Câu hỏi: 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 from 36 to 42.
Nepal has made important progress over the past few years to promote equality, but the country still has one of the highest rates of child marriage in the world. 41% of Nepalese girls are married before the age of 18.
Poverty is both a cause and consequence of child marriage in Nepal. Girls from the wealthiest families marry 2 years later than those from the poorest, who are seen as an economic burden, and who drop out of school and earn little money.
Food insecurity plays an important role too. Nepalese families that do not have enough food to eat are more likely to marry their daughters at a young age to decrease the financial burden. One study shows that 91% of people who had secure access to food married over the age of 19.
Dowry is also common practice in many communities. Parents marry their daughters as soon as possible because the money they have to pay to the groom's family is higher if their daughter is older. Since 2010, the legal age of marriage is 20 for both men and women, or 18 with parental consent, according to the Nepalese Country Code.
The law states that punishment for child marriage is imprisonment for up to three years and a fine of up to 10,000 rupees (£102). But reports suggest that this law is rarely applied. There has been quite a lot of progress in Nepal over the past 3 years with a clear government commitment to ending child marriage and civil society cooperation. The Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare is currently developing Nepal's first national strategy on child marriage in collaboration with UNICEF Nepal and Girls Not Brides Nepal. However, the post-earthquake and post-fuel crisis environment has meant progress is slow and the national strategy has been delayed.
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According to the last paragraph, how many years will a rule-breaker spend in jail?
A. exactly three years
B. over three years
C. from one to three years
D. about two years
Nepal has made important progress over the past few years to promote equality, but the country still has one of the highest rates of child marriage in the world. 41% of Nepalese girls are married before the age of 18.
Poverty is both a cause and consequence of child marriage in Nepal. Girls from the wealthiest families marry 2 years later than those from the poorest, who are seen as an economic burden, and who drop out of school and earn little money.
Food insecurity plays an important role too. Nepalese families that do not have enough food to eat are more likely to marry their daughters at a young age to decrease the financial burden. One study shows that 91% of people who had secure access to food married over the age of 19.
Dowry is also common practice in many communities. Parents marry their daughters as soon as possible because the money they have to pay to the groom's family is higher if their daughter is older. Since 2010, the legal age of marriage is 20 for both men and women, or 18 with parental consent, according to the Nepalese Country Code.
The law states that punishment for child marriage is imprisonment for up to three years and a fine of up to 10,000 rupees (£102). But reports suggest that this law is rarely applied. There has been quite a lot of progress in Nepal over the past 3 years with a clear government commitment to ending child marriage and civil society cooperation. The Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare is currently developing Nepal's first national strategy on child marriage in collaboration with UNICEF Nepal and Girls Not Brides Nepal. However, the post-earthquake and post-fuel crisis environment has meant progress is slow and the national strategy has been delayed.
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Read our tribute to Archbishop Tutu, in celebration of his life and all he contributed to progressing gender equality and ending child marriage.
According to the last paragraph, how many years will a rule-breaker spend in jail?
A. exactly three years
B. over three years
C. from one to three years
D. about two years
Kiến thức: Đọc hiểu
Theo đoạn cuối, một kẻ phá luật sẽ phải ngồi tù bao nhiêu năm?
A. chính xác ba năm
B. hơn ba năm
C. từ một đến ba năm
D. khoảng hai năm
Thông tin: The law states that punishment for child marriage is imprisonment for up to three years and a fine of up to 10,000 rupees (£102).
Tạm dịch: Luật pháp quy định rằng hình phạt cho hôn nhân ở trẻ em là phạt tù tới ba năm và phạt tiền lên tới 10.000 rupee (102 bảng).
Theo đoạn cuối, một kẻ phá luật sẽ phải ngồi tù bao nhiêu năm?
A. chính xác ba năm
B. hơn ba năm
C. từ một đến ba năm
D. khoảng hai năm
Thông tin: The law states that punishment for child marriage is imprisonment for up to three years and a fine of up to 10,000 rupees (£102).
Tạm dịch: Luật pháp quy định rằng hình phạt cho hôn nhân ở trẻ em là phạt tù tới ba năm và phạt tiền lên tới 10.000 rupee (102 bảng).
Đáp án C.