* 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 43 to 50.
Cooperation is the common endeavor of two or more people to perform a task or reach a jointly cherished goal. Like competition and conflict, there are different forms of cooperation, based on group organization and attitudes.
In the first form, known as primary cooperation, group and individual fuse. The group contains nearly all of each individual’s life. The rewards of the group’s work are shared with each member. There is an interlocking identity of individual, group and task performed. Means and goals become one, for cooperation itself is valued.
While primary cooperation is most often characteristic of preliterature societies, secondary cooperation is characteristic of many modem societies. In secondary cooperation, individuals devote only part of their lives to the group. Cooperation itself is not a value. Most members of the group feel loyalty, but the welfare of the group is not the first consideration. Members perform tasks so that they can separately enjoy the fruits of their cooperation in the form of salary, prestige, or power. Business offices and professional athletic teams are examples of secondary cooperation.
In the third type, called tertiary cooperation or accommodation, latent conflict underlies the shared work. The attitudes of the cooperating parties are purely opportunistic: the organization is loose and fragile. Accommodation involves common means to achieve antagonistic goals: it breaks down when the common means cease to aid each party in reaching its goals. This is not, strictly speaking, cooperation at all, and hence the somewhat contradictory term antagonistic cooperation is sometimes used for this relationship.
Which of the following best describes the overall organization of the passage?
A. The author presents the points of view of three experts on the same topic
B. The author compares and contrasts two types of human relations
C. The author describes a concept by analyzing its three forms
D. The author provides a number of concrete examples and then draws a conclusion
ĐÁP ÁN C.
Giải thích: Đoạn đầu của bài đọc đưa ra định nghĩa của sự hợp tác, sau đó mỗi đoạn tiếp theo nói về một thể loại hợp tác khác nhau.
Phương án C. The author describes a concept by analyzing its three forms = Tác giả mô tả một khái niệm bằng cách phân tích ba hình thức của nó; là phương án chính xác nhất.
A. The author presents the points of view of three experts on the same topic = Các tác giả trình bày các quan điểm của ba chuyên gia về cùng một chủ đề.
B. The author compares and contrasts two types of human relations = Tác giả so sánh và đối chiếu hai loại quan hệ con người.
D. The author provides a number of concrete examples and then draws a conclusion = Tác giả cung cấp một số ví dụ cụ thể và sau đó rút ra một kết luận.