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Choose the item among A, B, C or D that best answers the question about the passage.
The Sanchay Ethnic Group
Other names: Honban, Chung, Trai
Population: 114,012 people
Local groups: Caolan and Sanchi
Language: The language of Caolan belongs to the Tay-Nung group (of the Kai-Kadai language family). and the
language of the Sanchi belongs to the Handicrafts groups (of the Sino-Tibetan language family).
Production activities: The Sanchay are agricultural people who farm mainly wet rice paddies, but they also
cultivate swidden fields which they prepare by the slash-and-burn method. They use the digging stick to make
holes for seedings. Fish catching plays an important role in the economic life as well. With their unique fishing
tools, such as hand nets and woven baskets, fish catching supplies the Sanchay food and improves their daily
meals.
Diet: The Sanchay eat mainly ordinary rice. They also drink a lot of wine especially during the Tet holidays or
festivals. Men smoke Tobacco in a water pipe.
Closing: Sanchay women wear the Cham-style skirt and long shirt or tunic which is decorated around the bottom
hem and on the back. For daily wear, Sanchay women wear one Cham-style cloth belt, but on special occasions,
like the New Year festival, they wear two or three silk belts of different colors.
Housing: Sanchay live in the provinces of the northeast. They live in the stilt houses of a style similar to those of
the Tay, who live in the same area.
Transportation: The Sanchay usually carry goods on a bag on their back like a backpack.
Question
21.
What is the population of the Sanchay people?
A.
nearly 1,000,000 people
B.
over 100,000 people
C.
over 200,000 people
D.
nearly 14,000 people
Question
22.
The Sanchay people use___________
to make holes for seedlings.
A.
spades
B.
digging sticks
C.
hand nets
D.
pipes
Question
23.
When do Sanchay women wear two or three silk belts?
A.
on special occasions
B.
C.
on wet days
D.
Question
24.
The Sanchay people live in___________.
A.
stilt houses
B.
modern flats
C.
eastern provinces
D.
northern provinces
Question
25.
Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A.
The Sanchay use woven basket to catch fish.
B.
The main food of the Sanchay is ordinary rice.
C.
The Sanchay people carry goods on their back.
D.
The Sanchay mainly cultivate swidden fields.
