IN THE PAST, BOTH MEN AND WOMEN WERE EXPECTED TO BE MARRIED AT QUITE Y...

Exercise 4:In the past, both men and women were expected to be married at quite young ages. Marriages were generallyarranged by parents and family, with their children having little chance to say no in the matter. In the past it wasnot 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, andin 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 continueto 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 sobefore the wedding. Due to the spiritual nature of the occasion, the date and time of the marriage ceremony aredecided in advance by a fortune teller The traditional Vietnamese wedding consists of an extensive array ofceremonies: the first is the ceremony to ask permission to receive the bride, the second is the procession to receivethe bride (along with the ancestor ceremony at her house), the third is to bring the bride to the groom's house foranother ancestor ceremony and to welcome her into the family, then the last is a wedding banquet. The number ofguests in attendance at these banquets is huge, usually in the hundreds. Several special dishes are served. Guestsare expected to bring gifts, often money, which the groom and bride at one point in the banquet will go from tableto table collecting.1. In the past, _________.A. Vietnamese couples were free to make a decision on the marriageB. Vietnamese marriage was decided by parents and familyC. getting married at an early age was not allowedD. parents had no right to interfere their children's marriage2. In former days, the fact that a bride and groom had only first met just on the day of their engagement ormarriage was _________.A. surprising B. popular C. uncommon D. strange3. 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.4. According to the passage, __________.A. Oversea Vietnamese people do not like to organize a traditional weddingB. There is an engagement ceremony which takes place usually half a year or so before the weddingC. Many of the age-old customs practiced in a traditional Vietnamese wedding do not exist nowadaysD. Vietnamese people never ask a fortune teller the date and time of the marriage ceremony5. Which does not exist in a Vietnamese wedding party?A. firecrackers B. guests C. dishes D. giftsExerciser 5:Communication in general is process of sending and receiving messages that enables humans to shareknowledge, attitudes, and skills. Although we usually identify communication with speech, communication iscomposed of two dimensions - verbal and nonverbal.Nonverbal communication has been defined as communication without words. It includes apparent behaviorssuch as facial expressions, eyes, touching, tone of voice, as well as less obvious messages such as dress, postureand spatial distance between two or more people.Activity or inactivity, words or silence all have message value: they influence others and these others, in turn,respond to these communications and thus they are communicating.Commonly, nonverbal communication is learned shortly after birth and practiced and refined throughout aperson's lifetime. Children first learn nonverbal expressions by watching and imitating, much as they learn verbalskills.Young children know far more than they can verbalize and are generally more adept atreadingnonverbal cuesthan adults are because of their limited verbal skills and their recent reliance on the nonverbal to communicate. Aschildren develop verbal skills, nonverbal channels of communication do' not cease to exist although becomeentwined in the total communication process.1. According to the writer, ________.A. Nonverbal language is only used by the deaf and the mute.B. One cannot communicate in both verbal and .nonverbal language.C. Those who can listen and talk should not use nonverbal language.D. People communicate with both verbal and nonverbal language.2. Which is not included in nonverbal communication?A. words B. spatial distance C. facial expressions D. tone of voice3. We can learn from the text that ________.A. nonverbal can never get any responses B. most people do not like nonverbal communicationC. even silence has message value D. touching is not accepted in communicating4. Human beings ________.A. have learnt how to communicate in nonverbal language through booksB. can communicate in nonverbal language only when they are matureC. have learnt how to communicate in nonverbal language since a childD. communicate in nonverbal language much less than they do in verbal language5. The wordreadinghas a close meaning to ________.A. looking at the words that are written B. understandingC. saying something aloud D. expressing