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[Lê Quỳnh Anh]

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.

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 husband's 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.

Question:It can be inferred from the paragraph 2 that African families ________.

A. never see their daughters after marriage

B. pay the bride price on the day of the wedding

C. place more value on men than women

D. place great importance on childbirth

Answer 1

[Dương Hoàn Anh]

Đáp án D

Có thể suy luận từ đoạn 2 rằng các gia đình châu Phi ________

A. không bao giờ gặp con gái của họ sau khi kết hôn

B. trả sính lễ vào ngày đám cưới '

C. đánh giá giá trị của nam giới cao hơn phụ nữ

D. đặt tầm quan trọng của việc sinh con rất lớn

Thông tin ở đoạn: “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.” (Ở mức độ sâu sắc hơn, sính lễ đại diện cho khoản thanh toán cho thực tế là cô dâu sẽ đem những đứa trẻ cho gia đình của chú rể, do đó làm tăng sự phồn vinh của gia đình. Quan niệm này được củng cố bởi thực tế là sính lễ thường phải bị trả lại nếu cô dâu không sinh được con.) => Các gia đình châu Phi rất coi trọng việc sinh con => Đáp án D đúng