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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 35 to 42.
In the West, cartoons are used chiefly to make people laugh. The important feature of all these cartoons is the joke and the element of surprise which is contained. Even though it is very funny, a good cartoon is always based on close observation of a par ticular feature of life and usually has a serious purpose.
Cartoons in the West have been associated with political and social matters for many years. In wartime, for example, they proved to be an excellent way of spreading propa ganda. Nowadays, cartoons are often used to make short, sharp comments on politics and governments as well as on a variety of social matters. In this way, the modern cartoon has become a very powerful force in influencing people in Europe and the United States.
Unlike most American and European cartoons, however, many Chinese cartoon draw ings in the past have also attempted to educate people, especially those who could not read and write. Such cartoons about the lives and sayings of great men in China have proved extremely useful in bringing education to illiterate and semi-literate people throughout China. Confucius, Mencius and Laozi have all appeared in very interesting stories presented in the form of cartoons. The cartoons themselves have thus served to illustrate the teachings of the Chinese sages in a very attractive way.
In this sense, many Chinese cartoons are different from Western cartoons in so far as they do not depend chiefly on telling jokes. Often, there is nothing to laugh at when you see Chinese cartoons. This is not their primary aim. In addition, to commenting on serious political and social matters, Chinese cartoons have aimed at spreading the traditional Chinese thoughts and culture as widely as possible among the people.
Today, however, Chinese cartoons have an added part to play in spreading knowl edge. They offer a very attractive and useful way of reaching people throughout the world, regardless of the particular country in which they live. Thus, through cartoons, the thoughts and teachings of the old Chinese philosophers and sages can now reach people who live in such countries as Britain, France, America, Japan, Malaysia or Aus tralia and who are unfamiliar with the Chinese culture.
Until recently, the transfer of knowledge and culture has been overwhelmingly from the West to the East and not vice versa. By means of cartoons, however, publishing companies in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore are now having success in correcting this imbalance between the East and the West.
Cartoons can overcome language barriers in all foreign countries. The vast increase in the popularity of these cartoons serves to illustrate the truth of Confucius's famous saying "One picture is worth a thousand words."
The word "imbalance" in paragraph 6 refers to____________
A. the mismatch between the East cartoons and the West cartoons
B. the influence of the East cartoons over the West cartoons
C. the dominant cultural influence of the West over the East
D. the discrimination between the West culture and the East culture
In the West, cartoons are used chiefly to make people laugh. The important feature of all these cartoons is the joke and the element of surprise which is contained. Even though it is very funny, a good cartoon is always based on close observation of a par ticular feature of life and usually has a serious purpose.
Cartoons in the West have been associated with political and social matters for many years. In wartime, for example, they proved to be an excellent way of spreading propa ganda. Nowadays, cartoons are often used to make short, sharp comments on politics and governments as well as on a variety of social matters. In this way, the modern cartoon has become a very powerful force in influencing people in Europe and the United States.
Unlike most American and European cartoons, however, many Chinese cartoon draw ings in the past have also attempted to educate people, especially those who could not read and write. Such cartoons about the lives and sayings of great men in China have proved extremely useful in bringing education to illiterate and semi-literate people throughout China. Confucius, Mencius and Laozi have all appeared in very interesting stories presented in the form of cartoons. The cartoons themselves have thus served to illustrate the teachings of the Chinese sages in a very attractive way.
In this sense, many Chinese cartoons are different from Western cartoons in so far as they do not depend chiefly on telling jokes. Often, there is nothing to laugh at when you see Chinese cartoons. This is not their primary aim. In addition, to commenting on serious political and social matters, Chinese cartoons have aimed at spreading the traditional Chinese thoughts and culture as widely as possible among the people.
Today, however, Chinese cartoons have an added part to play in spreading knowl edge. They offer a very attractive and useful way of reaching people throughout the world, regardless of the particular country in which they live. Thus, through cartoons, the thoughts and teachings of the old Chinese philosophers and sages can now reach people who live in such countries as Britain, France, America, Japan, Malaysia or Aus tralia and who are unfamiliar with the Chinese culture.
