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

          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.

III. Complete the following passage by writing one suitable article in each gap. Some gaps require no article.

          Over the centuries and with each successive invasion, (1)_____________ Vietnamese have had increasingly mixed (2)_____________ ethnic roots. The Kinh now cohabitate with various ethnic minorities, from (3)_____________ mountaineers of the high northern plateaux to the Cham and (4) _____________ Khmer. The Vietnam Museum of Ethnology celebrates their traditions in (5)_____________ three-hectare space.

          The crafts, traditional costumes, musical instruments, life-size reproductions of village community houses, folklore, and traditional customs of (6)_____________54 ethnic groups in Vietnam are all represented. (7)_____________ Communities piny (8)_____________ important role in the history of the museum as they contribute fully to (9)_____________preparation of exhibitions and participate in (10)_____________ numerous events, such as craft demonstrations and traditional games, giving added meaning to the museum's vocation.

II. Rearrange the given words or phrases to make meaningful sentences.

1.      population/ close to/ Vietnam's/ The Tay people/ 2% of/ make up.

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2.      ethnic group/ the second/ They are/ in the nation/ largest.

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3.      as well/ they/ cattle and poultry/ They live/ where/ cultivate rice/ on fertile/ plains/ and/ keep.

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4.      for/ Rice/ a staple/ the Tay people/ is/ food.

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5.      traditional religious beliefs/ ancestor worship/ The Tay community/ including/ practice.

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