Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or Don your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions. Australians place a high value on independence

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Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or Don your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

Australians place a high value on independence and personal choice. This means that a teacher or course tutor will not tell students what to do, but will give them a number of options and suggest they work out which one is the best in their circumstances. It also means that they are expected to take action if something goes wrong and seek out resources and support for themselves.

Australians are also prepared to accept a range of opinions rather than believing there is one truth. This means that in an educational setting, students will be expected to form their own opinions and defend the reasons for that point of view and the evidence for it.

Australians are uncomfortable with differences in status and hence idealise the idea of treating everyone equally. An illustration of this is that most adult Australians call each other by their first names. This concern with equality means that Australians are uncomfortable taking anything too seriously and are even ready to joke about themselves.

Australians believe that life should have a balance between work and leisure time. As a consequence, some students may be critical of others who they perceive as doing nothing but study. Australian notions of privacy mean that areas such as financial matters, appearance and relationships are only discussed with close friends. While people may volunteer such information, they may resent someone actually asking them unless the friendship is firmly established. Even then, it is considered very impolite to ask someone what they earn. With older people, it is also rude to ask how old they are, why they are not married or why they do not have children. It is also impolite to ask people how much they have paid for something, unless there is a very good reason for asking

Which of the following can be inferred from paragraph 5?

It is polite when Australians ask each other about their salary

It is unacceptable to discuss financial issues with people you do not know well

Australians often ask each other their ages and tell each other about children

It is wise to ask how old they are

Giải thích

Kiến thức: Đọc hiểu

Giải thích:

Điều nào sau đây có thể được suy ra từ đoạn 5?

Thật lịch sự khi người Úc hỏi nhau về mức lương của họ.
Không thể chấp nhận được việc thảo luận các vấn đề tài chính với những người mà bạn không biết rõ.
Người Úc thường hỏi tuổi nhau và kể cho nhau nghe về những đứa trẻ.
Việc hỏi họ bao nhiêu tuổi là điều khôn ngoan.

Thông tin: Australian notions of privacy mean that areas such as financial matters, appearance and relationships are only discussed with close friends. While people may volunteer such information, they may resent someone actually asking them unless the friendship is firmly established.

Tạm dịch: Quan niệm về quyền riêng tư của người Úc có nghĩa là các lĩnh vực như vấn đề tài chính, ngoại hình và các mối quan hệ chỉ được thảo luận với những người bạn thân. Mặc dù mọi người có thể tình nguyện cung cấp thông tin như vậy, nhưng họ có thể bực bội khi ai đó thực sự hỏi họ trừ khi tình bạn được thiết lập vững chắc.

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