Sentences building

1. do housework / considered/ a woman/ duty

2. the father/ thể breadwinner/ responsible/ thể family finances.

3. Women/ husbands/ not contribute/ household chores/ more vulnerable/ illness/ tend/ think more/ divorce.

4. What/ people/ your family/ do/ in the evening?

5. Acupuncture/ oldest/ medical treatments/world.

6. Stimulating these points/ believed/ promote/ body/ natural healing capabilities/ enhance/ functions.

7. dinner/ prepare/ in/ kitchen/ her mother/ moment.

8. you / go/ repair/ those shoes?

9. Maradona/ thought/ best football player/ 20^th century.

10. It/ decied/ that we/ go/ seaside/ tomorrow

I.Choose the best answers to complete the sentences :

1. Women whose husband do not contribute to household chores are more vulnerable to illness.

A. happy                     

B.easy to be hurt        

C. hard                        

D. friendly

2. Tom: “Which of the chores do you dislike doing the most ?” ® Jerry: “                             “.

A. I like cooking and sweeping the floor              

B. I do the laundry, cook and wash the dishes

C. Well, my favorite activity is doing the washing-up

D. Washing the dishes, because I often break things when I do the washing-up

3. As a housewife, she stays at home and   ________    her children. She takes care of them, feeds them and  protects the to develop.

A. nurtures                  

B.nurture                    

C. nature                     

D. natures

4. It is unfair to state that a woman’s job is to look             everyone in the family and takes care               the house

A. in-on                      

B.after-in                    

C. of-of                       

D. after-of

5. “The lecturer splits the students into 4 groups” has closest meaning to                    .

A. The lecturer divides the students into 4 groups  

B. The lecturer divided the students into 4 groups

C. The lecturer goes into 4 groups of students        

D. The lecturer went into 4 groups of students

6. “ They equally share the parenting” has the closest meaning to                    .

A. They are all unemployed                  

B. They take care of each other

C. They come back home at the same time     

D. They share the housework and childcare evenly

7.                    is the state where things are of equal weight or force.

A. Balance                  

B.Changing                

C. Moving                  

D. Importance

8.David’s part-time job requires a lot of                     . Therefore, he usually carries the boxes weighing up  to 50 kilos and he needs effort and energy to move them.

A. light lifting            

B.easy carrying          

C. heavy lifting          

D. simple chores

9. According to a survey, a lot of young people prefer to live in         families which consist of parents and children.

A. nuclear                   

B.extended                 

C. three generations   

D. four generations

10. The                  family, which consists of three or even four generations, is only popular in some regions today.

A. nuclear                   

B.extended                 

C. intended                 

D. small

11. I can’t answer the phone now. I                   dinner.

A. cook                       

B.cooking                   

C. am cooking            

D. cooks

12. Excuse me,                    you                   your newspaper? Could I borrow it ?

A. are-read                  

B.are reading              

C. do-reading             

D. do-read

13. My Mum usually                   the washing-up

A. do                           

B.doing                       

C. is doing                  

D. does

14. I am afraid he can’t go out with you now. He                    his car.

A. repair                      

B.repairs                     

C. repairing                 

D. is repairing

15. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.

A. cereal                      

B.critial                       

C. create                      

D. crack

16. We                    how to use energy more effectively now than in the past.

A. knows                    

B.are knowing            

C. knowing                 

D. know

17. Choose the answer which needs correcting

As the air is rising, it becomes cooler and the water vapor inside it changes into droplets of water

18. Choose the answer which needs correcting

From the graphs, we can see that the number of employees employed by this firm increases each year.

19. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.

