Question

Reading 1. Choose the correct word that best fits each of the numbered

The Yao form (25) _______ of the 54 ethnic groups officially recognized by Vietnam. In the lastly census in 2000, they numbered roughly 470,000 in Vietnam.

They Yao people have been agriculturalists for over a thousand years, mostly harvesting rice through plowing, (26) _________ a few practice slash-and-burn agriculture. The Yao live nearby forested regions. They also engage in hunting.

During the Southern Song dynasty, an imperial Chinese observer, Zhou Qufei, described the Tao as wearing distinctive fine blue (27) ________, produced using indigo dye.

The Yao celebrated their Pan Wang (King Pan) festival annually on the sixteenth day of the tenth lunar month. The festival (28)                  the mythical original story of the Yao people.

Question25.   A.an                B. one                         C. a                                         D. the

Question26.   A. but             B. however                C. although                            D. despite

Question27.   A. clothing     B. dressing                 C. wearing                             D. putting

Qustion28.  A. gives                        B. occurs                    C. happens                             D. celebrates

Reading 2.Answer the question by choosing A,B,C or D

The Tay live mainly in the Northeastern part of Viet Nam. They live in large and crowded villages with hundreds of houses. They live in houses built on stilts. They are mainly farmers and they grow rice on terraced fields. They also raise cattle’s and poultry. Tay traditional dress is made from homegrown cotton. There is usually not much embroidery or other decorations. Women wear skirts or trousers, with short shirts inside and long one on the outside. They have many festivals and holidays in a year. The Lunar New Year and the mid-July festivals are the most lavishly organized. During festivals, people in many places play con throwing, badminton, tug-of-war, dragon dancing, or chess. The Tay eat mainly sticky rice. On festival occasions, they make many kinds of cakes, such as banh chung (sticky rice square cakes), banh day (sticky rice round cakes) or banh khao (cakes made of white rice flour).

Question29.The Tay mainly eat                 ?

  A. sticky rice                                                                                    B. sticky rice round cakes

 C. sticky rice square cakes                                                             D. cakes made of white rice flour

Question30.Which of the following is NOT true of the Tay?

 A. They live on stilt houses.                                                           B. They grow rice on terraced fields.

 C. They wear clothes with much embroidery.                  D. They eat sticky rice.

Question31.Which is true of the Tay’s life?

 A. They mainly work in agriculture.                                              B. They work in industry.

 C. They have one very important festival a year.                        D. They buy cotton to make dress.

Question32.The word "lavishly" is closest in meaning to ______.

 A. seriously              B. carefully                            C. luxuriously                                   D. lengthily