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?

Living in the countryside is often the dream of people who live in the city.I myself like living in the country.There are many advantages to live in the country.Firsltly, we are closer to nature and can enjoy more peace and quiet atmotphere.There are fewer cars to less pollution.Secondly,life in the country is slower so people there have time for each other.As a result, they tend to be friendlier and more open.If you need help, people will always have time to help you

On the other hand, there are disadvantages to live in the country.Firstly, there are fewer places of entertainment.One has to travel further to go to the cinema or shopping mall.Secondly, because there are fewer shops and services there are fewer opportunities for employment

In colusion, the country is more suitlable for some people than it is for others.If I had to choose, I would live in the country

Answer the question:

1Do you like living in the countryside?Why/Why not?

2.What are the people in the country like?

3.What do children in the countryside do in their free time?

4.How is life in the country different from it was 20 years ago?

Young people prefer the city life because they love the noisy and busy and busy life there. They also think that it is easier to find jobs and money in the city than in the country. Therefore, more and more young people leave the country for the city every year. Different from the young, old people like living in the country because the life in the country is quiet and peaceful. In addition, the air is fresher and they can eat healthier foods. After stopping working, many old people move to their home villages to live there.

Answer true (T) or false ( F):

1/Young people prefer country. (_____)

2/Old people like living in the country (_____)

3/Air in the country is fresher. (_____)

4/After stopping working, many old people move to their home villages to live city. (_____)

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

This report shows how the rice-cooking festival was held. The festival was held in the communal house yard about one kilometer away from a river. There were three competitions: water-fetching, fire-making and rice-cooking. The festival lasted one day. In the water-fetching contest one person from each team had to go to the river to get the water. In the fire-making contest two team members had to make a fire in the quickest way. They tried to rub pieces of wood together to make the fire. Members from each team took part in the rice-cooking contest. They had to separate the rice from the husk and then cook the rice. After the three contests, all the points were counted and the Thon Trieu group won the grand prize. The festival was wonderful.

Question: There were three competitions: water-fetching, fire-making and rice-rinsing.

The Maori arrived in New Zealand from other Polynesian islands over a thousand years ago. They were the first people to live there. They made beautiful wooden buildings with pictures cut into wood. There are about 280,000 Maori today. Maori have brown skin dark brown eyes, and wavy black hair. In 1840, they agreed to become a British colony, government. Most of them live like the white New Zealanders. However, the Maori don’t forget their traditions. Children learn the language, music, and old stories. They have and they learned European ways quickly. Today, there are Maori in all kinds of jobs. They attend schools and universities and become lawyers and scientists. There are Maori in the yearly competitions in speaking, dancing, and singing. The Maori live a comfortable, modern life, but they keep their traditions by passing them to their children.

Questions:

1. Is New Zealand an island country?
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2. What is the population of the Maori?
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3. What do the Maori look like?
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4. How do the Maori live today?
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5. What do they do at their yearly competitions?
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Complete the sentences using the correct form of the word from the box.

recycle clear shock participate collect

1. He was so .......... and angry about the huge amount of rubbish that was polluting the word's oceans.

2. The organization's main annual event is Clean Up the Word Weekend in September. During this weekend, waste from streets, beaches, river banks and parks is ............... by over 600 groups from every continent.

3. There are around 35 million people in 120 countries now ............... in the Clean Up the Word (CUW) project.

4. Many volunteers continue their actions all year around, doing things like ........... and recycling waste, and planting trees.

5. In Kenya, 300 volunteers collected eight tons of waste. They sold a lot of this waste for .................. and made some money to help their community.

Read tge passage. Decide if the following statements are true (T) or false (F).
Living in Scotland
Scotland is the uk's most northern country and has around 790 islands off its coasts - 130 of which have people living on them. Scotland is well known for its stunning landscapes, beautiful beaches and lochs, which are fresh water lakes. There are over 600 square miles of lochs in Scotland including the most famous one, Loch Ness.
It has a population of just over five million people which is about 8.5 per cent of the whole UK population. Over 2 million of these live on Glasgow and Edinburgh, and almost half of Scotland's population live in the Central Belt, where both the largest city (Glasgow), and the capital city (Edinburgh) are located.
Scotland also hosts one of the biggest arts festivals in the world. This is commonly known as the Edinburgh Festival but is actually made up of a number of different festivals which happen at different times of the year, though many do take place in August and September. Many people have heard of the Fringe Festival, but there are also the International Festival, the Film Festival, the Children's Festival and the Edinburgh Mela which is an intercultural festival.
Decide if the following statements are true (T) or false (F).
1. Scottish people inhabit on over 1/6 of ít all islands. ...........
2. Scotland's population is over 1/10 of the whole UK population. ............
3. People in Scotland prefer living in other areas to big cities. ............
4. There are 2 common months for Edinburgh Festival. ............
5. There won't be any special events exclusively for kids in the Festival ............

II. Read the passage and choose the best answer:

1/ In Stone Age people wore clothes made of fur and leather (1) ............ from animal skins or woven grasses. Then (2) ............... the Bronze Age, people learned to weave clothes on looms. Clothes made of wool and cotton came into existence. Fur, leather, grass, wool and cotton (3) ............ the materials that people at that time could from the nature. In the 20^th century with the (4) ........... of science and (5) ........... , people made their clothes from syntheticmaterials (6) ....... nylon or acrylic.

1. A. with B. on C. at D. by

2. A. is B. are C. was D. were

3. A. develop B. developed C. developing D. development

4. A. technology B. education C. fashion D. designers

5. A. for B. by C. like D. such

2/ Singapore is an island country of about three milion people. It's a beautiful (1) ............ with lots of parks and opens spaces. It's also a very (2) ............ city. Most people (3) ........... in high-rise flats in different parts of island. The business district is very modern with lots of high new office buildings. Singapore also has some nice older sections. In Chinatown, there are rows of old short houses. The government buildings in Singapore are very beautiful and date (4) ............ the colonial days.

Singapore is famous for (5) ............. shops and restaurants. There are many good shopping centers. Most of the (6) ........... are duty free. Singapore ' s restaurant sell Chinese, Indian, Malay and European food, and the prices are quite reasonable.

1. A. district B. town C. city D. village

2. A. large B.dirty C. small D. clean

3. A. live B. lives C. are living D. lived

4. A. for B. since C. from D. of

5. A. their B. the C. it's D. its

6. A. priced B. prices C. good D. goods

Fill in each blank with a word from the box

Outdoor ; around ; peaceful ; conclusion ; boring ; isolated ; possible ; polluted

Nowadays, some people choose to live and work in the countryside. New ways of working, such as online working, have made it (1) … for more people to live there. There are both advantages and disadvantages to living in the countryside.

On the one hand, life in the countryside is very (2) … There are less cars and that means that there is less noise, and that it is less (3) … Furthermore, there is more land available in the countryside, and people can often live in bigger houses or flats than in cities. Finally, it is easier to do a lot of (4) … activities such as walking or cycling if you live in the countryside. On the other hand, life in the countryside can be (5) … There are fewer restaurants, cinemas and shops to go to . Moreover, there is little public transport, which makes it difficult to get (6) … if you don't have a car. Finally, you can feel (7) … if you live a long way from other people.

In (8) …, there are both pros and cons to living in the countryside. However, in my opinion, the peacefulness of the countryside makes it a very attractive option.