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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.
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.
The word "undergo" in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to_______.
A. participate in
B. commence
C. experience
D. explore
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.
The word "undergo" in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to_______.
A. participate in
B. commence
C. experience
D. explore
TẠM DỊCH:
Giải thích:
Từ “undergo” trong đoạn 3 đồng nghĩa với từ _____.
A. tham gia
B. bắt đầu
C. trải qua
D. khám phá
→ undergo (v): trải qua = experience
| 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. | Ở Châu Phi, người ta hân hoan chào mừng sự ra đời của một em bé mới. Người Pygmies sẽ hát một bài ca chào đời cho đứa trẻ. Ở Kenya, người mẹ địu con vào chuồng gai nơi gia súc được nhốt. Ở đó, chồng cô và các già làng chờ đợi để đặt tên cho đứa trẻ. Ở Tây Phi, sau khi em bé được tám ngày tuổi, người mẹ đưa em bé đi dạo lần đầu tiên trong thế giới rộng lớn, bạn bè và gia đình được mời đến gặp em bé mới sinh. Ở các quốc gia châu Phi khác nhau, họ tổ chức các buổi lễ nhập môn cho các nhóm trẻ em thay vì tổ chức sinh nhật. Khi trẻ em đến một độ tuổi nhất định, chúng sẽ học luật, tín ngưỡng, phong tục, bài hát và điệu nhảy của bộ tộc mình. Một số bộ lạc châu Phi cho rằng trẻ em từ chín đến mười hai tuổi đã sẵn sàng để bước vào thế giới người lớn. Chúng có thể phải thực hiện một số bài kiểm tra. Các cậu bé Maasai khoảng mười ba tuổi đến mười bảy tuổi trải qua hai giai đoạn đầu đời. Giai đoạn đầu tiên kéo dài khoảng ba tháng. Các cậu bé rời khỏi nhà của cha mẹ, sơn trắng cơ thể và được dạy cách trở thành những chiến binh trẻ tuổi. Vào cuối giai đoạn này, họ bị cạo đầu và cũng được cắt bao quy đầu. Ở giai đoạn thứ hai, các chiến binh trẻ để tóc dài và sống trong một trại gọi là "manyatta", nơi họ tập săn những con thú hoang có thể tấn công đàn Maasai. Giai đoạn này có thể kéo dài vài năm. Khi sẵn sàng, họ sẽ kết hôn và trở thành chủ nhân của đàn gia súc lớn giống như cha mình. Các cô gái bắt đầu giai đoạn này khi họ mười bốn hoặc mười lăm tuổi. Họ được những người phụ nữ lớn tuổi dạy về bổn phận của hôn nhân và cách chăm sóc trẻ sơ sinh. Ngay sau đó họ kết hôn và sống một cuộc sống tương tự như cuộc sống của mẹ họ. |
Từ “undergo” trong đoạn 3 đồng nghĩa với từ _____.
A. tham gia
B. bắt đầu
C. trải qua
D. khám phá
→ undergo (v): trải qua = experience
Đáp án C.