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 39 to 43.
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 husbands 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.
The word "It" in paragraph 2 refers to____________.
A. Justification
B. The expense of raising the bride
C. An acknowledgement
D. The bride price
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 husbands 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.
The word "It" in paragraph 2 refers to____________.
A. Justification
B. The expense of raising the bride
C. An acknowledgement
D. The bride price
Câu hỏi. Từ "It" trong đoạn 2 đề cập đến_____________
A. Sự biện minh
B. Chi phí để nuôi lớn cô dâu
C. Sự công nhận
D. Tiền thách cưới
Đây là câu hỏi suy luận liên quan đến đại từ nhân xưng- từ dùng để thay thế cho danh từ đã xuất hiện trước đó vì không muốn nhắc lại danh từ ấy. Như vậy ta chỉ cần đọc câu văn xuất hiện phía trước là có thể tìm ra đáp án.
The first is that the bride price represents an acknowledgement of the expense the brides 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 husbands family and will leave her own.
Tạm dịch: Đầu tiên là tiền thách cưới thể hiện cho sự thừa nhận những chi phí của gia đình cô dâu đã bỏ ra để nuôi lớn chăm bẵm cô để trở thành 1 cô dâu phù hợp cho chú rể. Nó cũng tượng trưng cho tiền bồi thường vì mất một thành viên trong gia đình, vì cô dâu sẽ chính thức trở thành thành viên của gia đình chồng, và rời khỏi gia đình mình.
Nhìn vào phần thông tin được gạch chân, chú ý các cụm từ như "represent" và "also represent", ta thấy chỉ có phương án D là chính xác
A. Sự biện minh
B. Chi phí để nuôi lớn cô dâu
C. Sự công nhận
D. Tiền thách cưới
Đây là câu hỏi suy luận liên quan đến đại từ nhân xưng- từ dùng để thay thế cho danh từ đã xuất hiện trước đó vì không muốn nhắc lại danh từ ấy. Như vậy ta chỉ cần đọc câu văn xuất hiện phía trước là có thể tìm ra đáp án.
The first is that the bride price represents an acknowledgement of the expense the brides 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 husbands family and will leave her own.
Tạm dịch: Đầu tiên là tiền thách cưới thể hiện cho sự thừa nhận những chi phí của gia đình cô dâu đã bỏ ra để nuôi lớn chăm bẵm cô để trở thành 1 cô dâu phù hợp cho chú rể. Nó cũng tượng trưng cho tiền bồi thường vì mất một thành viên trong gia đình, vì cô dâu sẽ chính thức trở thành thành viên của gia đình chồng, và rời khỏi gia đình mình.
Nhìn vào phần thông tin được gạch chân, chú ý các cụm từ như "represent" và "also represent", ta thấy chỉ có phương án D là chính xác
Đáp án D.