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[Lê Quỳnh Anh]

* 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 24 to 30.

  In Viet Nam festivals often take place during the three months in spring and in autumn when people have a lot of leisure time. In addition, the climate in spring and autumn is especially suitable for holding festivals and for festivals goers to enjoy. Traditional festivals constitute a form of cultural activities, a spiritual product which the people have created and developed during the course of history. From generation to generation, the Vietnamese people preserve the fine tradition of “remembering the source while drinking water.” Festivals are events which represent this tradition of the community as well as honour the holy figures named as “gods” -the real persons in national history or legendary persons. The images of gods converge the noble characteristics of mankind. They are national heroes who fought against foreign invaders, reclaimed new lands, treated people, fought against natural calamities, or those legendary characters who affect the earthly life.

  Accordingly, first and foremost, festivals are events when people pay tribute to divinities that rendered merits to the community and the nation. These are occasions when people come back to either their natural or national roots, which form a sacred part in their mind. Furthermore, testivals represent the strength of the commune or village, the local region or even the whole nation. Worshipping the same god, the people unite in solidarity to overcome difficulties, striving for a happy and wealthy life.

  Moreover, festivals display the demand for creativity and enjoyment of spiritual and material cultural values of all social strata. They become a form of education under which fine traditional moral values can be handed from one generation to the next in a unique way of combining spiritual characters with competition and entertainment games. Festivals are also the time people can express their sadness and worries in a wish that gods might bestow favour on them to help them strive for a better life.

(Adapted from: Overview of Traditional Festivals - Viet Mam, Country and Peoples)

Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a value of festivals?

A. Showing community’s union

B. Remembering national heroes 

C. Questioning personal bad lucks

D. Educating young generations

Answer 1

[Dương Hoàn Anh]

                                 Câu đề bài: Câu nào dưới đây KHÔNG đề cập về giá trị của các lễ hội?

Đáp án C: Nghi vấn những bất hạnh của cá nhân

Các đáp án còn lại:

A. Thể hiện sự thống nhất trong cộng đồng

Furthermore, festivals represent the strength of the commune or village, the local region or even the whole nation.

—» Hơn nữa, lễ hội đại diện cho sức mạnh của xã hoặc làng, khu vực địa phương hoặc thậm chí cả quốc gia.

B. Nhớ về anh hùng của đất nước

Accordingly, fìrst and foremost, festivals are events when people paytribute to

divinities that rendered merits to the community and the nation.

—» Theo đó, đầu tiên và quan trọng nhất, lễ hội là sự kiện khi mọi người vinh danh các vị thần đã mang lại công đức cho cộng đồng và quốc gia.

D. Giáo dục thế hệ trẻ

They become a form of education under which fìne traditional moral values can be handed from one generation to the next in a unique way of combining spiritual characters with competition and entertainment games.

—» Chúng trở thành một hình thức giáo dục theo đó các giá trị đạo đức truyền thống tốt đẹp có thể được trao từ thế hệ này sang thế hệ khác theo cách độc đáo kết hợp các nhân vật tâm linh với các trò chơi cạnh tranh và giải trí.