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 38 to 42.
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.
Which of the following statement is NOT true, according to the passage?
A. With the practice of paying the bride price, African men would not respect their family members.
B. The initial negotiations over the bride price provide opportunities for the two families to get to know each other.
C. Animals are an acceptable form of payment when it comes to paying the bride price.
D. The bride's family has to return the bride price to the groom's in case the couple are unable to have children or get divorced.
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.
Which of the following statement is NOT true, according to the passage?
A. With the practice of paying the bride price, African men would not respect their family members.
B. The initial negotiations over the bride price provide opportunities for the two families to get to know each other.
C. Animals are an acceptable form of payment when it comes to paying the bride price.
D. The bride's family has to return the bride price to the groom's in case the couple are unable to have children or get divorced.
Câu hỏi. Khẳng định nào sau đây là không đúng theo bài đọc?
A. Do có tục nộp tiền thách cưới, đàn ông châu Phi không tôn trọng các thành viên trong gia đình họ.
B. Các cuộc thương lượng đầu tiên về tiền thách cưới tạo cơ hội cho hai gia đình hiểu nhau.
C. Khi nộp tiền thách cưới có thể nộp bằng động vật.
D. Gia đình của cô dâu phải trả lại tiển thách cưới cho nhà chú rể trong trường hợp cặp đôi không có con hoặc li dị.
Đây là câu hỏi lựa chọn- cũng là dạng câu hỏi ta nên để làm sau cùng, sau khi đã hiểu nội dung chính cũng như định vị được các vùng thông tin.
Chúng ta thấy trong đoạn 3, dòng 2-4 viết. 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.
Tạm dịch: Con trai phụ thuộc vào cha và những người thân lớn tuổi để giúp họ trả tiền thách cưới để lấy vợ, và điều này thường khiến con cái ngoan ngoãn và tôn trọng cha mẹ hơn. Cụm từ "leads to greater levels of obedience and respect"- khiến con cái ngoan ngoãn và tôn trọng cha mẹ hơn, giúp chúng ta xác định đáp án A là đáp án không đúng theo bài đọc
A. Do có tục nộp tiền thách cưới, đàn ông châu Phi không tôn trọng các thành viên trong gia đình họ.
B. Các cuộc thương lượng đầu tiên về tiền thách cưới tạo cơ hội cho hai gia đình hiểu nhau.
C. Khi nộp tiền thách cưới có thể nộp bằng động vật.
D. Gia đình của cô dâu phải trả lại tiển thách cưới cho nhà chú rể trong trường hợp cặp đôi không có con hoặc li dị.
Đây là câu hỏi lựa chọn- cũng là dạng câu hỏi ta nên để làm sau cùng, sau khi đã hiểu nội dung chính cũng như định vị được các vùng thông tin.
Chúng ta thấy trong đoạn 3, dòng 2-4 viết. 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.
Tạm dịch: Con trai phụ thuộc vào cha và những người thân lớn tuổi để giúp họ trả tiền thách cưới để lấy vợ, và điều này thường khiến con cái ngoan ngoãn và tôn trọng cha mẹ hơn. Cụm từ "leads to greater levels of obedience and respect"- khiến con cái ngoan ngoãn và tôn trọng cha mẹ hơn, giúp chúng ta xác định đáp án A là đáp án không đúng theo bài đọc
Đáp án A.