Tiếng Anh 12 - Test for Unit 2 Cultural Diversity

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1. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions. Question 1: A. partnership B. romantic C. actually D. attitude Question 2: A. believe B. marriage C. response D. maintain Question 3: A. summary B. different C. physical D. decision Question 4: A. attractiveness B. traditional C. generation D. American
2. Question 5: A. certain B. couple C. decide D. equal Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. Question 6: Although they are twins, they have almost the same appearance but they are seldom in ___. A. agree B. agreeable C. agreement D. agreeably Question 7: The more ___ and positive you look, the better you will feel. A. confide B. confident C. confidently D. confidence Question 8: My parents will have celebrated 30 years of ___ by next week. A. marry B. married C. marriageable
3. D. marriage Question 9: Mr. Pike held his wife’s hands and talked urgently to her in a low voice, but there didn’t seem to be any response. A. feeling B. emotion C. reply D. effect Question 10: Family is the place where ___ children is not only tolerated but welcomed and encouraged. A. taking B. having C. giving D. showing Question 11: Socially, the married ___ is thought to be the basic unit of society. A. couple B. pair C. twins D. double Question 12: Professor Berg was very interested in the diversity of cultures all over the world. A. variety B. changes C. conservation
4. D. number Question 13: You are not ___ to say anything unless you wish to do so. A. obliged B. willing C. equal D. attracted Question 14: A woman can never have a happy married life without ___ her husband. A. demanding B. agreeing C. trusting D. determining Question 15: ___ large number of India men agreed that it was unwise to confide in their wives. A. A B. An C. The D. Ø Question 16: Not all men are concerned with ___ physical attractiveness of their girlfriends and wives. A. A B. An C. The
5. D. Ø Question 17: My mother is the only one that I can absolutely confide ___. A. in B. for C. with D. up Question 18: After they have been ___ love for two years, they decide to get married. A. for B. with C. on D. in Question 19: In some cases, Mary is thought not to be ___ her sister. A. as much intelligent than B. so intelligent than C. intelligent more than D. as intelligent as Question 20: She is ___ I expect. A. more prettier than B. far prettier than C. much more prettier than
6. D. a lot prettier as Question 21: There were about 100 attendees at the wedding, and ___ half of them were the bride’s and groom’s relatives. A. less B. not less than C. no less than D. nor less than Question 22: The bride looked ___ on her wedding than she does as usual. A. nicer and more attractive B. more nicer and more attractive C. more nicer and more attractive D. more attractive and nicer Question 23: ___, people used to read more. A. Twenty years before B. Twenty years ago C. For twenty years D. Since twenty years Question 24: ___ in Rome than he ___. A. No sooner he had arrived / was being kidnapped B. No sooner had he arrived / was kidnapped C. Had he no sooner arrived / kidnapped D. No sooner was he arriving / had been kidnapped
7. Question 25: ___ John usually watch TV at the weekend? A. Will B. Is C. Does D. Has Question 26: I ___ there once a long time ago and ___ back since. A. was / have not been B. had been / was not C. would be / had not been D. have been / will not be Question 27: As many as ten-million children ___ with the virus by the end of this decade. A. have been infected B. will be infecting C. had been infected D. will have been infected Question 28: What ___ when the fire alarm ___ off? A. are you doing / will go B. have you done / would go C. were you doing / went D. will you do / are going
8. Question 29: ___ you send this wedding card to Peter, please? A. Will B. Are C. Did D. Had Question 30: When Peter ___, I ___ him to your new house. A. will arrive / take B. arrives / will take C. has arrived / am taking D. had arrive / had taken 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. Question 31: While preparing for your wedding, keeping in mind that this is just the first step in your future lives of love together. A. preparing B. wedding C. keeping D. together Question 32: Marriage is a life-long journey together, which is not simply a boat you get on together and getting off when it does not work out.
