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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.

  Very few people in the modem world obtain their food supply by hunting and gathering in the natural environment surrounding their homes. This method of harvesting from nature’s provision is the oldest known subsistence strategy and has been practised for at least the last two million years. It was, indeed, the only way to obtain food until rudimentary farming and the domestication of wild animals were introduced about 10,000 years ago.

  Because hunter-gatherers have fared poorly in comparison with their agricultural cousins, their numbers have dwindled, and they have been forced to live in marginal environments, such as deserts and arctic wastelands. In higher latitudes, the shorter growing seasons have restricted the availability of plant life. Such conditions have caused a greater dependence on hunting, and on fishing along the coasts and waterways. The abundance of vegetation in the lower latitudes of the tropics, on the other hand, has provided a greater opportunity for gathering a variety of plants. In short, the environmental differences have restricted the diet and have limited possibilities for the development of subsistence societies.

          Contemporary hunter-gatherers may help US understand our prehistoric ancestors. We know from the observation of modem hunter-gatherers in both Africa and Alaska that a society based on hunting and gathering must be very mobile. While the entire community camps in a central location, a smaller party harvests the food within a reasonable distance from the camp. When the food in the area has become exhausted, the community moves on to exploit another site. We also notice seasonal migration patterns evolving for most hunter-gatherers, along with a strict division of labor between the sexes. These patterns of behavior may be similar to those practised by mankind during the Paleolithic Period.

According to the author, most contemporary and prehistoric hunter-gatherers share

A. some methods of production

B. some patterns of behavior

C. some restricted daily mles

D. only the way of duty division

Nguyen Hoang Hai
1 tháng 5 2017 lúc 16:25

Đáp án B.

Keywords: contemporary and prehistoric hunter- gatherers, share.

Clue: “We also notice seasonal migration patterns evolving for most hunter-gatherers, along with a strict division of labor between the sexes”: Chúng ta cũng nhận ra tập quán di cư theo mùa với hầu hết những người săn bắt hái lượm, cùng với sự phân chia nghiêm ngặt trong lao động giữa hai giới tính.

Như vậy, hầu hết những người săn bắt hái lượm đương đại và tiền sử cùng giống nhau ở tập quán của mình.

Đáp án đúng là B. some patterns of behavior.

Các đáp án còn lại không đúng:

A. some methods of production: một số phương pháp sản xuất.

C. some restricted daily rules: một số quy tắc hàng ngày bị giới hạn.

D. only the way of duty division: chỉ có cách phân chia nhiệm vụ.

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