Hoa Binh and Thanh Hoa are two main provinces where there are more than 1.4 million Muong people living. They speak Muong language which belongs to the Mon-Khmer group. However, some ofthem also know Kinh languge. They cultivate mainly wet rice on terraced land, watered by small brooks. They also make handicrafts and exploit forest products such as mushrooms, dried fungus, ammonium to improve their living condition. Men dress in Indigo pajama and women wear skirts with many colorful patterns knitted on. The Muong build their houses on stilts with 4-roof architecture, which are about six feet off the ground. They are wooden houses in the shade of a big trees, huddling against the mountain, and looking out on their vast rice fields. Therefore, it is convenient for their living and farming. The Muong follow traditional religious animism, which means that they believe that non-living objects have spirits. They build the altars in their houses to worship ancestral spirits and other supernatural spirits. One of their most important festival is "Going to the fields Ceremony" where they perform traditional dance forms and send their wish for good crops. They also drink wine and enjoy special foods

1. Which province do the Muong live in Vietnam?
2. Which language group does the Muong language belong to?
3. What do they do to earn their living?
4. Why are their house convenient for their living and farming?
5. How do the Muong believe in animism?
6. What are main activities in their festivals or ceremonies?

Read the passage below and choose the best answers.

Each nation has many good people who take care of others. For example, some of high school and college students in the United States often spend many hours as volunteers in hospitals, orphanages or home for the elderly. They read books to the people in these places, or they just visit them and play games with them or listen to their problems. Other young volunteers go and work in the homes of people who are sick or old. They paint, clean up, or repair their houses, or the shopping or mow their lawns. For boys who no longer have fathers there is an organization called Big Brothers. College students and other men take these boys to baseball games or on fishing trips and help them to get to know things that boys usually learn from their fathers. Each city has a number of clubs where boys and girls can go and play games or learn crafts. Some of these clubs show movies or organize short trips to the mountains, the beaches, museums or other places of interest. Most of these clubs use a lot of high school and college students as volunteers because they are young enough to understand the problems of younger boys and girls. Volunteers believe that some of the happiest people in the world are those who help to bring happiness to others.

1. What do volunteers usually do to help those who are sick or old in their homes?

A. They mow lawns, do shopping, and clean up their houses.

B. They cook, sew, and wash their clothes.

C. They tell them stories and sing and dance for them.

D. They take them to baseball games.

2. What do they help boys whose fathers do not live with them?

A. To get to know things about their fathers.

B. To get to know things that boys want from their fathers.

C. To learn things that boys usually learn from their fathers.

D. To learn things about their fathers.

3. Which activity is NOT available for the students at the clubs?

A. playing games B. watching films C. going to interesting places D. learning photography

4. Why do they use many high school and college students as volunteers? Because......

A. they have a lot of free time.

B. they can understand the problems of younger boys and girls.

C. they know how to do the work.

D. they are good at playing games and learning crafts.

5. What do volunteers believe?

A. In order to make others happy, they have got to be unhappy.

B. The happiest people in the world are those who make themselves happy.

C. The happiest people in the world are those who are young and healthy.

D. Bringing happiness to others makes them the happiest people in the world

Read the passage below and decide whether the statements are TRUE or FALSE?

I’m Bing. My grandmother told me that our village used to be very poor many years ago. The villagers had to work hard in the fields all day but they could not earn enough for their living. Their lives were very simple. Many people had to live in houses made of straw and mud. Nowadays my village has changed a lot. People live in big brick houses. In the evening, they can listen to the news on the radio or watch TV for entertainment. All people in my village try their best to make their living better. They raise and resurface the roads so that the roads will not be muddy and flooded after it rains.

Question: Many people had to live in houses made of straw and mud.

Read the passage below and decide whether the statements are TRUE or FALSE?

I’m Bing. My grandmother told me that our village used to be very poor many years ago. The villagers had to work hard in the fields all day but they could not earn enough for their living. Their lives were very simple. Many people had to live in houses made of straw and mud. Nowadays my village has changed a lot. People live in big brick houses. In the evening, they can listen to the news on the radio or watch TV for entertainment. All people in my village try their best to make their living better. They raise and resurface the roads so that the roads will not be muddy and flooded after it rains.

Question: Their lives were very simple.

1. Terraced rice fields in Sa Pa are slopes claimed for cultivation in hilly or ________ areas. (mountain)
2. For the Muong, rice is also the main _________ crop. (agriculture)
3. The Muong call their ___________ calendar “sach doi”, which is made from 12 bamboo sticks that represent the 12 months. (tradition)
4. Viet Nam is a country of tremendous ___________ with 54 ethnic groups. (diverse)
5. The ethnic minority groups in Viet Nam have been living in ______________ coexistence. (peace)
6. Everywhere in our country we can find elements of the (culture) ______________ values of different ethnic groups.
7. The Muong in Hoa Binh are well-known for the (rich) ______________ of their folk literature and traditional songs

make questions for these answers

1.The ao dai and ao ba ba.-> .............................................................

2.there are 54 ethnic groups.->..................................

3.the king have the largest number of people.->..............................

4.who can sleep in the communal house.->........................................

5.I have watched this film for four times.->........................

6.A stilt house is built on columns and beam.->.......................

7.we can see terraced fields in the northern mountainous region.->........................

8.the laha mostly live in son la.->..............................

9,the museum of ethnology is the most interesting museum in ha noi.->..................................

10,the muong are famous for famous for their rich folk literature and traditional songs.->.....................................

Read the passage below and decide whether the statements are TRUE or FALSE?

I’m Bing. My grandmother told me that our village used to be very poor many years ago. The villagers had to work hard in the fields all day but they could not earn enough for their living. Their lives were very simple. Many people had to live in houses made of straw and mud. Nowadays my village has changed a lot. People live in big brick houses. In the evening, they can listen to the news on the radio or watch TV for entertainment. All people in my village try their best to make their living better. They raise and resurface the roads so that the roads will not be muddy and flooded after it rains.

Question: Now people still live in mud houses.

Choose the word or the phrase among A,B,C or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage.

People in the country live in more beautiful surroundings. They enjoy (1)__________ and quietness, and can do their work at their (2)__________ pace because no one is in a (3)__________. They live in larger, more comfortable houses, and their neighbors are more friendly, and ready to help them (4)__________ they need it. Their life, however, can be (5)__________ and they may be isolated, which is a serious problem (6)__________ they are ill or want to take children to school.

1. A.quiet B.quietly C.peace D.peaceful

2. A.less B.own C.just D. only

3. A.hurry B.hurried C.hurriedly D.hurrying

4. A.When B.which C.what D. that

5. A.bore B.bored C.boring D. bores

6. A.unless B.because C.although D.if

make questions for these answers

6.A stilt house is built on columns and beam.->.......................

7.we can see terraced fields in the northern mountainous region.->........................

8.the laha mostly live in son la.->..............................

9,the museum of ethnology is the most interesting museum in ha noi.->..................................

10,the muong are famous for famous for their rich folk literature and traditional songs.->.....................................

make questions for these answers

6.A stilt house is built on columns and beam.->.......................

7.we can see terraced fields in the northern mountainous region.->........................

8.the laha mostly live in son la.->..............................

9,the museum of ethnology is the most interesting museum in ha noi.->..................................

10,the muong are famous for famous for their rich folk literature and traditional songs.->.....................................