Read the text and answer the question by selecting all the correct responses. More than one response is correct
TEST 2
PART 2
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MULTIPLE-CHOICE, CHOOSE MULTIPLE ANSWERS
A Read the text and answer the question by selecting all the correct responses.
More than one response is correct.
A Xhosa bride in southern Africa, in contrast to her western counterpart, is expected to show both
reluctance and sadness during her wedding - any signs of joy are considered inappropriate. She may
even cry, and not without reason, because she is leaving her own family and relatives to live among a
group of strangers where she will have to be careful of what she says and does.
For example, a new bride is not allowed to walk across the central meeting place in the middle of the
kraal, or village, nor the cattle pen. And when she wishes to go from house to house, she must take the
back way. To show respect for her husband's senior relatives, she has to avoid using the names of senior
male relatives or even words similar to them, which can lead to some complex paraphrases. Furthermore,
she is not allowed to use the personal names of her mother-in-law, nor those of her husband's aunts and
elder sisters. Her first priority is the care of her husband, which means doing most of the heavy domestic
work. Further constraints are having to wear a handkerchief low over her forehead, never showing her
bare head to her husband's relatives, not being allowed to drink milk from the homestead herd, and not
touching the drinking utensils.
However, these rules become less strict as time passes. The handkerchief is eventually removed, gifts are
exchanged, and family relationships become a bit more relaxed. Finally, there is a ritual killing of a cow
and the bride is allowed to drink the milk of the homestead. However, once she has done this, she can no
longer drink the milk of her father's house, symbolizing her final separation from her family.
According to the text, which of the following behaviors are expected of a new Xhosa bride?
1 She is not allowed to drink milk from her father's cows.
2 She cannot use the name of any of her husband's male relatives.
3 At her wedding she is meant to appear unwilling.
4 She is not allowed to enter her new home by the front entrance.
5 She must wear a head scarf when meeting her husband's relatives.
6 She is not allowed to touch plates in the family home.
7 She must avoid using the names of some of her husband's female relatives.
B Read the text and answer the question by selecting all the correct responses.
More than one response is correct.
There are perhaps three ways of looking at furniture: some people see it as purely functional and useful,
and don't bother themselves with aesthetics; others see it as essential to civilized living and concern
themselves with design and how the furniture will look in a room - in other words, function combined
with aesthetics; and yet others see furniture as a form of art.
In the past, designers of furniture usually worked for royalty, the nobility, landowners and rich merchants
and so were not constrained by the limits of space, economy, or even practicality that inhibit the
contemporary designer. Indeed, function was not the first consideration and interiors did not always
have to be practical. In the Renaissance, for example, fine furniture and interiors were designed to show
off not only the riches of the owners, but their learning, wisdom and good taste as well. No doubt, this
attitude still exists among a number of the wealthy.
Apart from a brief period in the 20th century when furniture designers mistook themselves for artists and
sculptors, producing, say, chairs that were nice to look at, but impossible to sit on comfortably, modern
designers have, for the most part, come to terms with the functional aspect of furniture. These days, a
well-designed interior must be practical and exclude what is unnecessary. Limited space must be used
imaginatively, and a sense of space and clarity is needed as a setting for efficient living. Therefore, in the
modern home, furniture should fulfil a specific purpose, and need as little care and attention as possible.
In addition to this, costs must be kept to a minimum because, these days, there are many luxuries
competing for our attention. Function and economy, therefore, are of the utmost importance.
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PART 2
61
MULTIPLE-CHOICE, CHOOSE MULTIPLE ANSWERS
A Read the text and answer the question by selecting all the correct responses.
More than one response is correct.
A Xhosa bride in southern Africa, in contrast to her western counterpart, is expected to show both
reluctance and sadness during her wedding - any signs of joy are considered inappropriate. She may
even cry, and not without reason, because she is leaving her own family and relatives to live among a
group of strangers where she will have to be careful of what she says and does.
For example, a new bride is not allowed to walk across the central meeting place in the middle of the
kraal, or village, nor the cattle pen. And when she wishes to go from house to house, she must take the
back way. To show respect for her husband's senior relatives, she has to avoid using the names of senior
male relatives or even words similar to them, which can lead to some complex paraphrases. Furthermore,
she is not allowed to use the personal names of her mother-in-law, nor those of her husband's aunts and
elder sisters. Her first priority is the care of her husband, which means doing most of the heavy domestic
work. Further constraints are having to wear a handkerchief low over her forehead, never showing her
bare head to her husband's relatives, not being allowed to drink milk from the homestead herd, and not
touching the drinking utensils.
However, these rules become less strict as time passes. The handkerchief is eventually removed, gifts are
exchanged, and family relationships become a bit more relaxed. Finally, there is a ritual killing of a cow
and the bride is allowed to drink the milk of the homestead. However, once she has done this, she can no
longer drink the milk of her father's house, symbolizing her final separation from her family.
According to the text, which of the following behaviors are expected of a new Xhosa bride?
1 She is not allowed to drink milk from her father's cows.
2 She cannot use the name of any of her husband's male relatives.
3 At her wedding she is meant to appear unwilling.
4 She is not allowed to enter her new home by the front entrance.
5 She must wear a head scarf when meeting her husband's relatives.
6 She is not allowed to touch plates in the family home.
7 She must avoid using the names of some of her husband's female relatives.
B Read the text and answer the question by selecting all the correct responses.
More than one response is correct.
There are perhaps three ways of looking at furniture: some people see it as purely functional and useful,
and don't bother themselves with aesthetics; others see it as essential to civilized living and concern
themselves with design and how the furniture will look in a room - in other words, function combined
with aesthetics; and yet others see furniture as a form of art.
In the past, designers of furniture usually worked for royalty, the nobility, landowners and rich merchants
and so were not constrained by the limits of space, economy, or even practicality that inhibit the
contemporary designer. Indeed, function was not the first consideration and interiors did not always
have to be practical. In the Renaissance, for example, fine furniture and interiors were designed to show
off not only the riches of the owners, but their learning, wisdom and good taste as well. No doubt, this
attitude still exists among a number of the wealthy.
Apart from a brief period in the 20th century when furniture designers mistook themselves for artists and
sculptors, producing, say, chairs that were nice to look at, but impossible to sit on comfortably, modern
designers have, for the most part, come to terms with the functional aspect of furniture. These days, a
well-designed interior must be practical and exclude what is unnecessary. Limited space must be used
imaginatively, and a sense of space and clarity is needed as a setting for efficient living. Therefore, in the
modern home, furniture should fulfil a specific purpose, and need as little care and attention as possible.
In addition to this, costs must be kept to a minimum because, these days, there are many luxuries
competing for our attention. Function and economy, therefore, are of the utmost importance.
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