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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. 

What does the passage mainly discuss?

A. Traditions of Masai people when having a new baby

B. Celebrations in Africa

C. Activities in a birth celebration

D. Birthday ceremonies for children in Africa

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Trả lời:

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Đáp án D

Giải thích: 

Đoạn văn chủ yếu bàn về điều gì? 

A. Truyền thống của người Masai khi sinh con       B. Lễ kỷ niệm ở Châu Phi 

C. Các hoạt động trong một lễ kỷ niệm sinh            D. Lễ sinh nhật cho trẻ em ở Châu Phi

Thông tin: 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 various African nations, they hold initiation ceremonies for groups of children instead of birthdays.

Tạm dịch: Ở châu Phi, mọi người hân hoan ăn mừng sự ra đời của một em bé mới. Các Pygmies sẽ hát một bài hát về sự chào đời của đứa trẻ. Ở Kenya, người mẹ đưa em bé địu trên lưng vào chuồng gai nơi nuôi gia súc. Ở đó, chồng cô và những người lớn tuổi trong làng chờ đợi để đặt cho đứa trẻ tên của mình… Ở các quốc gia châu Phi khác nhau, họ tổ chức lễ nhập môn cho các nhóm trẻ em thay vì sinh nhật.

Chọn D.

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