II)-Complete the passage with the words given in the box. ethnic for villages dress valleys home at with provide their The villages surrounding Sa Pa are (1)_____________ to several of Vietnam’s 54 ethnic minority groups, each with their own distinctive (2)_____________, customs and dialects. These tribes can all be seen (3)_____________ the weekend market in Sa Pa town to trade (4)___________ one another. Apart from its fascinating (5)________ diversity, Sa Pa is also famous (6)__________ its trekking. With Vietnam’s highest peak, Mt. Fansipan (3,143m) only 9km away the (7)___________ and mountains (8)___________ the perfect backdrop for some great treks. Some of the (9)__________ now have local stays where you can stay overnight with a family in (10)_____________ traditional home. III)-Fill in each blank with a, an, or the to complete the following passage. Ethnic Groups Vietnam is (1)_________ multi-nationality country with 54 ethnic groups. The Viet (Kinh) people account for 87% of (2)________ country’s population and mainly inhabit (3)__________ Red River Delta, (4)_________ central coastal delta, (5)_________ Mekong Delta and major cities. (6)_______ other 53 ethnic minority groups, totaling over 8 million people, are scattered over mountain areas spreading from the North to the South. (7)______ number of ethnic minorities had mastered some farming techniques. They grew rice plants in swamped paddy fields and carried out irrigation. Others went hunting, fishing, collecting and lived (8)_________ semi-nomadic life. Each group has its own culture, diverse and special. However, (9)_________ evident gap in the material and moral life has indeed still existed between peoples living in the deltas and those living in mountain areas as well as among ethnic minorities themselves. (10)_________ Vietnamese government has worked out specific policies and special treatments in order to help mountainous people catching up with lowland people, and made great efforts to develop and preserve traditional cultural identities of each ethnic minority group.