Trắc nghiệm Tiếng Anh 12 Unit 5: Cultural identity

Exercise 1: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.

Question 1:

A. expressed

B. preserved

C. maintained

D. wondered

Question 2:

A. costomes

B. celebrates

C. believes

D. examples

Question 3:

A. various

B. value

C. aspect

D. impact

Question 4:

A. indentity

B. ethnicity

C. inherit

D. individual

Question 5:

A. language

B. luggage

C. heritage

D. teenage

Exercise 2: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

Question 6: It was the that the fathers made the decision on whom their children were going to marry.

A. religion

B. superstition

C. custom

D. fate

Question 7: We are all too of traditions in our modern world, but they can have a very strong impact on us.

A. dismissing

B. dismissal

C. dismissed

D. dismissive

Question 8: Most young people nowadays believe in marriage – first comes love, then comes marriage.

A. romantic

B. unique

C. contractual

D. arranged

Question 9: Most Americans don't object being called by their first names.

A. about

B. for

C. in

D. to

Question 10: liked ao dai, kimono, hanbok help preserve a country's heritage and educate people about their history.

A. National costumes

B. Tradition food

C. Traditions and customs

D. Folktales

Question 11: People from Brazilian and North American cultures have different feelings about lateness. Brazilians expect a person with status or to arrive late, while in the United States, lateness is usually considered to be disrespectful and unacceptable.

A. prevalence

B. prestige

C. privilege

D. position

Question 12: Americans believe in 'romantic' marriage - a boy and a girl are to each other, fall in love, and decide to marry each other.

A. loved

B. handed

C. attracted

D. married

Question 13: The custom of paying a bride price before marriage is still a part of many African cultures.

A. well-established

B. well-advised

C. well-built

D. well-balanced

Question 14: In modern times, although people still remain the custom of paying a bride price, it is occasionally quite small and its value is mainly .

A. symbol

B. symbolize

C. symbolism

D. symbolic

Question 15: Most weddings in Japan start with a religious in which usually only family members attend.

A. anniversary

B. ceremony

C. celebration

D. bicentenary

Question 16: In most weddings in Japan, guests give the bride and groom goshuugi -____money in special envelopes.

A. gift

B. present

C. reward

D. giving

Question 17: Changes in attitudes, family values, generational status can occur in both the majority and minority cultures as the two interact; however, one culture dominates.

A. rarely

B. typically

C. specially

D. uncommonly

Question 18: On the flip side, the world wide of a couple of languages that have a large number of speakers has led to the death of several less popular languages.

A. abortion

B. rejection

C. adoption

D. adaption

Question 19: It is important to understand the culture religion of the country that you are travelling to and a little research before you leave will help .

A. tremendously

B. dramatically

C. comparatively

D. violently

Question 20: The custom of ancestors is a beautiful, rich, and colorful and joyful tradition in Vietnamese culture.

A. praying

B. honoring

C. respecting

D. worshiping

Exercise 3: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

Question 21: Steve Kootenay-Jobin, aboriginal housing coordinator at Mount Royal University, notes that many indigenous students who move to the city for education, encounter culture shock.

A. get rid of

B. face up to

C. get over

D. wipe out

Question 22: Today, the practice of arranged marriage is still common in some countries in the Middle East, such as India or Pakistan.

A. romantic

B. contractual

C. transacted

D. deal

Question 23: The exact origins of the Tooth Fairy are a mystery, although the story probably began in England or Ireland centuries ago.

A. beginnings

B. causes

C. reasons

D. roofs

Exercise 4: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

Question 24: In the United States, it is important to be on time, or punctual, for an appointment, a class, a meeting, etc...

A. at the right time

B. as regular as clockwork

C. on the dot

D. down to the wire

Question 25: If a Brazilian is late for an appointment with a North America, the American may misinterpret the reason for the lateness and become angry.

A. mismanage

B. understand

C. misunderstand

D. misreport

Exercise 5: 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 from 26 to 30.

Together with the festive atmosphere Tet brings to Vietnam every year, the event is also the best time of the year for Vietnamese people to spend time on their (26) life and pay respect to religious institutions. Visiting pagodas on the first days of the year has long been a (27) tradition.

It has been a long-lasted custom of the people in this country each time a New Year arrival to visit pagoda. In Vietnam, the custom is described as "Lễ Chùa" - (28) "lễ" means not only visiting but also showing respects in all sincerity to Buddha and Gods of the pagodas or temples. No matter how busy the Vietnamese are during the hilarious atmosphere of Tet, everyone attempts (29) an incense to wish for best wishes for the New Year like healthiness, happiness and wealth. (30) praying at pagodas and temples is among the best ways to go out and enjoy the spring. Mixing ones' soul with the spiritual spaces, breathing in the aroma of burning incense and flowers and enjoying relaxing glimpse in the garden of the pagodas help demolish all the stresses and worries of the previous year.

