Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer
Câu hỏi :
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
The Third Gender of Southern Mexico
In the Istmo de Tehuantepec region in Mexico's southern state of Oaxaca, there are three genders: female, male and muxes. This third classification has been acknowledged and celebrated (13)_______ pre-Hispanic times, and it's hard to imagine life without muxes here.
I was at Vela de Las Intrepidas, the annual celebration of muxes that takes (14)_______ each November in Juchitán de Zaragoza, a small town on the Istmo de Tehuantepec. Observing the different muxes, I couldn't see much (15)_______ common between their styles. There were muxes who wore the same richly embroidered outfits. Others seemed to prefer Western-style dresses or drag queen apparel. And there were some wearing men's clothes, showing their status with just simple makeup and nail polish. "It's hard to describe who a muxe is. Basically, we can say that a muxe is any person (16)_______ was born a man but doesn't act masculine," Avendaño said.
The concept of muxe seem to exist only here, on the Istmo de Tehuantepec, where they are an important part of the community. Muxes have also been involved in the struggle for LGBT rights. Amaranta Gómez Regalado, a muxe from Juchitán, was a local candidate in the elections for the Mexican Congress. (17)_______ she didn't get enough votes, she became famously known as the first transsexual candidate of Mexico. She's still involved in politics, especially in campaigns against homophobia and for HIV/AIDS prevention.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
The Third Gender of Southern Mexico
In the Istmo de Tehuantepec region in Mexico's southern state of Oaxaca, there are three genders: female, male and muxes. This third classification has been acknowledged and celebrated (13)_______ pre-Hispanic times, and it's hard to imagine life without muxes here.
I was at Vela de Las Intrepidas, the annual celebration of muxes that takes (14)_______ each November in Juchitán de Zaragoza, a small town on the Istmo de Tehuantepec. Observing the different muxes, I couldn't see much (15)_______ common between their styles. There were muxes who wore the same richly embroidered outfits. Others seemed to prefer Western-style dresses or drag queen apparel. And there were some wearing men's clothes, showing their status with just simple makeup and nail polish. "It's hard to describe who a muxe is. Basically, we can say that a muxe is any person (16)_______ was born a man but doesn't act masculine," Avendaño said.
The concept of muxe seem to exist only here, on the Istmo de Tehuantepec, where they are an important part of the community. Muxes have also been involved in the struggle for LGBT rights. Amaranta Gómez Regalado, a muxe from Juchitán, was a local candidate in the elections for the Mexican Congress. (17)_______ she didn't get enough votes, she became famously known as the first transsexual candidate of Mexico. She's still involved in politics, especially in campaigns against homophobia and for HIV/AIDS prevention.
* Đáp án
* Hướng dẫn giải
Kiến thức: Thì hiện tại hoàn thành
Giải thích:
for + khoảng thời gian: khoảng (bao lâu) during + khoảng thời gian: trong suốt (quãng thời gian)
since + mốc thời gian: kể từ khi while + S + V: trong khi
Cấu trúc: S + has/have + P2 + since + mốc thời gian/for + khoảng thời gian
pre-Hispanic times: thời tiền Tây Ban nha => mốc thời gian
This third classification has been acknowledged and celebrated (13) since pre-Hispanic times, and it's hard to imagine life without muxes here.
Tạm dịch: Sự phân loại thứ ba này đã được thừa nhận và tôn vinh từ thời tiền Tây Ban Nha, và thật khó để tưởng tượng cuộc sống mà không có những người thuộc giới tính thứ ba ở đây.
Chọn đáp án là C
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