UNIT 4

A.
LANGUAGE COMPONENTS
I. Choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D to complete each sentence.
1. Khmer men teach their children how to ___________fish at an early age.
A. do B. catch C. raise D. eat
2. The elders often pass on their _________to the young through stories and activities.
A. traditions B. rules C. legends D. music
3. The mountain people in the Central Highlands use natural _________to build a Rong house.
A. trees B. posts C. leaves D. materials
4. Minority women often go to the mountains to ________plants for food and medicine.
A. collect B. see C. look D. raise
5. Many minority groups ______cows and buffaloes for a living.
A. feed B. herd C. raise D. milk
1. The Tay serve this kind of cake with _________ honey .
A. a lot of B. some C. a D. No article
3. In our area, _____not much land for growing crops.
A. there are B. it has C. it is D. there is
4. ___________temples provide free Khmer language classes.
A. a little B. The C. A D. A few
5. Do you have _________ books about ethnic minority groups in Viet Nam?
A. a few B. a lot of C. any D. some
1. The Museum of Ethnology is _____ interesting museum in Ha Noi.
A. an B. zero article C. a D. the
2. Whenever prices go up, _____ customers buy fewer products.
3. His aim is to get a place at _____ university in the United States.
4. It is the custom in this country to put flowers on _____ graves at Easter.
5. When you go there, you should watch how _____ locals do things and follow their examples.
II. Complete the word in correct forms
1. It’s interesting to learn about the unique features of an ethnic group's ………. culture. (tradition)
2. Most mountain girls know how to ………………………. clothing. (weave)
4. A ………………………. house is for community meetings and events. (commune)
5. There are fewer Nung than Kinh, so they are an ethnic ………………. group. (minor)
6. Dan Tinh is the name of a popular Tay’s ………………………… instrument. (music)
7. Every ethnic group has their own ……………………………… culture. (tradition)
8. Of the 54 ………………………. in Viet Nam, the Kinh is the largest. (ethnicity)
9. ………………. groups have their own musical instrument like the dan tinh, gong, t’rung. (minor)
10. The Bahnar and Ede, the …………………….. house, usually known as Rong house, is the heart
of the village. (commune)
B. WRITING
1. Write sentences from given words:
1. you / attend / the Khmer’s Moon / Worship Festival / last year / ?
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2. How many / ethnic minority / groups / there / Viet Nam / ?
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4. What / you / do / the Ede’s / Harvest Festival / last October / ?
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5. How old / minority children / when / they / start helping / the family / ?
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6. Why / people / the Central Highlands / organise / the Elephant Racing Festival?
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7. My family / have / custom / cook / sticky rice / first day / each lunar month.
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2. Write questions for the underlined phrases about the Katu ethnic group in Viet Nam
1. There are about 74,000 Katu people.
…………………………………………………………………………….
2. They live mainly in Thua Thien - Hue and Quang Nam Provinces.
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3. The Katu are very friendly and simple.
…………………………………………………………………………….
4. They hold the rice spirit feast just before planting and harvesting rice.
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5. I attended the Ban Flower Festival in Dien Bien last year.
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6. We can find the most beautiful terraced fields in Mu Cang Chai
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7. The ethnic minorities in Vietnam often live in mountainous areas.
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8. Their costumes are colorful and unique.
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9. They often gather together at the communal house in special occasions.
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10. Ethnic people often hold festivals in spring.
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11. Life in the mountainous areas is quite difficult because of the extreme weather.
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12. The Muong people often play flute, trumpet and gong.
…………………………………………………………………………….
13. The Viet is the largest ethnic group in Vietnam.
…………………………………………………………………………….
14. The Muong live in mountainous areas with abundant land for growing wet rice.
…………………………………………………………………………….
15. They are harvesting their crops in the fields.
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C. READING
I. Read the following passage and put a word in the box in each of the numbered blanks:
There are about 1.3 million Khmer people living in the southern provinces of Soc Trang,
Tra Vinh, and Can Tho. They earn a living by farming, (1) ______, and producing handicraft
products. The Khmer live harmoniously with other ethnic (2) ______in the Mekong Delta,
while keeping their unique culture and lifestyle. The Khmer are Buddhists. There is a (3)
________in every village. The temples are not only places for the Khmer to practise their
religion. They are the village schools too. At the age of 12, Khmer boys come to live and study
in a temple for several years before they become adults. There, they learn about Buddhism, and
to read and write the Khmer (4) ______. They also learn how to behave towards their
grandparents, parents, teachers, old people, and others in their (5) ________. They learn basic
knowledge of their traditional culture - folk tales, songs, and dances.
1. A. go fishing B. fishing C. fish D. fishes
2. A. groups B. persons C. religions D. nature
3. A. school B. cathedral C. Rong D. temple
4. A. language B. letters C. reports D. stories
5. A. area B. family C. community D. home

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