V. Read and choose

Who are the best drivers? Which drivers are the safest on the roads? According to a recent survey, young and inexperienced drivers are the most likely to have an accident. Older drivers are more careful. Young men have the worst accident records of all. They often choose faster cars with bigger engines. One of the most interesting facts in the survey is that passengers have an effect on the driver. When young male drivers have their friends in the car, their driving becomes worse. When their wife or girlfriend is in the car, however, their driving is better. But this is not true for women. Their driving is more dangerous when their husband or boyfriend is in the car. However, if their small children are riding in the car, they drive mor slowly and safely.

1. According to the survey, who are the most likely to have an accident?

A. Young and inexperienced drivers.

B.Old and inexperienced drivers.

C. Young and old female drivers.

D. Old and experienced men.

2. Young men are likely to choose ___________

A. expensive cars

B. fast cars with big engines

C. slow and safe cars

D. slow cars with small engines

3. Who have an effect on the driver?

A. Parents

B. Policeman

C. Families

D. Passengers

4. When young male drivers have their wife or girlfriend in the car, thay drive ___________.

A. worse

B. slowly

C. better

D. fast

5. The word 'they' in bold in the last sentence refers to _____________.

A. women

B. husbands

C. boyfriends

D. small children

V. Read and choose

Who are the best drivers? Which drivers are the safest on the roads? According to a recent survey, young and inexperienced drivers are the most likely to have an accident. Older drivers are more careful. Young men have the worst accident records of all. They often choose faster cars with bigger engines. One of the most interesting facts in the survey is that passengers have an effect on the driver. When young male drivers have their friends in the car, their driving becomes worse. When their wife or girlfriend is in the car, however, their driving is better. But this is not true for women. Their driving is more dangerous when their husband or boyfriend is in the car. However, if their small children are riding in the car, they drive mor slowly and safely.

0. Who have the worst accident records of all?

A. Young men

B. Young women

C. Old men

D. Inexperienced men

1. According to the survey, who are the most likely to have an accident?

A. Young and inexperienced drivers.

B.Old and inexperienced drivers.

C. Young and old drivers.

D. Old and experienced drivers.

2. Young men are likely to choose ___________

A. expensive cars

B. fast cars with big engines

C. slow cars with big engines

D. fast cars with small engines

3. Who have an effect on the driver?

A. Parents

B. Policeman

C. Families

D. Passengers

4. When young male drivers have their wife or girlfriend in the car, thay drive ___________.

A. worse

B. more carefullyr

C. better

D. faster

5. If a child of a woman is in the car, how is the woman sdriving?

A. it's better

B. it's worse

C. it stays the same

D. it's nicer

6. The word 'they' in bold in the last sentence refers to _____________.

A. women

B. husbands

C. boyfriends

D. small children

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II. Choose the best answer for each of the following sentences.

3. Women often become passive and dependent ​their husbands. A. in​B. for​C. on​D. with

4. We ​protect women from domestic violence. A. shouldn't​B. must​C. mustn't​D. ought

5. About 500 girls ​in our school this year. A. forced​B. enrolled​C. eliminated​D. discriminated

6. There are a lot of tickets left, so you ​pay for the tickets in advance. A. mustn't​B. won't​C. should​D. needn't

7. It is ​building in Chicago. A. taller​B. the more tall​C. the tallest​D. taller and taller

8. The bad weather couldn't prevent us ​winning this competition. A. of​B. from​C. with​D. to

9. She decided to ​a career in politics despite the gender discrimination. A. sue​B. pursue​C. play​D. become

10. Most people think that children ​to play violent games. A. should be made B. can be allowed C. may be asked​ D. shouldn't be allowed

Women in Britain are better off today than they used to be. At the beginning of the 19th century, women seem to have almost no rights at all. They could not vote, or even sign a contract. Their marriages were arranged by their parents. They were once kept at home and if they were allowed to work, they were never given responsible jobs. It is strange to think that, as far as we know, most women were happy with that situation.

Today the position is quite different. Women now can vote and choose their own husbands. In 1970, a law was passed to give them an equal share of property in the case of divorce, and in the same year the Equal Pay Act gave them the right to get equal payment with men for work of equal value.

Despite these changes, there is no doubt that there are still great differences in status between men and women. Many employers seem to ignore the Equal Pay Act. It is also more difficult for a woman to get promotion than a man does.

There is sex distinction in England although it has not been so serious as it was. More and more women go out to work, earn more money, get high positions in the society, and live independently. However, there are two great problems to solve. The first problem is men’s attitude. They always think that women are lower in rank and are the weaker sex. We do not know exactly how long it will take them to change their mind. And the other problem which is much more difficult is women’s attitude. They should be ready to struggle to change their fate.

