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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. Due to the spiritual nature of the occasion, the date and time of
the marriage ceremony are decided in advance by a fortune teller.
The traditional Vietnamese wedding consists of an extensive array of ceremonies: the first is the
ceremony to ask permission to receive the bride, the second is the procession to receive the bride (along with
the ancestor ceremony at her house), the third is to bring the bride to the groom's house for another ancestor
ceremony and to welcome her into the family, then the last is a wedding banquet.
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.
9. In the past, _________.
A. Vietnamese marriage was decided by parents and family
B. Parents had no right to interfere their children's marriage
C. Getting married at an early age was not allowed
D. Vietnamese couples were free to make a decision on the marriage
10. Which sentence is referred Vietnamese modern marriage?
A. Most young people do not have their marriage based on love.
B. Marriage is quite westernization.
C. Couples do not get married at quite young ages.
D. All marriages are arranged by parents and family.
11. Which does NOT exist in a Vietnamese wedding party?
A. dishes B. guests C. gifts D. firecrackers
12. According to the passage, __________.
A. There is an engagement ceremony which takes place usually half a year or so before the wedding
B. Oversea Vietnamese people do not like to organize a traditional wedding
C. Vietnamese people never ask a fortune teller the date and time of the marriage ceremony
D. Many of the age-old customs practiced in a traditional Vietnamese wedding do not exist nowadays
13. In former days, the fact that a bride and groom had only first met just on the day of their engagement or
marriage was _________.
A. uncommon B. surprising C. popular D. strange
IV. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to
indicate the correct word(s) for each of the blanks..
Most Americans eat three meals during the day: breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Breakfast begins (14)_______
_______ 7:00 and 8:00am, lunch between 11:00 am and noon, and dinner between 6:00 and 8:00 pm. On
Sundays "brunch" is a combination of breakfast and lunch, typically beginning at 11:00 am. Students often
enjoy a "study break" or evening snack around 10:00 or 11:00 pm. Breakfast and lunch tend to be light
meals, with only one (15)_______ ______. Dinner is the main meal.
For breakfast Americans will eat cereal with milk which are often mixed (16)_______ ______ in a bowl,
a glass of orange juice, and toasted bread or muffin with jam, butter, or margarine. Another common
breakfast meal is scrambled eggs or an omelet with potatoes and breakfast meat (bacon or sausage). People
(17)_______ _____ are on a diet eat just a cup of yogurt. Lunch and dinner are more varied . When eating at
a formal dinner, you may be overwhelmed by the number of utensils. How do you say the (18)_______
_______ between a salad fork, a butter fork, and a dessert fork? Most Americans do not know the answer,
either. But knowing which fork or spoon to use first is simple: use the outermost utensils first and the
utensils closest to the plate last.
14. A. about B. from C. at D. between
15. A. food B. menu C. course D. goods
16. A. one another B. together C. others D. each other
17. A. which B. whom C. who D. whose
18. A. differently B. difference C. different D. differ
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