A. cook                       

B.December                

C. decide                     

D. cereal

20. Choose the answer which needs correcting: 

I wear casual clothes because we are having a party at lunchtime

III. Choose the best options to fill in the blanks.

1. My mother is ____ for taking care of the home and the family.

A. responsible

B. takes the responsibility

C. take the duty

D. Both B & C are correct.

2. Women usually manage ____ better than men do.

A. household finances

B. household machines

C. housewives

D. houseplants

3. My parents ____. My mother usually does more housework than my father.

A. divide chores equally

B. split chores unequally

C. don't share housework equally

D. Both B & C are correct.

4. Equal share of household duties helps increase ____.

A. job satisfaction

B. couple satisfaction

C. wedding satisfaction

D. marital satisfaction

5. It's not easy to gain ____ between husbands and wives, even in developed countries.

A. equal chore

B. chore equally

C. chore equal

D. chore equity

6. He decided that he wanted to be a ____ while his wife worked full-time.

A. homemaker

B. house husband

C. housewife

D. Both A & B are correct

7. Negotiation and conflict ____ skills are very important to every woman in modern life.

A. resolution

B. revolution

C. renovation

D. communication

8. My sunflower seeds must be ____ twice a day so that they will sprout in a few days.

A. watered

B. dried

C. picked

D. spread

1. My mother is ____ for taking care of the home and the family.

A. responsible B. takes the responsibility C. take the duty D. are correct.

2. Women usually manage ____ better than men do.

A. household finances B. household machines C. housewives houseplants

3. My parents ____. My mother usually does more housework than my father.

D. Both B & D.

A. divide chores equally

C. don't share housework equally

4. Equal share of household duties helps increase ____.

A. job satisfaction B. couple satisfaction marital satisfaction

B. split chores unequally

D. Both B & C are correct.

C. wedding satisfaction .

5. It's not easy to gain ____ between husbands and wives, even in developed countries.

A. equal chore B. chore equally C. chore equal D. chore equity

6. He decided that he wanted to be a ____ while his wife worked full-time.

A. homemaker B. house husband C. housewife D. Both A & B are correct

7. Negotiation and conflict ____ skills are very important to every woman in modern life.

A. resolution B. revolution C. renovation D. communication

8. My sunflower seeds must be ____ twice a day so that they will sprout in a few days.

A. watered B. dried C. picked D. spread

9. “Don’t touch the subjects on display, Nam.” - “____”

A. Ok, let me touch. B. That’s right. C. Sorry, I don’t know. D. I agree with you, it’s a rule.

10. "Why do you like pop music?” - “____”

A. Pop music originated in the Western world.

B. Because it is soft and beautiful.

C. Westlife is a pop band.

D. Since the 1950s, pop has had some new elements.

Exercise 2: Complete the following sentences by using words/ phrases in the box in the correct form

1.After every meal, I usually help my mom ________

2.Because I am the eldest girl, so I am responsible for ________. My younger sister and brother help me collect and put dirty clothes away.

3.Don’t just focus on your studying all the time, spend more time sharing the _____ with your parents such as cooking rice, sweeping the floor or anything you can do.

4.I personally think that the chores should be ______equally for each member in the family. This helps individuals to know how hard the chores are.

5.My father always takes a responsibility for ______ and mending broken things in my house.

6.In some families, wives become _______ when their husbands are unemployed.

7.Both mothers and fathers in a family have to well cooperate together in _______ their children.

8.My younger brother, Brian, helps to ________ the rubbish every day.

9.Men usually take responsibilities for ____. He has to earn enough money to support their families’ expenses.

10.Women usually ________ all of household chores from cooking meals to washing clothes for men.

Gap-filling: Choose the suitable from the box to complete the sentences.

breadwinner Groceries washing-up sociable laundry

ennormous for homemaker shares chores

1.A....................is a person who managers a home and the often raise children instead of earning money from a job

2.A....................is member of a family who earns the money that the family needs

3.In a food store, shop or supermarket , you can buy a lot of ....................such as food and clothes

4.There are a lot of dirty clothes anf sheets in Tom's room, so it's time for him to do this

5.Traditionally, girls have to do....................which consists of cleaning plates, pans , glasses, forks, ect after a meal

6.When I've done my....................which involve clean the floor and washing the curtain, I will go out with my friends

7.In my family, everyone....................the household duties. My mom cooks, my dad cleans, my sister does all the laundry anf I do the washing up

