Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each blank.

The Muong (1)_____ ethnic roots with the Vietnamese people and their Ianguage is classified in the Vietnamese - Muong language branch. The Muong live in (2)_____ areas which have abundant land for (3) _____ wet rice. In Muong hamlet, stilt houses are located in the shade of big trees, huddle against the mountain, and (4) ______ 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 (5)____ 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 (6)______ their head.

The Muong have (7)______ folk arts including folk songs and poems, sorcerer's worshiping songs, tales, and riddle songs. The gong is (8) ____, popular musical instrument (9) ___ the flute, the (10)__ violin, the drum, and the panpipe.

The gong is the most popular musical instrument along with the flute, the (10)__ violin, the drum, and the panpipe.