“ Women hold up half the sky”. This is an Chinese saying. However, research shows that perhaps women do more than the share of “holing up the sky”.
Fifty percent of the world’s population is women, but in nearly two-thirds of all working hours, the work is done by women. They do most of the domestic work, for example, cooking and washing clothes.
Millions also work outside the home. Women hold forty percent of the world’s jobs. For this work, they earn only 40 to 60 percent as much as men, and of course they earn nothing for their domestic work.
In developing countries, where three-fourths of the world’s population lives, women produce more than half of the food. In Africa, 80 percent of all agricultural work is done by women.
In parts of Africa, this is a typical day for a village woman. At 4.45 a.m she gets up,washes and eats. It takes her half an hour to walk to the fields, and she works there until 3.00 p.m. She collects firewood until 4.00 pm then comes back home. She spends the next hour and a half preparing food to cook. After dinner, she spends an hour washing the dishes. She goes to bed at 9.30 pm.
1. What is the main topic of the passage?
A. The role of women B. The work of women
C. Women work in the field D. Women work outside the home
2. In Africa, women do _________ of all agricultural work.
A. four - fifths B. Three - fourths
C. two - thirds D. one - fifths
3. What is not mentioned as the work of a village woman in Africa?.
A. bringing water home
B. preparing food for children going to school
C. collecting firewood
D. working in the fields
4. What is “domestic work”?.
A. housework B. Firework C. gardening D. homework. 5.The average woman earns __________ the average man.
A. less than B. more than C. the most D. the same as
1. What is the main topic of the passage?
A. The role of women B. The work of women
C. Women work in the field D. Women work outside the home
2. In Africa, women do _________ of all agricultural work.
A. four - fifths B. Three - fourths
C. two - thirds D. one - fifths
3. What is not mentioned as the work of a village woman in Africa?.
A. bringing water home
B. preparing food for children going to school
C. collecting firewood
D. working in the fields
4. What is “domestic work”?.
A. housework B. Firework C. gardening D. homework.
5.The average woman earns __________ the average man.
A. less than B. more than C. the most D. the same as
“ Women hold up half the sky”. This is an Chinese saying. However, research shows that perhaps women do more than the share of “holing up the sky”.
Fifty percent of the world’s population is women, but in nearly two-thirds of all working hours, the work is done by women. They do most of the domestic work, for example, cooking and washing clothes.
Millions also work outside the home. Women hold forty percent of the world’s jobs. For this work, they earn only 40 to 60 percent as much as men, and of course they earn nothing for their domestic work.
In developing countries, where three-fourths of the world’s population lives, women produce more than half of the food. In Africa, 80 percent of all agricultural work is done by women.
In parts of Africa, this is a typical day for a village woman. At 4.45 a.m she gets up,washes and eats. It takes her half an hour to walk to the fields, and she works there until 3.00 p.m. She collects firewood until 4.00 pm then comes back home. She spends the next hour and a half preparing food to cook. After dinner, she spends an hour washing the dishes. She goes to bed at 9.30 pm.
1. What is the main topic of the passage?
A. The role of women B. The work of women
C. Women work in the field D. Women work outside the home
2. In Africa, women do _________ of all agricultural work.
A. four - fifths B. Three - fourths
C. two - thirds D. one - fifths
3. What is not mentioned as the work of a village woman in Africa?.
A. bringing water home
B. preparing food for children going to school
C. collecting firewood
D. working in the fields
4. What is “domestic work”?.
A. housework B. Firework C. gardening D. homework. 5.The average woman earns __________ the average man.
A. less than B. more than C. the most D. the same as
