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Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.
The custom of paying a bride price before marriage is still a well-established part of many African cultures. In paying a bride price, the family of the groom must provide payment to the family of the bride before the marriage is allowed. The bride price can vary greatly from culture to culture in Africa. In the Zulu and Swazi tribes of southern Africa, the bride price often takes the form of cattle. In Western African, kola nuts, shells, and other goods are often used for the payment of the bride price. The actual payment of money sometimes takes place, but the payment of goods is more frequent. The amount of paid in a bride price can also vary. In modern times, the bride price is occasionally quite small and its value is mainly symbolic. However, the bride price can still be quite high, especially among prominent or highly traditional families.
There are a number of justifications used to explain the payment of bride price. The first is that the bride price represents an acknowledgement of the expense the bride's family has gone in order to raise her and bring her up as a suitable bride for the groom. It also represents payment for the loss of a family member, since the bride will officially become a member of her husband's family and will leave her own. On a deeper level the bride price represents payment for the fact that the bride will bring children into the family of the groom, thereby increasing the wealth of the family. This concept is reinforced by the fact that the bride price must often be returned if the bride fails to bear children.
The payment of the bride price has quite a number of effects on African society. First, the payment of bride price acts to increase the stability of African family structures. Sons are dependent on their fathers and older relatives to help them pay the bride price of their wives, and this generally leads to greater levels of obedience and respect. The negotiations between the two families concerning the bride price allow the parents and other family members to meet and get to know one another before the marriage. Finally, since the bride price must often be repaid in case of divorce, the bride's family often works to make sure that any marital problems are solved quickly. Bride prices also work as a system of wealth distribution in African cultures. Wealthier families can afford to support the marriage of their son, and thus their wealth is transferred to other families.
Câu hỏi:According to paragraph 1, all of the following are true of the bride price EXCEPT ______.
- A. its amount and form can vary
- B. its practice is occasionally only symbolic
- C. it is a relatively new practice in Africa
- D. it is generally higher among traditional families
Lời giải tham khảo:
Đáp án đúng: C
Đáp án C
Theo đoạn 1, tất cả những điều dưới đây đúng về sính lễ ngoại trừ ______.
A. lượng và hình thức của nó có thể thay đổi
B. thủ tục của nó thỉnh thoảng chỉ mang tính tượng trưng
C. nó là một phong tục tương đối mới ở Châu Phi
D. nó thường cao hơn trong các gia đình truyền thống
Thông tin ở câu: “The custom of paying a bride price before marriage is still a well-established part of many African cultures.” (Các phong tục trả sính lễ trước hôn nhân vẫn là một phần đã tồn tại lâu đời của nhiều nền văn hoá châu Phi.) => Sính lễ không phải là một phong tục mới => Đáp án C sai.
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CÂU HỎI KHÁC
- According to paragraph 1, all of the following are true of the bride price EXCEPT ______.
- Why does the author mention the payment of money” in paragraph 1?
- The word 'prominent' in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to _________.
- The phrase 'the first' in paragraph 2 refers to the first ________.
- It can be inferred from the paragraph 2 that African families ________.
- The author uses the word 'marital' to indicate that the problems are related to ________.
- Which of the following statements is TRUE?
- Why are women often married to older men?
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- _______ they've already made their decision, theres nothing much we can do.
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- Is that the man _________.
- His reply was so _________ that I didnt know how to interpret it.
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- I'm going on business for a week, so I'll be leaving everything _________.
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- He was attentive as Betsy and I talked about our charity concert to help the victims of the recent floods.
- My father hit the roof when he found that I'd damaged the car.
- Fruit and vegetables should be carefully washed whether eaten fresh or cook.
- The Netherlands, with much of its land lying lower than sea level, have a system of dikes and canals for controlling water.
- The symptoms of diabetes in the early stages are too slight that people do not notice them.
- - Mary: _______.” - Jane: 'All right, suit yourself'.
- - Peter: 'My parents gave me no choice but to study business.' - Danny: '_______.'
- What does the passage mainly discuss?
- The word 'it' in paragraph refers to ________.
- The word 'overtaxed' in line 14 is closest in meaning to ________.
- The public school of the 1950s and 1960s faced all of the following problems EXCEPT _________.
- According to the passage, why did teachers leave the teaching profession after the outbreak of the war?
- The word 'inevitably' in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ________.
- Which of the following best characterizes the organization of the passage?
