Exercise 8. Fill in the blank with the correct word in the box (change the form of word if necessary).

interesting

up

pass down

make

Since

Last month, my English class went on a field trip to one of the most ancient villages in Viet Nam: Bat Trang. That day all of us got (1) _______ very early so that we could arrive at the village early in the morning. When we got there, we were all astonished by a variety of ceramic products, most of which are for ordinary use such as bow, cup, plates and pot. (2) ________ there were up to twenty members in our class, we decided not to join the buffalo tour. Instead, we took a walk for sightseeing and shopping around. After we had visited some of the ceramic stores along the road in the village our teacher took us to Bat Trang Porcelain and Pottery Market. This was the most (3) _______ part of our trip. The local people instructed us to (4) _______ pottery products by themselves and introduced the tradition of the village. We were told that pottery-making skills were (5) ________ from generation in the village. Before we left, the locals gave us small ceramic key chains as souvenirs. We really looked forward to another trip to Bat Trang.

Exercise 2. Choose the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underl...