nam Sach area drew on this jar just for
fun." Makoto Anabuki asked the Party Secretary to find the origin of this valuable jar
4 years later. From the information given, excavations uncovered relics proving that
Chu Dau village used to produce ceramic products of high artistic merit. The
discovery that wowed pottery experts also shocked the local residents.

1 Knew Know Known To know

2 Produce Producing To produce Produced
3 Begin Begun Began Had begun
4 When While During As soon as
5 Interests Interested Interesting Interest
Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase

Van Phuc Silk Village is (1) ______on the banks of Nhue Thi River, Nguyen Trai
Road, near Ha Dong city, 8 km southwest of Ha Noi. It takes you only 30 minutes by
motorbike to go there from the centre of Hanoi. The village has been much
(2)_______for its traditional sericulture, weaving, and silk products. Tourists coming
here are lured by various beautiful shirts, crafts, ties, dresses and many other things
made of silk available in the village. What is special is that the silk is (3) ______by
very simple looms, which is the genuinely traditional Vietnamese way of making silk.
Like other visitors to the village, you will be (4) ________this "silk shop town", where
almost all houses along the paths have been turned into shops selling silk products.
Specifically, the village is now home to 1,280 households, 90% of whom are involved
in silk production and business. The village makes more than 2 million meters of silk
per year. Yet, more than that, you are offered a good (5) _________to explore the
Vietnamese traditional industry of silk-making.

1 Stood Situated Located Both located & situated are

correct
2 Well-known Considered Acknowledged Understood
3 Manufactured Made Weaved Produced
4 Surprised Surprised at Surprised of Surprised with
about
5 Way Mean Chance method