WHEN CAN YOU EXPECT YOUNG PEOPLE TO BE MORE TALKATIVE THAN USUA...

Câu 42.

When can you expect young people to be more talkative than usual?

A. when adults give them a lot of money to spend

B. when adults talk to them about something other than their work in school.

C. when adults talk to them about sex, alcohol and drugs

D. when people talk to them because they are really interested and not just checking up on

them

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 43 to 50.

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. The number of guests in attendance at these 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.