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III)-Fill in each blank with a, an, or the to complete the following passage.
Ethnic Groups
Vietnam is (1)_________ multi-nationality country with 54 ethnic groups. The Viet (Kinh) people account for 87% of (2)________ country’s population and mainly inhabit (3)__________ Red River Delta, (4)_________ central coastal delta,
(5)_________ Mekong Delta and major cities. (6)_______ other 53 ethnic minority groups, totaling over 8 million people, are scattered over mountain areas spreading from the North to the South.
(7)______ number of ethnic minorities had mastered some farming techniques. They grew rice plants in swamped paddy fields and carried out irrigation. Others went hunting, fishing, collecting and lived (8)_________ semi-nomadic life. Each group has its own culture, diverse and special.
However, (9)_________ evident gap in the material and moral life has indeed still existed between peoples living in the deltas and those living in mountain areas as well as among ethnic minorities themselves. (10)_________ Vietnamese government has worked out specific policies and special treatments in order to help mountainous people catching up with lowland people, and made great efforts to develop and preserve traditional cultural identities of each ethnic minority group.
IV)-Fill each blank with a, an, or the to complete the following passage.

(1)__________ Lo Lo ethnic group can be divided into Flower Lo Lo and Black Lo Lo. Living in Lung Cu since ancient time, the Lo Lo people have made many efforts in making (2)__________ homeland suitable for farming. (3)_________ Lo Lo folkloric culture is very rich and unique, demonstrated with dances, songs, legends.

(4)_________ Lo Lo calendar divides a year into 11 months, each corresponding to
(5)__________ animal’s name. Decorations on their turbans, shirts, skirts and trousers are particularly colourful.
(6)___________ ancient bronze drums are very important. (7)___________ head of each family is entitled to keep the drums which are used only during funerals or festivals to maintain rhythms for dances. The Lo Lo people are among (8)____________

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few ethnic groups in Vietnam who still use bronze drums, (9)__________ traditional musical instrument closely associated with (10)__________ legend about the Flood.
V)-Read the passage, make questions for the underlined words of the following answers.
In 2006, the house of a local family in Dong Van District, Ha Giang Province was chosen for the background of the film “The Story of Pao”. From distance, the house looks beautiful as a painting. Bushes of wild but beautiful flowers in blossom in the right and an old learning cherry blossom tree at the gate create a romantic scene for the house. The film is about the life of a Hmong girl named Pao. She was raised by her stepmother because her real mother left her when she was a little. One day, her stepmother died in an accident, and she began to look for her birth mother.

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The house was chosen for the background of the film in 2006.

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The house is in Dong Van District, Ha Giang Province.

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The film is about the life of a Hmong girl named Pao.

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She was raised by her stepmother because her real mother left her when she was little.

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She began to look for her birth mother when her stepmother died in an accident.
VI)-Make a questions for the underlined words of these answers.

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The Ha Nhi ethnic group has about 12,500 inhabitants.

23. 
    _____________________________________________________________? They live in the provinces of Lai Chau and Lao Cai.
    
24. 
    _____________________________________________________________? The Ha Nhi mainly worship their ancestors.
    
25. 
    _____________________________________________________________? They live on rice cultivation of burnt-over land or terraced fields.
    
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    _____________________________________________________________? They use ploughs and harrows pulled by oxen and buffaloes to work in the fields.
    
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    _____________________________________________________________? The gardens are often close to their houses.
    

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C. SPEAKING
Talk with a partner. One plays the role of a reporter asking the questions, and the other answers with the questions below.

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    (1)__________________________________________________________________
    

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    The Hmong speak a language that belongs to the Hmong-Dao language family.
    

23. 
    (2) __________________________________________________________________
    

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    They grow mainly corn, rice, and wheat.
    

23. 
    (3) __________________________________________________________________
    

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    They also plant lotus, potatoes, vegetable, peanut, sesame, beans, etc.
    

23. 
    (4) __________________________________________________________________
    

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    The Hmong raise water buffaloes, cows, pigs, chickens, and horses.
    

