Task 2. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer
Task 2. 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 8 – 15.
If we believe that clothing has to do with covering the body, and costumes with the choice of a particular form of garment for a particular use, then we can say that clothing depends primarily on such physical conditions as climate, health, and textile manufacture, whereas costumes reflect social factors such as religious beliefs, aesthetics, personal status, and the wish to be distinguished from or to emulate our fellows.
The ancient Greeks and the Chinese believed that we first covered our bodies for some physical reason such as protecting ourselves from the weather elements. Ethnologists and psychologists have invoked psychological reasons: modesty in the case of ancients, and taboo, magical influence and the desire to please for the moderns.
In early history, costumes must have fulfilled a function beyond that of simple utility, perhaps through some magical significance, investing primitive man with the attributes of other creatures. Ornaments identified the wearer with animals, gods, heroes or other men. This identification remains symbolic in more sophisticated societies. We should bear in mind that the theater has its distant origins in sacred performances, and in all periods children at play have worn disguises, so as to adapt gradually to adult life.
Costumes helped inspire fear or impose authority. For a chieftain, costumes embodied attributes expressing his power, while a warrior's costume enhanced his physical superiority and suggested he was superhuman. In more recent times, professional or administrative costume has been devised to distinguish the wearer and express personal or delegated authority; this purpose is seen clearly in the judge's robes and the police officer’s uniform. Costume denotes power, and since power is usually equated with wealth, costume came to be an expression of social caste and material prosperity. Military uniform denotes rank and is intended to intimidate to protect the body and to express membership in a group. At the bottom of the scale, there are such compulsory costumes as the convict’s uniform. Finally, costume can possess a religious significance that combines various elements: an actual or symbolic identification with a god, the desire to express this in earthly life, and the desire to enhance the wearer's position of respect.
Trả lời cho các câu 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 dưới đây:
The passage mainly discusses costume in terms of its .
Đáp án đúng là: C
Đáp án cần chọn là: C
What is the purpose of the paragraph 1?
Đáp án đúng là: B
Đáp án cần chọn là: B
Psychological reasons for wearing garments include .
Đáp án đúng là: D
Đáp án cần chọn là: D
The word “Ornaments” in paragraph 3 is closet in meaning to .
Đáp án đúng là: D
Đáp án cần chọn là: D
It can be inferred from paragraph 3 that .
Đáp án đúng là: A
Đáp án cần chọn là: A
Why does the author mention the police officer's uniform?
Đáp án đúng là: D
Đáp án cần chọn là: D
The word “denotes” in line paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to .
Đáp án đúng là: C
Đáp án cần chọn là: C
Which of the following would most likely NOT be reflected in a person's costume, as it is defined in the passage?
Đáp án đúng là: A
Đáp án cần chọn là: A
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