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What is the author’s main purpose in the passage?

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Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the question.

Women often complain that the men in their lives are not romantic enough. But men sometimes have trouble expressing their feelings, often resorting to cheesy Hallmark cards or pricey bejeweled baubles to do the job for them. But there is a far better way to be romantic and it doesn’t involve spending a fortune or even opening your mouth.

In the days before courting consisted of hanging out and getting drinks, courting was a formal and dignified endeavor. Symbols were used to express feelings and thoughts deemed too special for mere words. During the Victorian Era, a whole romantic language developed around the giving and receiving of flowers. Everything from the type and size of the flower to the way it was held or presented conveyed layers of meaning and communicated a gentleman’s feelings and intentions. Each bouquet contained a secret message for a lady to eagerly interpret and endlessly dissect.

These days giving flowers has become a somewhat ho-hum cliché. Resurrecting this Victorian tradition will infuse the gesture with new life and romance and bring back some of the subtly, mystery, and fun of courtship. Your lady will swoon that you put far more thought into your selection of flowers than grabbing a bouquet out of the case at Wal-Mart. You’ll come off as a real gentleman and a hopeless romantic. It can become an amazing tradition you’ll both enjoy. Seriously, women eat this stuff up.

Of course, even women nowadays have forgotten the meanings of flowers. So buy your lady a flower dictionary. And keep a copy for yourself (it’s important that you both use the same reference, as the meanings were never set in stone and can sometimes vary from book to book). Then, each time you present her with a bouquet, she can search the volume to find what secret messages you have embedded in the flowers.

(Source: www.artofmanliness.com)

What is the author’s main purpose in the passage?

To complain that men are not romantic enough.

To prove that men are not as romantic as women.

To suggest ways for men to be more romantic.

To explain what is called “romance”.

Giải thích

Đáp án C

Mục đích chính của tác giả trong đoạn văn là gì?

A. Để than phiền rằng nam giới không đủ lãng mạn.

B. Để chứng minh rằng nam giới không lãng mạn bằng nữ giới.

C. Để đề xuất các giải pháp cho nam giới lãng mạn hơn.

D. Để giải thích cái gì được gọi là “lãng mạn”.

Căn cứ thông tin đoạn 1:

Women often complain that the men in their lives are not romantic enough. But men sometimes have trouble expressing their feelings, often resorting to cheesy Hallmark cards or pricey bejeweled baubles to do the job for them. But there is a far better way to be romantic and it doesn’t involve spending a fortune or even opening your mouth. (Phụ nữ thường phàn nàn rằng đàn ông cuả đời họ không đủ lãng mạn. Nhưng đôi khi đàn ông gặp khó khăn trong việc bày tỏ cảm xúc của họ, thường dùng đến những tấm thiệp Hallmark sành điệu hoặc đồ trang sức đắt tiền để giúp họ làm việc đó. Nhưng có 1 cách tốt hơn để trở nên lãng mạn và nó không liên quan đến việc tiêu tốn cả gia tài hay phải mở miệng ra nói).