23. 
    (5)__________________________________________________________________
    

23. 
    The horse is the most effective source of transportation in these mountainous areas.
    

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    (6)__________________________________________________________________
    

23. 
    The Hmong handicraft is famous for embroidery, blacksmithing, and the making of horse saddles, wooden furniture, and silver jewelry.
    

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    (7)__________________________________________________________________
    

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    The Hmong’s New Year is in December, about one month earlier than Vietnamese Tet.
    

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   (8)__________________________________________________________________
   

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   During the New Year’s Festival, villagers play shuttlecock, swing, flute and sing and dance at public areas around the villages.
   

D. READING
I)-Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage.
Communal House (Rong House)
The Rong House can only be (1)__________ in villages to the north of the Central Highlands, especially in Gia Lai and Kon Tum provinces. It is a large, imposing,

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beautifully decorated stilt house built (2)__________ the middle of the village. It is where community activities (3)__________, meetings, wedding ceremonies, or praying ceremonies. It is also the place for reception of guests. The Rong House of each ethnic group has its own architectural style, design, and décor. Yet there are shared
(4)_________. In the village, it is often (5)_________ house roofed with yellow-dried thatch leaves and having 8 big wood columns. The rafters are decorated with patterns of bright colours, depicting religious scenes, legendary stories about ancient heroes, stylized animals, and other familiar things of the village life. The most distinction of the décor of the Rong House is the (6)_________ of the brilliant God of Sun. The Rong House is a (7)__________ of the culture of Central Highlanders, an age-old and stable culture. The bigger the house, the wealthier the village is. It is a (8)_______ of the whole village.

1.	A. find	B. found	C. to find	D. finding
2	A. on	B. at	C. in	D. under
3	A. take place	B. take on	C. happens	D. occurs
4	A. designs	B. cultures	C. customs	D. features
5.	A. a big	B. a bigger	C. the biggest	D. biggest
6.	A. painting	B. photo	C. image	D. portrait
7	A. signal	B. symbol	C. sign	D. scene
8.	A. design	B. respect	C. proud	D. pride

II)-Read the following passage, and answer the questions below.

Duong Lam: An ancient Vietnamese village
Duong Lam Village is located in Duong Lam Commune at a 45 km distance from Ha Noi. It is the birthplace of two kings in the history of Vietnam, Phung Hung (or Bo Cai Dai Vuong) and Ngo Quyen, who opened up the long-term self-control and independence period of Vietnam after Bach Dang Victory in the year 938.
All houses, gates, village gates and wells are built of laterite creating an architectural complex, a unique village that is typical for villages in the midlands in the North of Vietnam.
At present, there are still nearly old 200 houses and many other historical monuments such as Phung Hung Temple, Ngo Quyen Royal Tomb, Mong Phu Communal

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House, Ho Gam Hill at which Phung Hung killed tigers to secure villagers and the temple at which the diplomat Giang Van Minh is worshiped.

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   Where is Duong Lam Village?
   

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   Who were the two kings whose birthplace is Duong Lam Village?
   

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   What is Duong Lam typical for?
   

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   How many old houses are there in Duong Lam?
   

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   What are the famous historical monuments there?
   

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   WRITING
   

Write full sentences about the Cham ethnic group, using the words and phrases given.

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   The Cham ethnic group/ a population/ about 100,000.
   

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   They/ live mostly/ the coast/ between Ninh Thuan/ Binh Thuan Provinces/ or/
   

the Cambodian border/ around Chau Doc.

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   The Cham/ a tradition/ wet rice cultivation.
   

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   Handicrafts/ fairly well-developed/ especially silkworm textiles/ handmade
   

pottery wares.

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   Both men/ women/ wear/ long one-piece sarongs/ cloth wrappers.
   

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   Main colour/ their daily dress/ cotton white.
   

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   Chief means/ transporting goods/ farm produce/ back-basket.
   

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   Most important festival/ called Bon Kate/ held/ near the Cham towers/ the tenth
   

month/ the Lunar year.

