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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 from 36 to 42. In Africa, people celebrate with joy the birth of a new baby. The Pygmies will sing a birth-song to the child. In Kenya, the mother takes the baby strapped to her back into the thorn enclosure where the cattle are kept. There, her husband and the village elders wait to give the child his or her name. In West Africa, after the baby is eight days old, the mother takes the baby for its first walk in the big, wide world, and friends and family are invited to meet the new baby. In various African nations, they hold initiation ceremonies for groups of children instead of birthdays. When children reach a certain designated age, they learn the laws, beliefs, customs, songs and dances of their tribes. Some African tribes consider that children from nine to twelve are ready to be initiated into the grown-up world. They may have to carry out several tests. Masai boys around thirteen years old to seventeen undergo a two-stage initiation. The first stage lasts about three months. The boys leave their parents’ homes, paint their bodies white, and are taught how to become young warriors. At the end of this stage, they have their heads shaved and they are also circumcised. The second stage, the young warriors grow their hair long and live in a camp called a manyatta where they practice hunting the wild animals that might attack the Masai herds. This stage may last a few years. When they are ready, they will marry and become owners of large cattle herds like their fathers. The girls are initiated when they are fourteen or fifteen. They are taught by the older women about the duties of marriage and how to care for babies. Soon after that they are married and lead a life similar to that of their mothers. (Source: http://www.birthdayce iebrations.ni) What does the passage mainly discuss? A. Activities in a birth celebration. B. Celebrations for a new child in Africa. C. Traditions of Masai people when having a new baby. D. Birthday ceremonies for children in Africa. Correct answer
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TERRORARY TRANSLATION: In Africa, people celebrate with joy the birth of a new baby. The Pygmies will sing a birth song to the child. In Kenya, the mother takes the baby strapped to her back into the thorn enclosure where the cattle are kept. There, her husband and the village elders wait to give the child his or her name. In West Africa, after the baby is eight days old, the mother takes the baby for its first walk in the big, wide world, and friends and family are invited to meet the new baby. In various African nations, they hold initiation ceremonies for groups of children instead of birthdays. When children reach a certain designated age, they learn the laws, beliefs, customs, songs and dances of their tribes. Some African tribes consider that children from nine to twelve are ready to be initiated into the grown-up world. They may have to carry out several tests. Maasai boys around thirteen years old to seventeen undergo a two-stage initiation. The first stage lasts about three months. The boys leave their parents’ homes, paint their bodies white, and are taught how to become young warriors. At the end of this stage, they have their heads shaved and they are also circumcised. At the second stage, the young warriors grow their hair long and live in a camp called a “manyatta” where they practice hunting the wild animals that might attack the Maasai herds. This stage may last a few years. When they are ready, they will marry and become owners of large cattle herds like their fathers. The girls are initiated when they are fourteen or fifteen. They are taught by the older women about the duties of marriage and how to care for babies. Soon after that they are married and lead a life similar to that of their mothers. In Africa, people joyfully celebrate the birth of a new baby. The Pygmies will sing a birth song for the child. In Kenya, mothers carry their babies into spike pens where livestock are kept. There, her husband and the village elders waited to name the child. In West Africa, after the baby is eight days old, the mother takes the baby for its first walk in the big world, and friends and family are invited to meet the new baby. In various African countries, they hold initiation ceremonies for groups of children instead of celebrating birthdays. When children reach a certain age, they learn the laws, beliefs, customs, songs and dances of their tribe. Some African tribes consider children between nine and twelve years old to be ready to enter the adult world. They may have to take some tests. Maasai boys around thirteen to seventeen years old go through two early stages of life. The first stage lasts about three months. The boys left their parents’ homes, painted their bodies white, and were taught how to become young warriors. At the end of this period, their heads were shaved and they were also circumcised. In the second stage, young warriors grew their hair long and lived in a camp called “manyatta”, where they practiced hunting wild animals that might attack Maasai herds. This phase can last several years. When they are ready, they will marry and become owners of large herds of livestock like their fathers. Girls begin this stage when they are fourteen or fifteen years old. They were taught by older women about the duties of marriage and how to care for newborns. Soon they got married and lived a life similar to that of their mother. What issue is the passage mainly about? A. Activities during a birthday celebration. B. Celebration for new born baby in Africa. C. Maasai tradition when giving birth. D. Birthday celebration for children in Africa. Information: The whole paragraph talks about African birthday customs for children here. → Choose answer D
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- All in all, education is the process of acquiring knowledge and information (50)______ leads to a successful future.
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All in all, education is the process of acquiring knowledge and information (50)______ leads to a successful future.
A. that
Correct answer B. whom C. whose D. who
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Explanation: that replaces N to indicate the thing or event that precedes it. Information: All in all, education is the process of acquiring knowledge and information (50) that leads to a successful future. In general, education is the process of acquiring knowledge and information that leads to a successful future. Choose A. Translate the reading: Translation content: Education is an important issue in a person’s life. It is the key to future success, and having many opportunities in our lives. Education brings many benefits to people. First of all, education is the way for us to have a good career. We can have many opportunities to work in any workplace we desire. It enhances the opportunities for a better and easier job. Furthermore, education gives us good status in society. As educated people, we are considered a valuable source of knowledge for society. Having education helps us teach others necessary ethics, good manners and wise morals. Besides, everyone knows that confidence is always created from education. The fact that we have confidence is a great blessing, helping us have many advantages and success in life. For example, it helps us manage specific tasks, tackle life’s challenges, and maintain a positive outlook. In general, education is the process of acquiring knowledge and information that leads to a successful future.
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- Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions. The president, with his wife and children, are at home watching the news on television.
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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions. The president, with his wife and children, are at home watching the news on television. A. on television B. are Correct answer C. news D. with his wife
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S1, along with/together with/with S2 => V divided by S1 => Change “are” to “is” because “the president” is singular N. Temporary translation: The president and his wife and children are at home watching the news on television. Choose B.
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- When there are diametrically opposing views on a big issue that concerns millions of people, doing comprehensible research just makes sense.
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When there are diametrically opposing views on a big issue that concerns millions of people, doing comprehensible research just makes sense. A. diametrically B. makes C. concerns D. comprehensible Correct answer
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comprehensible (adj): easy to understand comprehensive (adj): comprehensive => change to comprehensive Comprehensiveness would be very meaningful. Choose D.
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- I prefer the second option – their advantages are simplicity and cheapness.
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I prefer the second option – their advantages are simplicity and cheapness. A. cheapness B. prefer C. simplicity D. their Correct answer
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=> change their to its Roughly translated: I prefer the second option – their advantage is simplicity and cheapness. Choose D.
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- Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions. “I’m sorry. I didn’t do my homework.”, Huyen said to her teacher.
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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions. “I’m sorry. I didn’t do my homework.”, Huyen said to her teacher. A. Huyen apologized to the teacher for not doing her homework. Correct answer B. Huyen forgot to do her homework and she said sorry to her teacher. C. Huyen told her teacher she was sorry because she didn’t do her homework. D. Huyen feels sorry for not doing my homework.
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Explanation: apologize (v): apologize. Roughly translated: “I’m sorry. I haven’t done my homework yet,” Huyen said to the teacher. Choose A.
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Where do the father and older villagers in Kenya give the name to the child?