1. What is men’s attitude?

A. They consider women to be equal to them.

B. They always look up women.

C. They consider women the stronger sex.

D. They consider women the weaker sex.

2. What should women do to eliminate sex distinction?

A. They should suffer with pleasure.

B. They should struggle to change their fate.

C. They should earn more money.

D. All are correct

3. At the beginning of the 19th century, ________.

A. British women were better off than today.

B. Women seemed to have almost no rights at all.

C. British women had the right to vote.

D. British women had the right to choose their husbands.

4. The Equal Pay Act was passed in ________.

A. 1960

B. 1962

C. 1970

D. 1971

5. Which of these following sentences is NOT TRUE?

A. All the employers in Britain obey the Equal Pay Act.

B. In 1970, a law was passed to give British women the right to share property equally in the case of divorce.

C. The Equal Pay Act gave British women the right to get equal payment with men for work of equal value.

D. Women cannot get promotion as equal as men.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.

1.Women do not yet have equal rights in the family in this area.

A. variable B. similar C different D. the same

2. Traditional women are often passive and dependent on their husband.

A. reliant B. equality C. fairness D. similarity

Choose the word which has a different stress pattern from the others.

3. A. table B. sunny C. balloom D. shower

4.A. hunger B. pursue C. parent D. courage

Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences.

5. Women and men must have equal _______ to shape society and their own lives.

A. direction B. ways C. behaviours D. rights

6. Most of male friends avoid eating eggs before _______ exam as they believe this can bring them mark zero like ________ egg’s shape.

A. the – an B. an – the C. an – an D. the – the

7. When I set ________ for an examination, I always try to avoid crossing the path of a woman.

A. out B. up C. of D. Ø

8. This kind of food must _________ in cool and dry place.

A. store B. to store C. be stored D. have stored

9. Table ________ are always paid attention to by the British..

A. meaning B. meals C. decorate D. manners

10.Cultural diversity makes the United States a__________interesting place in which to live for all of its inhabitants.

A. better B. very more C. so more D. much more

11.Chung Cake (square sticky rice cake), pho (rice noodles), Nem (spring rolls) are the _______food in Vietnam.

A.Tradition B. traditional C. traditionally D. traditionalism

12. This is __________ film I’ve ever seen.

A. more interesting B. most interesting

C. the most interesting D. not interesting

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges.

13. Nam:“What’s your hobby, Hoa?" - “_________”

A. Well, I like collecting stamps B. Oh, with computers

C. Well, I want stamps D. Oh, on the phone

14. Jane: “Wow! You look great with your new hair. ”

– Jack: _________.

A. You’re welcome C. Congratulation!

B. It’s a pleasure D. Thanks. It’s nice of you to say so

15. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.

There is an increase in the number of Vietnamese woman taking the roles of leaders in their organisations.

A. decrease B. rise C. growth D. spread

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions

16. A. discrimination B. eliminate C. primary D. information

17.A. project B. information C. opportunity D. suppose

Read the passage and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D for each question

It has been thought that women are the second class in citizen, and men are the first. There is not a real equality of opportunity for men and women. Years ago, people were living in a man-dominated society. Women had to obey their husbands and fathers absolutely. Women's place was in the kitchen and women's work was housework. In many places, women were not even' allowed to go to school. Women had no rights, even the right to choose husband for themselves. Men usually occupied high positions in society so they thought they were more intelligent than women. Men often considered women as their property. Sometimes, they were mistreated by their husbands and suffered the problem as a fate. Many parents did not even want to daughters.

Despite the progress, there remain outdated beliefs about women's roles, traditionally passed down from generation to generation. Men are commonly seen as the strong bodies, bread-winners in the family and key leaders in society, while women are restricted to being housewives and child bearing and care, and housework such as washing and cooking.

According to social surveys, many women in the 21st century still have to work over 12 hours a day including working in offices and doing countless household chores without any help from their husbands. In some regions, the labor of women is not recognized despite the hardships they endure to support the whole family. Moreover, women are the direct victims of family violence, especially in rural areas.

Thanks to the women's liberation movement, nowadays women have proved that they are equal to men in every aspect. An average woman has weaker muscles than an average man but she may be as intelligent as he is. Women can do everything that men can, and women can do one thing that no man can: they produce children.

18. Which is not women's role in the former days?

A. Working in authority B. Doing housework

C. Doing cooking D.Bearing and rearing children

19. Years ago, women are not allowed ________.

A. to work in the kitchen B. to go to school

C. to do housework D. to stay at home with their parents

20. What did women have to suffer?

A. Good schooling B. Choosing a husband themselves

C. Enjoy their housework D. Illiteracy

21. The outdated 'beliefs about women's roles ________.

A.have been eradicated completely

B. disappeared soon after the women's liberation movement

C. still exist at present .

D. was forced to change after the women's liberation movement

22. According to the text, women in the 21^st century ________.

A. do not have to do housework any more

B. are still the victims of family violence in some rural areas

C. get help from their husbands with all housework

D spend less than 12 hours working outside the home and doing housework

Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage.