9. A. Marriage B. which C. simply D. getting Question 33: It is important to note that such a happy marriage does not come about by accident, but it had taken years of dedicated work to bring this kind of relationship into existence. A. It is important B. by accident C. had taken D. into existence Question 34: There are dangerous times in a marriage, especially when the wife can come to feel such overburdened that she decides to end the relationship. A. dangerous times B. especially C. such D. decides Question 35: Once you can overcome your difficulty, the problems may well become a source of strengthen to your marriage and to your faith. A. Once B. overcome C. may well become
10. D. strengthen 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. In the past, both men and women were expected to be married at quite young ages. Marriages were generally arranged by parents and family, with their children having little chance to say no in the matter. In the past it was not surprising to find that a bride and groom had only just met on the day of their engagement or marriage. In modern Vietnam, this has changed completely as people choose their own marriage-partners based on love, and in consideration primarily to their own needs and wants. Moreover early marriage is quite illegal. The traditional Vietnamese wedding is one of the most important of traditional Vietnamese occasions. Regardless of westernization, many of the age-old customs practiced in a traditional Vietnamese wedding continue to be celebrated by both Vietnamese in Vietnam and overseas, often combining both western and eastern elements. Besides the wedding ceremony, there is also an engagement ceremony which takes place usually half a year or so before the wedding. Due to the spiritual nature of the occasion, the date and time of the marriage ceremony are decided in advance by a fortune teller. The traditional Vietnamese wedding consists of an extensive array of ceremonies: the first is the ceremony to ask permission to receive the bride, the second is the procession to receive the bride (along with the ancestor ceremony at her house), the third is to bring the bride to the groom’s house for another ancestor ceremony and to welcome her into the family, then the last is a wedding banquet. The number of guests in attendance at these
11. banquets is huge, usually in the hundreds. Several special dishes are served. Guests are expected to bring gifts, often money, which the groom and bride at one point in the banquet will go from table to table collecting. Question 36: In the past, ___. A. Vietnamese couples were free to make a decision on the marriage B. Vietnamese marriage was decided by parents and family C. getting married at an early age was not allowed D. parents had no right to interfere their children’s marriage Question 37: In former days, the fact that a bride and groom had only first met just on A. surprising B. popular C. uncommon D. strange Question 38: Which sentence is referred Vietnamese modern marriage? A. Most young people do not have their marriage based on love. B. All marriages are arranged by parents and family. C. Marriage is quite westernization. D. Couples do not get married at quite young ages.
12. Question 39: According to the passage, ___. A. Oversea Vietnamese people do not like to organize a traditional wedding B. There is an engagement ceremony which takes place usually half a year or so before the wedding C. Many of the age-old customs practiced in a traditional Vietnamese wedding do not exist nowadays D. Vietnamese people never ask a fortune teller the date and time of the marriage ceremony Question 40: Which does not exist in a Vietnamese wedding party? A. firecrackers B. guests C. dishes D. gifts Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks. In Korea, in former days the marriage between a man and woman represented the joining of two families, rather (41) the joining of two individuals. The event (42) Taerye (Great Ritual), and people from all over the village or neighborhood participated. The ceremonies and events surrounding the actual marriage were long and (43) . Professional matchmakers paired up likely candidates for marriage, with the new couple often meeting for the first time at their wedding! The families considered many
13. factors in the decision, consulting with fortune tellers for (44) about the couple’s future life together. During the Chosun period, people married (45) their early teens, with the girl often being several years older than the boy. The groom usually traveled to the house of the bride for the ceremony, then stayed there for three days (46) taking his new bride to his family’s home. The actual ceremony involved many small rituals, with many bows and symbolic gestures. The (47) were expected to control their emotions and remain somber. (48) Koreans have kept several aspects of the traditional ceremony, most modern ceremonies resemble Western marriage ceremonies more than (49) Korean ones. However, many folk villages and museums across the country regularly perform ceremonies to (50) the traditions alive. Question 41: A. as B. more C. than D. more than Question 42: A. is often called B. often called C. was often called D. has often called
14. Question 43: A. elaborate B. elaborately C. elaboration D. elaborateness Question 44: A. predictions B. attentions C. situations D. evaluations Question 45: A. for B. in C. on D. from Question 46: A. soon B. ago C. before D. then
15. Question 47: A. examiners B. competitors C. contests D. participants Question 48: A. As B. Although C. As though D. If only Question 49: A. traditional B. old C. ancient D. antique Question 50: A. catch B. hold C. grip D. keep HẾT