Traditions, saying, beliefs, language, and values are just a few things that make up our culture.
Culture is the framework in which families are structured. It shapes our expectations and ideals.
Culture plays a part in the meaning of marriage and our roles as husbands, wives, children and parents.
Understanding cultural differences and similarities related to marriage is important. Culture affects the roles that spouses take within marriages, the age at marriage and number of children a couple have, the meaning of divorce, cohabitation and non-marital childbearing, and the way parents raise children. Understanding how relationships and marriages vary across cultural contexts, and how they are similar, we will be able to identify the unique ways that marriages and family life affect people of various cultures. As a result, we will be able to help families and sustain happy marriages.
A cross cultural marriage or similar love relationship can be extremely exciting. The cultural background, visits to the other country, the language of the country and learning to speak it, the different habits and ways of doing and saying things that people from other cultures have, are. all very exciting indeed. What of the disadvantages of a cross cultural marriage or love relationship with someone from another country or cultural background? No matter how much you love your husband or wife, no matter how high your level of cross cultural awareness, cross cultural communication and respect for differences. Misunderstanding seems to be unavoidable.
1. The passage is about _________.
a. the effects of cultures on love and marriage b. the definition of culture c. the role of spouses in the family d. cultural differences
2. The word It refers to _________.
a. culture b. family c. framework d. structure
3. According to the writer, cross-cultural marriage _________.
a. does not have advantages b. does not have disadvantages c. have both advantages and disadvantages d. does not exist through time 4. According to the passage, which of the following is not affected by culture?
a. The age to get married b. Child-raising
c. How much spouses love each other d. The roles of spouses 5. In cross-cultural marriage, _______ may happen.
a. divorce b. quarrel c. misunderstanding d. separation
A. informal B. informally C. informalize D. informality 7. Children who are isolated and lonely seem to have poor language and ________.
A. communicate B. communication C. communicative D. communicator
8. The lecturer explained the problem very clearly and is always _______ in response to questions.
A. attention B. attentive C. attentively D. attentiveness 9. I make no __________ for encouraging my children to succeed in school.
A. apologize B. apologetic C. apologies D. apoplectic
10. It was very more __________of a chat than an interview.
A. formal B. informal C. formality D. informality
EXERCISE 2: Read the passage and choose the best answer
There are a lot of people in the world. They all look the same from a long way off. They all have a head and body. They all laugh and cry. They all think about things. They all feel things. They all dream about things they want to do. People all need air. They all need fool and water. They all need sleep. They need someone to love them. In these ways, people all seem the same. But they are not the same. They don’t think the same way. They don’t feel the same way. They dream different dreams.
And they want different things. No one is the same as anyone else. So, who is like you? No one in the world is just like you. You are special. There is only one you.
1. What does this story show ?
A. that each person is special B. that people’s dreams are the same C. that many people are just like you D. that people need the same things.
2. What is one way that people are the same?
A. They all have dream about the same things. B. They want the same things.
C. They all have feelings about things. D. They think the same way.
3. According to the passage, what is one way that all people are different?
A. People have different skin colors. B. People think in different ways.
C. People eat at different times. D. People speak different languages UNIT4: SCHOOL EDUCATION SYSTEM
Exercise 1: Choose the most suitable word or phrase
1. As an _______, Mr. Pike is very worried about the increasing of juvenile delinquency.
a. educate b. education c. educator d. educative
2. In England, primary education is provided by state schools run by the government and by _______ fee-paying schools.
a. independent b. independently c. depended d. independence 3. The United Nations Secretary-General has often spoken of the need for individual _______
and human rights in his speeches.
a. free b. freedom c. freely d. freeing
4. He did not do well at school and left with few _______ qualifications.
a. academic b. academy c. academician d. academically
5. The Minister of the Education and Training Department appeared on TV last night to _______
his new policy.
a. public b. publicly c. publicize d. publicizing
6. He owed his success not to privilege but to self-education and a driving desire for _______.
a. achieve b. achiever c. achievement d. achievable
7. To Vietnamese students, the _______ examination to university is very difficult.
a. require b. requirement c. requiring d. required
8. Despite many recent _______ advances, there are parts where schools are not equipped with computers.
a. technology b. technological c. technologically d. technologist 9. There is a wide range of _______ in the education system of the USA.
a. select b. selective c. selected d. selection
10. Military is_______ in this country. Every man who reaches the age of 18 has to serve in the army for two years.
a. compulsory b. optional c. illegal d. unnecessary
EXERCISE 2: Read the passage and choose the best answer
Education in Bolivia, as in many other areas of Bolivia life, has a divide between Bolivia's rural and urban areas. Rural illiteracy levels remain high, even as the rest of the country becomes increasingly literate. This disparity ( n: sự khác biệt , bất bình đẳng ) stems partly from the fact that many children
living in rural areas are forced to contribute economically to their family households and thus are much less likely to attend school. On average, children from rural areas attend school for 4.2 years, while children in urban areas receive an average of 9.4 years of education. A gender divide also exists. Females, on average, receive about 1.5 years less schooling than males. The female illiteracy rate is 19.6% while that for males is 7.7%. The country's illiteracy level as a whole, 13-14%, is comparably higher than in other South American countries. The problems with Bolivia education are not necessarily attributable to lack of funding. Bolivia devotes 23% of its annual budget to educational expenditures, a higher percentage than in most other South American countries, albeit from a smaller national budget. A comprehensive seven-year plan of education reform has made some significant changes. Initiated in 1994, the plan decentralized educational funding in order to meet diverse local needs, improved teacher training and curricula, and changed the school grade system.
Resistance from teachers' unions, however, has slowed implementation of some of the intended reformed.
1. Most of the children in rural areas in Bolivia are illiterate because __________________________
A. they don't want to go to school C. they are made to stay at home to help their families B. they find it difficult to learn to read and write D. there is a shortage of teachers and schools
in Bolivia
2. On average, children from urban areas attend school for________________________
A. 1.5 years B. 4.2 years C. 7.4 years D. 9.4 years 3. The female illiteracy rate in Bolivia is___________________________
A. 7.4% B. 13% C. 19.6% D. 23%
4. The word " annual" in this passage is closest in meaning to_______________________
A. every four months B. every year C. every five years D. every ten years 5. Which of the following sentences is NOT true ?
A. In Bolivia males receive more schooling than females.
B. Bolivian illiteracy level is higher than in other South American countries.
C. The lack of funding is the main reason for causing illiteracy in Bolivia.
D. Bolivia spends less money on education than most other South American countries UNIT 5: HIGHER EDUCATION