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Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks. A musical art with both scholarly and folk roots, “Đờn ca tài tử” is an indispensable part of the spiritual activity and (36)____________ heritage of the people of southern Viet Nam. The music and songs evoke the people’s life and work on the land and rivers of the Mekong Delta region. Performed at numerous events such as festivals, death anniversary rituals and festive occasions, “Đờn ca tài tử” is thus intimately connected with (37)____________ cultural practices and customs, oral traditions and handicrafts. The performers express their feelings by improvising, ornamenting (38)____________varying the ‘skeletal melody’ and main rhythmic patterns of these pieces. “Đờn ca tài tử” is played on a variety of different instruments,(39)_______ include the moon-shaped lute, two-stringed fiddle, sixteen-stringed zither, pear-shaped lute, percussion, monochord and bamboo flute. Its repertoire is based on twenty principal songs and seventy-two classical songs. The (40)____________art is passed on through oral transmission, based on imitation, from master instrumentalists and singers to students. Musicians need to study for at least three years to learn the basic instrumental techniques and master the musical modes to express different moods and emotions. Vocal students study the traditional songs and learn to improvise subtly, using different ornamentation techniques. https://vietnamdiscovery.com/culture-arts/don-ca-tai-tu/ Question 36: A. natural B. cultural C. historic D. historical Question 37: A. the others B. others C. other D. another Question 38: A. but B. or C. yet D. and Question 39: A. which B. who C. when D. where Question 40: A. performing B. playing C. getting D. taking