Until recently, the transfer of knowledge and culture has been overwhelmingly from the West to the East and not vice versa. By means of cartoons, however, publishing companies in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore are now having success in correcting this imbalance between the East and the West.
Cartoons can overcome language barriers in all foreign countries. The vast increase in the popularity of these cartoons serves to illustrate the truth of Confucius's famous saying "One picture is worth a thousand words."
The word "imbalance" in paragraph 6 refers to____________
A. the mismatch between the East cartoons and the West cartoons
B. the influence of the East cartoons over the West cartoons
C. the dominant cultural influence of the West over the East
D. the discrimination between the West culture and the East culture
Đáp án C: the dominant cultural influence of the West over the East
Kỹ năng đọc hiểu: Câu hỏi tham chiếu/ quy chiếu
Giải thích chi tiết:
Từ "imbalance" ("sự mất cân bằng") ở đoạn 6 liên hệ đến___________
A. sự không tương thích giữa hoạt hình phương Đông và phương Tây
B. ảnh hưởng của hoạt hình phương Đông đến hoạt hình phương Tây
C. ảnh hưởng vượt trội về văn hóa của phương Tây đến phương Đông
D. sự phân biệt giữa văn hóa phương Đông và phương Tây
Ngữ cảnh:
"Until recently, the transfer of knowledge and culture has been overwhelmingly from the West to the East and not vice versa. By means of cartoons, however, publishing com panies in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore are now having success in correcting this imbalance between the East and the West."
(Cho đến gần đây, sự chuyển giao kiến thức và văn hóa đã diễn ra tràn ngập từ phương Tây sang phương Đông mà không theo chiều ngược lại. Tuy nhiên, nhờ hoạt hình mà các nhà xuất bản ở Đài Loan, Hong Kong và Singapore đã thành công trong việc điều chỉnh lại sự mất cân bằng này giữa phương Đông và phương Tây.)
Có thể thấy "this imbalance" ám chỉ đến "the transfer of knowledge and culture ... over whelmingly from the West to the East", hay nói cách khác chính là "ảnh hưởng ngập tràn từ phương Tây đến phương Đông".
Do vậy, phương án C là phù hợp nhất. Các phương án khác không hợp nghĩa.
Kỹ năng đọc hiểu: Câu hỏi tham chiếu/ quy chiếu
Giải thích chi tiết:
Từ "imbalance" ("sự mất cân bằng") ở đoạn 6 liên hệ đến___________
A. sự không tương thích giữa hoạt hình phương Đông và phương Tây
B. ảnh hưởng của hoạt hình phương Đông đến hoạt hình phương Tây
C. ảnh hưởng vượt trội về văn hóa của phương Tây đến phương Đông
D. sự phân biệt giữa văn hóa phương Đông và phương Tây
Ngữ cảnh:
"Until recently, the transfer of knowledge and culture has been overwhelmingly from the West to the East and not vice versa. By means of cartoons, however, publishing com panies in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore are now having success in correcting this imbalance between the East and the West."
(Cho đến gần đây, sự chuyển giao kiến thức và văn hóa đã diễn ra tràn ngập từ phương Tây sang phương Đông mà không theo chiều ngược lại. Tuy nhiên, nhờ hoạt hình mà các nhà xuất bản ở Đài Loan, Hong Kong và Singapore đã thành công trong việc điều chỉnh lại sự mất cân bằng này giữa phương Đông và phương Tây.)
Có thể thấy "this imbalance" ám chỉ đến "the transfer of knowledge and culture ... over whelmingly from the West to the East", hay nói cách khác chính là "ảnh hưởng ngập tràn từ phương Tây đến phương Đông".
Do vậy, phương án C là phù hợp nhất. Các phương án khác không hợp nghĩa.
Đáp án C.