The Mường is an ethnic group native to Vietnam; it is the country’s third (1)_____________ of 53 minority groups, with an estimated population of 1.26 million (based on the 2009 census and five years of population growth). The Muong people inhabit the (2)_____________region of northern Vietnam, concentrated in Hoa Binh Province and the mountainous districts of Thanh Hoa Province. They are most closely (3)_____________ to the ethnic Vietnamese (Kinh). The term "muong" of Thai

origin (4)_____________ "district, region". To emphasize their difference (5)_____________the inhabitants of the valleys and highlanders, Muong call themselves "monglong", which means "people living in the centre". While the Muong are believed to be related to the Vietnamese, ethnologists (6)_____________ theorized that the Muong and Kinh (ethnic Vietnamese) separation happened when the proto-Vietnamese became (7) _____________ Sinicised, beginning from the 111 BC invasion (8)

_____________ Chinese Han dynasty Emperor Wu Ti, while the Muong, living the mountains and developed independently. The Muong (9)_____________ the Tai have had a mutual influence on each other's culture, so today the Muong are ethnically and linguistically close to the Vietnamese, but culturally and socially (10)_____________to the Tai.

Choose the correct word A, B, C or D for each gap to complete the following passage:

Viet Nam is a multi- cultural country with 54 ethnic groups living together. The Viet (or Kinh) people account (1)… about 87% of the country’s population. They(2)… inhabit the low land and deltals. The other 53 ethnic minority groups (3)…. scattered over mountainous areas, from the North to the South.The ethnic groups in Viet Nam (4)…. different languages, yet they live close to each other.(5)…. they are involved in cultural exchange, they keep retaining the identity of their own culture.

Question 1:

A. at

B. in

C. for

D. about

Choose the correct word A, B, C or D for each gap to complete the following passage:

Viet Nam is a multi- cultural country with 54 ethnic groups living together. The Viet (or Kinh) people account (1)… about 87% of the country’s population. They(2)… inhabit the low land and deltals. The other 53 ethnic minority groups (3)…. scattered over mountainous areas, from the North to the South.The ethnic groups in Viet Nam (4)…. different languages, yet they live close to each other.(5)…. they are involved in cultural exchange, they keep retaining the identity of their own culture.

Question 5:

A. Although

B. Because

C. if

D. Despite

Choose the correct word A, B, C or D for each gap to complete the following passage:

Viet Nam is a multi- cultural country with 54 ethnic groups living together. The Viet (or Kinh) people account (1)… about 87% of the country’s population. They(2)… inhabit the low land and deltals. The other 53 ethnic minority groups (3)…. scattered over mountainous areas, from the North to the South.The ethnic groups in Viet Nam (4)…. different languages, yet they live close to each other.(5)…. they are involved in cultural exchange, they keep retaining the identity of their own culture.

Question 4:

A. say

B. talk

C. tell

D. speak

Choose the correct word A, B, C or D for each gap to complete the following passage:

Viet Nam is a multi- cultural country with 54 ethnic groups living together. The Viet (or Kinh) people account (1)… about 87% of the country’s population. They(2)… inhabit the low land and deltals. The other 53 ethnic minority groups (3)…. scattered over mountainous areas, from the North to the South.The ethnic groups in Viet Nam (4)…. different languages, yet they live close to each other.(5)…. they are involved in cultural exchange, they keep retaining the identity of their own culture.

Question 2:

A. mainly

B. primarily

C. wholly

D. particularly

Choose the correct word A, B, C or D for each gap to complete the following passage:

Viet Nam is a multi- cultural country with 54 ethnic groups living together. The Viet (or Kinh) people account (1)… about 87% of the country’s population. They(2)… inhabit the low land and deltals. The other 53 ethnic minority groups (3)…. scattered over mountainous areas, from the North to the South.The ethnic groups in Viet Nam (4)…. different languages, yet they live close to each other.(5)…. they are involved in cultural exchange, they keep retaining the identity of their own culture.

Question 3:

A. is

B. are

C. was

D. be

VI. Fill each blank with a, an or the to complete the following passage.
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, totalling over 8 million people, are scattered over mountain areas spreading from the North to
the South.
(7) _________ number of ethnic minorities had master 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 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 politics 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

VI. Read the following text and decide which answer best fits each numbered blank. Vietnam is a multi-ethnic country with over fifty distinct groups, each with its own language, lifestyle, and (1)_____________ heritage. Many of the local ethnic groups residing in mountain areas are known collectively (2)_____________ the West as Montagnard or Degar. The largest ethnic groups (3)_____________Kinh (Viet) 85.7%, Tay 1.9%, Tai Ethnic 1.8%, Mường 1.5%, Khmer Krom 1.5%, Hmong 1.2%, Nùng 1.1%, Hoa 1%, with all (4) _____________ comprising the remaining 4.3% (2009 census). (5)_____________Vietnamese term for ethnic group is "người thiểu số" or "dân tộc thiểu số". One distinctive feature (6)_____________ highland ethnic minority groups in Vietnam is that they are colourfully attired (7)_____________ at home, in the farm, traveling or in their home town. Many ethnic groups elsewhere (8)_____________as southern part of Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, China, Papua New Guinea, and many other countries do not (9)_____________attractive clothes while engaged in their day-to-day activities. The clothing of one group is quite different (10) _____________ that of other groups and adds colour to the social landscape. 1. A. cultivate B. cultivation C. cultural D. culture 2. A. at B. above C. on D. in 3. A. are B. was C. is D. be 4. A. anothers B. others C. difference D. similarity 5. A. The B. An C. A D. X 6. A. over B. between C. of D. to 7. A. weather B. whether C. neither D. either 8. A. or B. like C. so D. such 9. A. to wear B. wear C. wearing D. wore 10. A. above B. under C. from D. to

III. Read the text below and write one word in each blank to complete it.

        Elevator technology has evolved from rudimentary lifting devices driven by muscle power to complicated state-of-the-art machines (1) t _____________ offer "smart" controls. A modern elevator (2) u _____________ computer integration to assess and compensate for traffic patterns, and many elevators are furnished (3) w _____________  touch screens, air conditioning, and highly artistic designs in cabs and doors. What's more the elevator industry (4) h _____________ changed our culture and the way we live. In the (5) p _____________, upper rooms of hotels and rooming houses were considered undesirable due to the need to climb stairs carrying (6)h _____________ baggage. With the advent of the passenger elevator, the penthouse suite and corner office with a sweeping (7) v _____________became prime real estate. In a rush to build upward, modern cities have grown into booming centres of commerce and culture. Mankind has come a long way, in the never-ceasing endeavour to accomplish a given task (8) m _____________ efficiently.

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