8.In many cultures, a father is the breadwinner, who is responsible....................the family finances

9.A variety of people do not realize the....................benefits of joining hands to do housework in a family

10.At school, Jack is very....................with his teachers and friens . He likes to meet and spend times with

Gap-filling: Choose the suitable from the box to complete the sentences.

breadwinner Groceries washing-up sociable laundry

ennormous for homemaker shares chores

1.A....................is a person who managers a home and the often raise children instead of earning money from a job

2.A....................is member of a family who earns the money that the family needs

3.In a food store, shop or supermarket , you can buy a lot of ....................such as food and clothes

4.There are a lot of dirty clothes anf sheets in Tom's room, so it's time for him to do this

5.Traditionally, girls have to do....................which consists of cleaning plates, pans , glasses, forks, ect after a meal

6.When I've done my....................which involve clean the floor and washing the curtain, I will go out with my friends

7.In my family, everyone....................the household duties. My mom cooks, my dad cleans, my sister does all the laundry anf I do the washing up

8.In many cultures, a father is the breadwinner, who is responsible....................the family finances

9.A variety of people do not realize the....................benefits of joining hands to do housework in a family

10.At school, Jack is very....................with his teachers and friens . He likes to meet and spend times with them.

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.

  A recent study shows that an unequal share of household chores is still the norm in many households, despite the fact that many more women now have jobs. In a survey of 1,256 people ages between 18 and 65, men said they contributed an average of 37% of the total housework, while the women estimated their share to be nearly double that, at 70%. This ratio was not affected by whether the woman was working or not.

  When they were asked what they thought was a fair division of labour, women with jobs felt that housework should be shared equally between male and female partners. Women who did not work outside the home were satisfied to perform 80% - the majority of the household work - if their husbands did remainder. Research has shown that, if levels increase beyond these percentages, women become unhappy and anxious, and feel they are unimportant.

  After marriage, a woman is reported to increase her household workload by 14 hours per week, but for men the amount is just 90 minutes. So the division of labour becomes unbalanced, as a man's share increases much less than the woman's. It is the inequality and loss of respect, not the actual number of hours, which leads to anxiety and depression. The research describes housework as thankless and unfulfilling. Activities included in the study were cooking, cleaning, shopping, doing laundry, washing up and childcare. Women who have jobs report that they feel overworked by these chores in addition to their professional duties. In contrast, full-time homemakers frequently anticipate going back to work when the children grow up. Distress for this group is caused by losing the teamwork in the marriage.

Although women think men should share the housework, those who don't have paid job agree to share _________ of the chores.

A. 14 percent

B. 37 percent

C. 80 percent

D. 70 percent

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.

A recent study shows that an unequal share of household chores is still the norm in many households, despite the fact that many more women now have jobs. In a survey of 1,256 people ages between 18 and 65, men said they contributed an average of 37% of the total housework, while the women estimated their share to be nearly double that, at 70%. This ratio was not affected by whether the woman was working or not.

When they were asked what they thought was a fair division of labour, women with jobs felt that housework should be shared equally between male and female partners. Women who did not work outside the home were satisfied to perform 80% - the majority of the household work - if their husbands did remainder. Research has shown that, if levels increase beyond these percentages, women become unhappy and anxious, and feel they are unimportant.

After marriage, a woman is reported to increase her household workload by 14 hours per week, but for men the amount is just 90 minutes. So the division of labour becomes unbalanced, as a man's share increases much less than the woman's. It is the inequality and loss of respect, not the actual number of hours, which leads to anxiety and depression. The research describes housework as thankless and unfulfilling. Activities included in the study were cooking, cleaning, shopping, doing laundry, washing up and childcare. Women who have jobs report that they feel overworked by these chores in addition to their professional duties. In contrast, full-time homemakers frequently anticipate going back to work when the children grow up. Distress for this group is caused by losing the teamwork in the marriage.

Although women think men should share the housework, those who don't have paid job agree to share ____ of the chores

A. 14 percent 

B. 37 percent 

C. 80 percent 

D. 70 percent