VII read the following passage and answer the questions

                                                     MY VILLAGE

We are Khmer Krom, one of the biggest ethnic groups in the south of Viet Nam. We live by farming - mostly rice - and fishing on the Mekong River. Life is sometimes hard as our work depends heavily on the weather. When it is not harvest time, the men of the village go fishing from early morning and don't return until late afternoon. By the time they return, most of the village women will be waiting for them on the river bank. They wait to buy the fish, which they will later sell at the local market or bring to the nearby town for a higher price. The children will be there ,too. We love running around and waiting for the boats to come in.

Our most important festival of the year is the Chol Chnam Thmay, which celebrates the New Year. It falls mid-April. Every family tries to prepare well for the festive activities. The community also visits and helps poor families so that everybody has a happy New Year.

35.what does the khmer's work depend on?

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36.what do the men of th village do when it is not harvest time?

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37.who will be waiting for the fishing boats to return at the end of a fishing day?

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38.when do the khmer krom celebrate New Year?

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VIII.combine each pair of sentences to make one sentence,using the works given in brackets

40.most of vietnamese are tired preparing for Tet.They look forward to it.(although)

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IV. Read the passage and answer the questions below

MY VILLAGE

We are the Khmer Krom, one of the biggest ethnic groups in the south of Viet Nam. We live on farming – mostly rice – and fishing on the Mekong River. Life is sometimes hard as our work depends heavily on the weather. When it is not harvest time, the men of the village go fishing from early morning and don’t return until late afternoon. By the time they return, most of the village women will be waiting for them on the river bank. They wait to buy the fish, which they will later sell at the local market or bring to the nearby town for a higher price. The children will be there, too. We love running around and waiting for the boats to come in. Our most important festival of the year is the Chol Chnam Thmay, which celebrates the New Year. It falls in mid-April. Every family tries to prepare well for the festive activities. The community also visits and helps poor families so that everybody has a happy New Year.

1. Where do the Khmer Krom live?

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2. What does the Khmer’s work depend on?

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3. What do the men of the village do when it is not harvest time?

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4. Who will be waiting for the fishing boats to return at the end of a fishing day?

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5. When do the Khmer Krom celebrate New Year?

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We are Khmer Krom, one of the biggest ethnic groups in the south of Viet Nam. We live by farming - mostly rice - and fishing on the Mekong River. Life is sometimes hard as our work depends heavily on the weather. When it is not harvest time, the men of the village go fishing from early morning and don't return until late afternoon. By the time they return, most of the village women will be waiting for them on the river bank. They wait to buy the fish, which they will later sell at the local market or bring to the nearby town for a higher price. We children will be there too. We love running around the beach and waiting for the boats to come in. Our most important festival of the year is the Chol Chnam Thmay, which celebrates the New Year. It falls mid-April. Every family tries to prepare well for the festive activities. The community also visits and helps poor families so that everybody has a happy New Year. 1. Where do the Khmer Krom live? 2 What does the Khmer work depend on? 3 Do the men of the village go fishing from early morning in the harvest time? 4 Who will be waiting on the river bank? 5 when do the Khmer krom celebrate new year? Cứu tuii

MY VILLAGE We are Khmer Krom, one of the biggest ethnic groups in the south of Viet Nam. We live by farming mostly rice and fishing on the Mekong River. Life is sometimes hard as our work depends heavily on the weather. When it is not harvest time, the men of the village go fishing from early morning and don t return until late afternoon. By the time they return, most of the village women will be waiting for them on the river bank. They wait to buy the fish, which they will later sell at the local market or bring to the nearby town for a higher price. We children will be there too. We love running around the beach and waiting for the boats to come in. Our most important festival of the year is the Chol Chnam Thmay, which celebrates the New Year. It falls mid April. Every family tries to prepare well for the festive activities. The community also visits and helps poor families so that everybody has a happy New Year. 1.What does the Khmer s work depend on 2.What do the men of the village do when it is not harvest time 3.Who will be waiting for the fishing boats to return at the end of a fishing day 4.When do the Khmer Krom celebrate New Year

We are Khmer Krom, one of the biggest ethnic groups in the south of Viet Nam. We live by farming - mostly rice - and fishing on the Mekong River. Life is sometimes hard as our work depends heavily on the weather. When it is not harvest time, the men of the village go fishing from early morning and don't return until late afternoon. By the time they return, most of the village women will be waiting for them on the river bank. They wait to buy the fish, which they will later sell at the local market or bring to the nearby town for a higher price. We children will be there too. We love running around the beach and waiting for the boats to come in.         