Years ago, in their private family role, women quite often dominate the male members of the household. Women were quite (23) _____ to their families. However, the public role of women has changed (24) _____ since the beginning of World War II.

During the war, men were away from home to the battle. As a (25) ____, women were in complete control of the home. They found themselves doing double and sometimes triple (26) _____. They began to take over the work of their absent husbands and to work outside. They accounted for 73% of the industrial labor force. Women were forced by economic realities to work in the factories. The women who worked there were (27) _____ low wages, lived in crowded and small dormitories. However, they found themselves a place as active members of society. Women, although they were ruthlessly exploited, became the key to the country's success.

23.A. fascinated B. worried C. dedicated D. interested

24.A. unfortunately B. approximately C. nearly D. dramatically

25.A. change B. result C. success D.opportunity

26.A. duty B. job C requirement D. career

27.A. made B. paid C. created D. delivered

Rewrite each sentences, beginning as shown, so that the meaning stays the same.

28.They might choose her to be the next CEO of this company thanks to her successful sales.

=> She _________________________________________________________________.

29. Our government need make more progress in gender discrimination.

=>More progress ________________________________________________________.

30. Tom is the best football player in his team.

=> No one in the team ____________________________________________________.

31. Mai isn’t as good at English as Hoa

=> Hoa is ________________________________________________________________.

Ex1

1 Who is responsible for all this damage ? BLAME

=>

Ex2

1 _________ all his valuable support ,the project wouldn't have succeeded

A.But for B Apart from C In spite of

2 wWhen they could put _______ the noise no longer , they banned on their neighbour 's door

A back B in for C off D up with

3 Although they are close friends , they are worlds _________ in Maths

A seperate B away C apart D DIFFERENT

Read the following passage on transport, and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 1 to 8.

The work of women has been economically vital since prehistory, although their contributions have varied according to the structure, needs, customs, and attitudes of society.

In prehistoric times, women and men participated almost equally in hunting and gathering activities to obtain food. With the development of agricultural communities, women’s work revolved more around the home. As urban centres developed, women sold or traded goods in the marketplace.

From ancient to modern times, four generalizations can be made about women's paid work. Women have worked because of economic necessity; poor women in particular worked outside the home whether they were unmarried or married, and especially if their husbands were unable to sustain the family solely through their own work. Women’s indentured work has often been similar to their work at home. Women have maintained the primary responsibility for raising children, regardless of their paid work. Women have historically been paid less than men and have been allocated lower-status work

Some major changes are now occurring in industrial nations, including the steadily increasing proportion of women in the labor force; decreasing family responsibilities (due to both smaller family size and technological innovation in the home); higher levels of education for women; and more middle and upper-income women working for pay or for job satisfaction. Statistically, they have not yet achieved parity of pay or senior appointments in the workplace in any nation.

Artisans working in their own homes not infrequently used the labor of their families. This custom was so prevalent during the Middle Ages, craft guilds of the period, including some that otherwise excluded women, often admitted to membership the widows of guild members, providing they met professional requirements. Dressmaking and lacemaking guilds were composed exclusively of women.

Gradually, the guilds were replaced by the putting-out system, whereby tools and materials were distributed to workers by merchants; the workers then produced articles on a piecework basis in their homes. During the 18th and early 19th centuries, as the Industrial Revolution developed, the putting-out system slowly declined. Goods that had been produced by hand in the home were manufactured by machine under the factory system. Women competed more with men for some jobs, but were concentrated primarily in textile mills and clothing factories. Manufacturers often favored women employees because of relevant skills and lower wages, and also because early trade union organization tended to occur first among men. Employees in sweatshops were also preponderantly women. The result was to institutionalize systems of low pay, poor working conditions, long hours, and other abuses, which along with child labor presented some of the worst examples of worker exploitation in early industrial capitalism. Minimum wage legislation and other protective laws, when introduced, concentrated particularly on the alleviation of these abuses of working women.

Women workers in business and the professions, the so-called white-collar occupations, suffered less from poor conditions of work and exploitative labor, but were denied equality of pay and opportunity. The growing use of the typewriter and the telephone after the 1870s created two new employment niches for women, as typists and telephonists, but in both fields the result was again to institutionalize a permanent category of low-paid, low-status women’s work.

What women have done for the economic development have changed over time due to _____.

A. their role in the home

B. their marital status and their husbands

C. the different factors of the society

D. the Industrial Revolution

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 55 to 64.

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 labor, 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 labor 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.

In cases where men perform most of the housework, results were similar. The men also became depressed by the imbalance of labor. The research showed that the least distressed people are those who have equal share, implying that men could perform significantly more chores and even benefit from this. The  research concludes “Everybody benefits from sharing the housework. Even for women keeping house, a share division of labor is important. If you decide to stay at home to raise the children, you don’t want to become the servant of the house”.

Working women _____.

A. want their partners to do an  equal share                  

B. are anxious and depressed

C. do 80% of  the household                                

D. would prefer not to have a job