Question 26:

A. spirit

B. spiritual

C. spiritless

D. spirited

Question 27:

A. deep-seated

B. deep-rooted

C. deep-pocketed

D. deep-fried

Question 28:

A. which

B. that

C. in which

D. when

Question 29:

A. to burn

B. burning

C. to burning

D. burn

Question 30:

A. Beside

B. Moreover

C. In addition to

D. Thus

Exercise 6: Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

In the Native American Navajo nation which sprawls across four states in the American south-west, the native language is dying. Most of its speakers are middleage or elderly. Although many students take classes in Navajo, the schools are run in English. Street sign, supermarket goods and even their own newspaper are all in English. Not surprisingly, linguists doubt that any native speakers of Navajo will remain in a hundred years' time.
Navajo is far from alone. Half the world's 6,800 languages are likely to vanish within two generations - that's one language lost every ten days. Never before has the planet's linguistic diversity shrunk at such a pace. Isolation breeds linguistic diversity as a result, the world is peppered with languages spoken by only a few people. Only 250 languages have more than a million speakers, and at least 3,000 have fewer than 2,500. It is not necessarily these small languages that are about to disappear. Navajo is considered endangered despite having 150,000 speakers. What makes a language endangered is not that the number of speakers, but how old they are. If it is spoken by children it is relatively safe. The critically endangered languages are those that are only spoken by the elderly, according to Michael Krauss, director of the Alaska Native Language Center, in Fairbanks.
Why do people reject the language of their parent? It begins with a crisis of confidence, when a small community finds itself alongside a larger, wealthier society, says Nicholas Ostler of Britain's Foundation for Endangered Languages, in Bath. “People lose faith in their culture” he says. "When the next generation reaches their teens, they might not want to be induced into the old tradition.” The change is not always voluntary. Quite often, governments try to kill off a minority language by banning its use in public or discouraging its use in school, all to promote national unity. The former US policy of running Indian reservation in English, for example, effectively put languages such as Navajo on the danger list. But Salikoko Mufwene, who chairs the Linguistics Department at the University of Chicago, argues that the deadliest weapon is not government policy but economic globalisation. "Native Americans have not lost pride in their language, but they have had to adapt to socioeconomic pressures" he says. “They cannot refuse to speak English if most commercial activity is in English."
However, a growing interest in cultural identity may prevent the direct predictions from coming true. ‘The key to fostering diversity is for people to learn their ancestral tongue, as well as the dominant language' says Doug Whalen, founder and president of the Endangered Language Fund in New Haven, Connecticut. “Most of these will live without a large degree of bilingualism” he says.
Question 31: It is stated in the passage that the number of endangered languages is ____.
A. about 3,200

B. about 6,800

C. at least 3,000

D. fewer than 2,500

Question 32: The word peppered in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ____.
A. randomly separated
B. slowly attacked
C. sparsely distributed
D. unintentionally controlled

Question 33: According to the passage, endangered languages cannot be saved unless people
A. avoid speaking their dominant language
B. grow interest in cultural identities
C. know more than one language
D. write in their mother tongue

Question 34: Who thinks that a change of language may mean a loss of traditional culture?
A. Doug Whalen

B. Michael Krauss

C. Nicholas Ostler

D. Salikoko Mufwene

Question 35: The word these in paragraph 5 refers to ____.
A. ancestral tongue

B. dominant language

C. growing interest in cultural identity

D. the key to fostering diversity

Question 36: Culture, language, facilities or economy level of the family are different. Vocal guidelines and acting in daily activities are the ways of the life experience knowledge transfer.
A. Vocal guidelines and acting in daily activities are the ways of the life experience knowledge transfer despite of different culture, language, facilities or economy level of the family.

B. Vocal guidelines and acting in daily activities are the ways of the life experience powledge transfer regardless of different culture, language, facilities or economy level of the family.

C. Vocal guidelines and acting in daily activities are the ways of the life experience knowledge transfer due to different culture, language, facilities or economy level of the family.

D. Vocal guidelines and acting in daily activities are the ways of the life experience knowledge transfer although different culture, language, facilities or economy level of the family.

Exercise 7: Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the sentence that best combines each
pair of sentences in the following questions.

Question 37: We accept that changes are unavoidable. We will not allow everything to be wiped out, destroyed or forgotten.
A. Accepting that changes are unavoidable does not mean that we will allow everything to be wiped out, destroyed or forgotten.

B. Despite accepting that changes are unavoidable, but we will not allow everything to be wiped out, destroyed or forgotten.

C. Rather than accepting that changes are unavoidable we will allow everything to be wiped out, destroyed or forgotten.

D. We accept that changes are unavoidable, as we will not allow everything to be wiped out, destroyed or forgotten.

Question 38: People think that traffic congestion in the downtown area is due to the increasing number of private cars.
A. Traffic congestion in the downtown area is blamed for the increasing number of private cars.

B. The increasing number of private cars is thought to be responsible for traffic congestion in the downtown area.

C. The increasing number of private cars is attributed to traffic congestion in the downtown area.

D. Traffic congestion in the downtown area is thought to result in the increasing number of private cars.

Question 39: The young girl has great experience of nursing. She has worked as a hospital volunteer for years.
A. Before she worked as a hospital volunteer for years, the young girl has great experience of nursing.

B. Much as she has worked as a hospital volunteer for years, the young girl has great experience of nursing.

C. Having worked as a hospital volunteer for years, the young girl has great experience of nursing.

D. With great experience of nursing, the young girl has worked as a hospital volunteer for years.

Question 40: She doesn’t want to go to their party. We don't want to go either.
A. Neither she nor we don’t want to go to their party.

B. Neither we nor she wants to go to their party.

C. Either we or she doesn't want to go to their party.

D. Neither we nor she want to go to their party.

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