Our most important festival of the year is the Chol Chnam Thmay, which celebrates the New Year. It falls mid-April. Every family tries to prepare well for the festive activities. The community also visits and helps poor families so that everybody has a happy New Year.

1. Where do the Khmer Krom live?

2. Why is life hard for the Khmer?

3. When is the Chol Cham Thmay celebrated?

4.Do the children love running around the beach ?

5. What do the women do with the fish they buy from the fishermen?

We are Khmer Krom, one of the biggest ethnic groups in the south of Viet Nam. We live by farming - mostly rice - and fishing on the Mekong River. Life is sometimes hard as our work depends heavily on the weather. When it is not harvest time, the men of the village go fishing from early morning and don't return until late afternoon. By the time they return, most of the village women will be waiting for them on the river bank. They wait to buy the fish, which they will later sell at the local market or bring to the nearby town for a higher price. We children will be there too. We love running around the beach and waiting for the boats to come in.

Our most important festival of the year is the Chol Chnam Thmay, which celebrates the New Year. It falls mid-April. Every family tries to prepare well for the festive activities. The community also visits and helps poor families so that everybody has a happy New Year.

1. Where do the Khmer Krom live?

2. Why is life hard for the Khmer?

3. When is the Chol Cham Thmay celebrated?

4.Do the children love running around the beach ?

5. What do the women do with the fish they buy from the fishermen?

I. Reading the passage

We are Khmer Krom, one of the biggest ethnic groups in the south of Vietnam. We live by farming – mostly rice – and fishing on the Mekong River. Life is sometimes hard as our work depends heavily on the weather. When it is not harvest time, the men of the village go fishing from early morning and don’t return until late afternoon. By the time they return, most of the village women will be waiting for them on the river bank. They wait to buy the fish, which they will later sell at the local market or bring to the nearby town for a higher price. We children will be there too. We love running around the beach and waiting for the boats to come in.

Our most important festival of the year is the Chol Chnam Thmay, which celebrates the New Year. It falls in mid-April. Every family tries to prepare well for the festive activities. The community also visits and helps poor families so that everybody has a happy New Year.

1. Choose True or False ( 1,5ms)

a……………….In the south of Vietnam the Khmer group is one of the second biggest groups.

b………………The Khmer people grow other crops and raise cattle and poutry.

c. ……………..Their main crop is rice and life is very hard.

2. Answer the questions (1m)

1. Why does the life hard in Khmer Krom ?

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2. What does the women do when it is not harvest time ?

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Rearrange the words/phrases given to make to make complete sentences

1. For/ethnic groups/in/many/the/the/the/mountains/,/horse/is/suitable/most/means of transport

2. groups/how/there/many/Vietnam/ethnic/are/in/?

3.or/you/would/urban/like/to/mountainous/live/in/in/the/the/areas/areas?

4.do/Khmer Krom/when/women/of/village/this/to/the/river bank/?/go

5.most/our/festival/important/Chol Chnam Thmay/of/the/is/the year

6.Khmer Krom/is groups/of/one/the/ethnic/in/the/southern/biggest/Vietnam

7.these/love/of/costumes/,/pink/I/traditional/most/the/one

8.are/the/their/Yao/famous/people/costumes/celebrate/for

9.Hung Kings/Festival/is/Vietnam/a/significant/Temple/festival/in

10.held/annually/the/the/Gong/Central/Festival/is/in/Highlands

I. Read the passage, and then answer the questions: (1.0m)

(Đọc đoạn văn sau và trả lời câu hỏi)

Last month, we went to Doi Tam, a village famous for its drum making techniques, in Ha Nam Province. The craft was first introduced to the village in the 8th or 9th century. Today there are  more than six hundred drum makers living in Doi Tam village.

I was  amazed to see big drums in front of every house in the village. People say that it takes four workers three days to make a drum with a diameter of 1.5 metres. To make a drum, the craftsmen have to follow an eight stage process. Stretching the drumhead is the most challenging stage since they have to carefully assess the sound it makes. The other steps do not require such high skills.

Nowadays, Doi Tam drums are not only famous in Viet Nam but are also  sold to other countries such as Laos, Cambodia, Japan, and the USA.

* Answer the questions:

26. When was the craft first introduced to the village?

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27. How many stages do the craftsmen have to follow to make a drum?

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28. Are  Doi Tam drums sold to Japan, and the USA?

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29. Where is Doi Tam village?

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