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[ON GOING] UNIT 4 Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences. 1. The Gong Festival is held in the Central Highlands. A. year B. yearly C. annual D. annually 2. does Hoa Ban Festival take place? – In Lai Chau. A. What B. Where C. When D. How 3. It is typical of the cultural life of Thai people. A. some B. a C. the D.  4. do the cattle provide for the nomads? – Dairy products, meat and clothing. A. What B. Where C. Why D. How 5. The crops on the weather. A. depend heavy B. depend heavily C. affect heavy D. affect heavily 6. Mai studies Maths a little bit . A. bad B. badly C. good D. smartly 7. During the festival, they fly many kites in different shapes and sizes. A. colour B. colourless C. colourful D. colouring 8. An old woman was the goats up the mountainside. A. riding B. taking C. herding D. running 9. is the festival celebrated? – Every year. A. When B. How often C. How D. What 10. There are no high buildings to block in our village. A. view B. a view C. some view D. the view III. Use the correct form of the words in brackets to finish the sentences. 11. Terraced rice fields in Sa Pa are slopes claimed for cultivation in hilly or areas. (mountain) 12. For the Muong, rice is also the main crop. (agriculture) 13. The Muong call their calendar “sach doi”, which is made from 12 bamboo sticks that represent the 12 months. (tradition) 14. Viet Nam is a country of tremendous with 54 ethnic groups. (diverse) 15. The ethnic minority groups in Viet Nam have been living in co-existence. (peace) V. Complete each blank in the following passage with the correct word/phrase from the box. marriage share a funeral house branch stilt house ethnic minority ceremonies musical instruments Jarai (or Giarai) The largest (16) group on the Central Highlands is the Jarai. with a population of about 250,000. It is thought that Jarai people left the coastal plains around 2000 years ago, settling on the fertile plateau around Pleiku, and in Kon Tum Province. Some ethnologists think that Cham people are in fact a (17) of the Jarai, and they certainly (18) common linguistic traits. Villages are often named for a nearby river, stream and tribal chief. In the centre of each can be found a large (19) , which acts as a kind of community centre where the council of the elderly and their elected chief meet. Houses are traditionally built on stilts, facing north. Jarai women typically propose (20) to men through a matchmaker, who delivers the prospective groom a copper bracelet. Perhaps more than any of Vietnam’s other hill tribes, the Jarai are famous for their (21) , from stringed “gongs” to bamboo tubes, which act as wind flutes and percussion. Animist beliefs are still strong and the Jarai world is filled with spirits, the most famous of which are the kings of Water, Fire and Wind, represented by shamans who are involved in rain-making (22)
and other rituals. Funeral rites are particularly complex and expensive: after the burial, (23) is built over the grave and evocative sculptures of people, birds and objects from everyday life are placed inside. VI. Fill in each blank with a, an, or the to complete the following passage. (24) history of Da Nang Museum of Cham Sculpture started in 1891 when (25) French scientist began to collect Cham sculptures that had been discovered in scattered areas of Quang Nam Province and brought them to Da Nang. (26) first museum building was designed by French architects, and construction began in 1915 and was finished by May 1916. (27) Museum has played (28) important role in preserving sculpture items featuring the cultural, spiritual lives of the Cham people. They arranged (29) displays in order of (30) areas where (31) objects were found. VIII. Choose the word or the phrase among A,B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage. The Muong (32) ethnic roots with the Vietnamese people and their language is classified in the Vietnamese-Muong language branch. The Muong live in (33) areas which have abundant land for (34) wet rice. In a Muong hamlet, stilt houses are located in the shade of big trees, huddle against the mountain, and (35) out on vast rice fields. A Muong house is designed to maximize convenient use and air ventilation to counter the warm, humid mountain climate. The Muong’s (36) is special. Men often wear a round-neck shirt which opens in the front and has two pockets. Their pants have large trouser legs. The Muong women wear a long, black dress and a white or brown shirt with a line of buttons in the front and long sleeves. They wind a white or indigo headscarf (37) their head. The Muong have (38) folk arts including folk songs and poems, sorcerer’s worshiping songs, tales, and riddle songs. The gong is (39) popular musical instrument (40) the flute, the (41) violin, the drum, and the panpipe. 32. A. have B. share C. divide D. cut 33. A. mountain B. mount C. mountainous D. hill 34. A. growing B. harvesting C. putting D. raising 35. A. watch B. see C. stare D. look 36. A. cloth B. material C. costume D. costumes 37. A. out B. around C. at D. above 38. A. diverse B. diversity C. variety D. range 39. A. most B. the most C. more D. the more 40. A. together B. as well C. along D. along with 41. A. two strings B. two-string C. two string D. second-string IX. Read the passage, and then choose the best answer. The Space of Gong Culture in Central Highlands The space of gong culture in Central Highlands of Vietnam covers 5 provinces of Kon Tum, Gia Lai, Dak Lak, Dak Nong and Lam Dong. The masters of gong culture are the ethnic groups of Ba Na, Xo Dang, M’Nong, Co Ho, Ro Mam, E De, Giarai… The gong performances are always closely tied to community cultural rituals and ceremonies of the ethnic groups in Central Highlands. Many researchers have classified gongs as ceremonial musical instrument and the gong sounds as a means to communicate with deities and gods. The gongs are made of bronze. Their diameter is from 20cm to 60cm or from 90cm to 120cm. A set of gongs consists of 2 to 12 or 13 units and even to 8 or 20 units in some places. In most of the ethnic groups, namely Giarai, Ede Kpah, Ba Na, Xo Dang, Brau, Co Ho, etc., only males are allowed to play gongs. However, in others such as Ma and M’Nong groups, both males or females can play gongs. Few ethnic groups (for example, E De Bih), gongs are performed by women only.
As for the majority of ethnic groups in Central Highlands, gongs are musical instruments of sacred power. It is believed that every gong is the settlement of a god who gets more powerful as the gong is older. Therefore, gongs are associated to all events in one’s life, such as the inauguration of new houses, funerals, buffalo sacrifice, new harvest, ceremony to pray for people’s and cattle’s health, ceremony to see of soldiers to the front, and the victory celebration. 42. Gong culture can be found in . A. Kon Tum B. Kon Tum and Gia Lai C. Central Highlands D. highlands in Viet Nam 43. It is thought that the gong sounds can help us . A. have a relation with the gods B. enjoy ourselves C. communicate with nature D. harvest crops 44. All of the following statements are true except that . A. the matter whether males or females play gongs depends on the ethnic groups B. the diameter of gongs can be varied C. a set of gongs is not more than 10 units D. the gongs are made of bronze 45. Gongs are believed to have a sacred power because . A. the gong is older than a god B. a god will make gongs more powerful C. the settlement was made D. they are associated to all events in one’s life 46. The word “inauguration” in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to . A. building B. finding C. sale D. opening