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TEST (UNITIT 3)

I)-Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences.

1.	The Gong Festival is held __________ in the Central Highlands.
	A. year	B. yearly	C. annual	D. annually
2.	________ does Hoa Ban Festival take place? – In Lai Chau.
	A. What	B. Where	C. When	D. How
3.	It is typical of the cultural life of _________ Thai people
	A. some	B. a	C. the	D. Ø
4.	________ do the cattle provide for the nomads? – Dairy products, meat, and
	clothing.
	A. What	B. Where	C. Why	D. How
5.	The crops _________ on the weather.
	A. depend	B. depend	C. affect heavy	D. affect heavily
	heavy	heavily
6.	Mai studies Maths a little bit ___________.
	A. bad	B. badly	C. good	D. smartly
7.	During the festival, they fly many _________ kites in different shapes and
	sizes
	A. colour	B. colourless	C. colourful	D. colouring
8.	An old woman was __________ the goats up the mountainside.
	A. riding	B. taking	C. herding	D. running
9.	_________ is the festival celebrated? – Every year.
	A. When	B. How often	C. How	D. What
10.	There are no high building to block ___________ in our village.
	A. view	B. a view	C. some view	D. the view

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II)-Complete the following sentences with the correct words with the cluster /sk/, /sp/ or /st/ from the table, and then read aloud the sentences.



disk sports stone ask best speech
spelling school speak stamps spend skill

0. 
   The child lost the power of ___________ from birth.
   
1. 
   I am going to __________ the weekend at the grandparents’ house.
   
2. 
   I got lost and I had to __________ somebody the way.
   
3. 
   Which ___________ do you like playing?
   
4. 
   The boy picked up a __________ and threw it into the river.
   
5. 
   The course will help you to develop your reading ____________.
   
6. 
   Nam is very poor at_____________.
   
7. 
   Does anyone here ___________ French?
   
8. 
   A ___________ is a device for storing information on a computer.
   
9. 
   Do you have to wear a ____________ uniform?
   
10. 
    Who in the class is ______________ at maths?
    
11. 
    He has been collecting ______________ from many countries since he was eight.
    

III)-Use the correct form of the words in brackets to finish the sentences.

9472. 
      Terraced rice fields in Sa Pa are slopes claimed for cultivation in hilly or ________
      

areas. (mountain)

9472. 
      For the Muong, rice is also the main _________ crop. (agriculture)
      
9473. 
      The Muong call their ___________ calendar “sach doi”, which is made from 12 bamboo sticks that represent the 12 months. (tradition)
      

9472. 
      Viet Nam is a country of tremendous ___________ with 54 ethnic groups. (diverse)
      

9472. 
      The ethnic minority groups in Viet Nam have been living in ______________ co-existence. (peace)
      

IV)-Read the following facts about the Khmer ethnic people, and talk about them with a partner.

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   Population: over one million
   
1. 
   Inhabitation areas: Soc Trang, Tra Vinh, Can Tho, Kien Giang, and An Giang provinces
   

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   Customs: young Khmer people often go to pagodas to study and improve their virtues and knowledge.
   
1. 
   Production activities: wet rice cultivation. animal husbandry, weaving, pottery and sugar making from the “Thot Not”tree
   

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   Festivals: “Chon Cho Nam Tho May”(New Year Festival), Buddha’s Birthday, “Don Ta”(Forgive the Crimes of the Dead), and “Ooc Om Bok”(Moon worship)
   

23. 
    What/ population/ Khmer ethnic group?
    

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23. 
    (29)______________________________________________________________
    

23. 
    Where/ the Khmer/ live?
    

(30)______________________________________________________________

23. 
    (31)_____________________________________________________________
    

23. 
    What/ their customs?
    

(32)_____________________________________________________________

23. 
    (33)_____________________________________________________________
    

23. 
    What/ they/ do/ live on?
    

(34)_____________________________________________________________

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    (35)_____________________________________________________________
    

0. 
   What/ their main festivals?
   

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   (37)____________________________________________________________