Exercise 13. Read the text and choose the correct answer.

Communal House (Rong House)

The Rong House can only be (1) _____________ in villages to the north of the Central Highlands, especially in Gia Lai and Kon Turn provinces. It is a large, imposing, beautifully decorated stilt house built (2) _____________ the middle of the village. It is where community activities (3) _____________, meetings, wedding ceremonies, or praying ceremonies. It is also the place for reception of guests. The Rong House of each ethnic group has its own architectural style, design, and decor. Yet there are shared (4) _____________. In the village, it is often (5) _____________ house roofed with yellow-dried thatch leaves and having 8 big wood columns. The rafters are decorated with patterns of bright colours, depicting religious scenes, legendary stories about ancient heroes, stylized animals, and other familiar things of the village life. The most distinction of the decor of the Rong House is the (6) _____________ of the brilliant God of Sun. The Rong House is a (7) _____________ of the culture of Central Highlanders, an age-old and stable culture. The bigger the house, the wealthier the village is. It is a (8) _____________ of the whole village.

1. A. find                      B. found                       C.to find                      D. finding

2. A. on                        B. at                             C. in                             D. under

3. A. take place           B. take on                    C. happens                   D. occurs

4. A. designs                B. cultures                   C. customs                   D. features

5. A. a big                    B. a bigger                   C. the biggest              D. biggest

6. A. painting               B. photo                       C. image                      D. portrait

7. A. signal                  B. symbol                     C. sign                          D. scene

8. A. design                 B. respect                    C. proud                       D. pride