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 30 to 34.In Africa, people celebrate with joy the birth of a new baby. The Pygmies would 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.
Câu 1: What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. Celebrations in Africa
B. Birthday ceremonies for children in Africa
C. Traditions of Maasai people when having a new baby
D. Activities in a birth celebration
Câu 2: Where do people in Kenya give the name to the child?
A. at the village church
B. on the cattle farm
C. at their house
D. near the thorn fence
Câu 3: Which of the following is NOT mentioned in paragraph 2?
A. An eight-day-old child will be taken for the first walk by his or her mother.
B. Children have to learn their tribes' cultures and traditions when they are old enough.
C. Children are initiated for a mature life in the presence of their friends and family.
D. Children have to overcome a few trials to enter the grown-up world.
Câu 4: The word "undergo" in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ______________.
A. commence
B. experience
C. participate in
D. explore
Câu 5: What does the word "they" in paragraph 3 refer to?
A. the Maasai herds
B. the wild animals
C. the young warriors
D. the cattle owners
A.
B.
C.
D.
Câu 1: What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. Celebrations in Africa
B. Birthday ceremonies for children in Africa
C. Traditions of Maasai people when having a new baby
D. Activities in a birth celebration
Câu 2: Where do people in Kenya give the name to the child?
A. at the village church
B. on the cattle farm
C. at their house
D. near the thorn fence
Câu 3: Which of the following is NOT mentioned in paragraph 2?
A. An eight-day-old child will be taken for the first walk by his or her mother.
B. Children have to learn their tribes' cultures and traditions when they are old enough.
C. Children are initiated for a mature life in the presence of their friends and family.
D. Children have to overcome a few trials to enter the grown-up world.
Câu 4: The word "undergo" in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ______________.
A. commence
B. experience
C. participate in
D. explore
Câu 5: What does the word "they" in paragraph 3 refer to?
A. the Maasai herds
B. the wild animals
C. the young warriors
D. the cattle owners
A.
B.
C.
D.
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