Read the passage about conical hat and complete it with words given below. (1.0pt)

            passed            traditional                   skillful             but      about

Conical hat making has been a (1)…………… craft there for hundreds of years. Tay Ho is one of the most famous craft villages because it is the birthplace of the conical hat in Hue. 

A conical hat may look simple, (2)…………… artisans have to follow 15 stages, from going to the forest to collect leaves to ironing the leaves, making the frames, etc. Hue's conical hats always have two layers of leaves. Craftsmen must be (3)…………… to make the two layers very thin. What is special is that they then add poems and paintings of Hue between the two layers, creating the famous bai tho or poetic conical hats.

Conical hat making in the village has been (4)……………  down from generation to generation because everybody, young or old, can take part in the process. It is a well-known handicraft, not only in Viet Nam, but all around the world.

Exercise 2: Listen again and write T (true)/ F (false) for each statement.

Originally commissioned 14 years ago, the new British Library was supposed to open in 1990.However, the project has been delayed by political infighting, poor planing and financial problems.The most recent setback came in June when inspectors discovered that 60 miles of new metal shelving had started to rust and needs to be replaced.That would postpone the opening of the project's first phase for another two years.

"Things have gone from bad to worse", said Brian Lake, secretary of the Regular Readers, an association of writers and scholars who are not happy with plans for the new library.It is a grand national project that has become a great national scandal.

It sounded like a splendid idea when the government unveiled its $225 million project in 1978.

Nó đã có vẻ như là một ý tưởng tuyệt vời

Sophisticated electronic equipment would help keep the library's irreplaceable stock at an optimal temperature and humidity.

A computer-controlled delivery system would provide books to readers within minutes of a request rather than days.

And to serve other needs of the reading public, the library would also include exhibition galleries, a restaurant and a conference hall.That was the plan, anyway.The start of construction was delayed until 1982 by arguments about planning and by a change of government.

Four years later, members of the cabinet ordered a progress report and discovered that the committee responsible for supervising the project hadn't met in four years.=>what is the main topic of thisparagraph