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

Men have played a significant role in American society as the main breadwinner, and protector of the family. But the traditional role of men has slowly been transferred to women. Society is changing with women going to college, and gaining jobs. It may even happen in several years’ time when women are given sole earning responsibility in American society as the main breadwinner of the family. That is due in part to women gained working privileges equal to men in the 1970’s.

Up until the 1970’s, men were the traditional family breadwinners, while women stayed at home, raised the kids, made dinner every night, cleaned the house, and ran all of the errands. Men went to work every day, making enough money to buy a nice home, buy a new car every so often.

Once women were afforded the opportunity to work in the same jobs men once held, men’s more traditional foothold in the workplace was loosened. Women were given bigger jobs with more responsibility, but women take jobs with major responsibly with less pay than men.

The role of men in American society is changing with more women going to college, and obtaining careers; men are playing more untraditional roles at home.

Women are still giving birth to the kids, but are going to work to earn money to pay the bills, while men are staying home raising the kids, running errands, cleaning, making dinner. Young children, boys as well as girls, are being raised with dad at home taking care of the kids.

Millions of families are also raising their young with mom and dad sharing all of the responsibilities. Today’s role of men in American society is more of a shared role, with a more undefined role.

The traditional role of men was ……………..

A.the foothold in the family

B. raising the children when they were at home

C. the supporter of women

D. the main breadwinner of the family

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 4 to 10.

During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, almost nothing was written about the contributions of women during the colonial period and the early history of the newly formed United States. Lacking the right to vote and absent from the seats of power, women were not considered an important force in history. Anne Bradstreet wrote some significant poetry in the seventeenth century, Mercy Otis Warren produced the best contemporary history of the American Revolution, and Abigail Adams penned important letters showing she exercised great political influence over her husband, John, the second President of the United States. But little or no notice was taken of these contributions. During these centuries, women remained invisible in history books.

Throughout the nineteenth century, this lack of visibility continued, despite the efforts of female authors writing about women. These writers, like most of their male counterparts, were amateur historians. Their writings were celebratory in nature, and they were uncritical in their selection and use of sources.

During the nineteenth century, however, certain feminists showed a keen sense of history by keeping records of activities in which women were engaged. National, regional, and local women's organizations compiled accounts of their doings. Personal correspondence, newspaper clippings, and souvenirs were saved and stored. These sources from the core of the two greatest collections of women's history in the United States one at the Elizabeth and Arthur Schlesinger Library at Radcliffe College, and the other the Sophia Smith Collection at Smith College. Such sources have provided valuable materials for later Generations of historians.

Despite the gathering of more information about ordinary women during the nineteenth Century, most of the writing about women conformed to the "great women" theory of History, just as much of mainstream American history concentrated on "great men." To demonstrate that women were making significant contributions to American life, female authors singled out women leaders and wrote biographies, or else important women produced their autobiographies. Most of these leaders were involved in public life as reformers, activists working for women's right to vote, or authors, and were not representative at all of the great of ordinary woman. The lives of ordinary people continued, generally, to be untold in the American histories being published.

In the last paragraph, the author mentions all of the following as possible roles of nineteenth- century "great women" EXCEPT ________.

A. reformers

B. politicians

C. activists for women's rights

D. authors

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 from 23 to 27.

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 duty. 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 (26)______ worked there were paid low wages, lived in crowded and small dormitories. (27)______they found themselves a place as active members of society.

Điền vào ô 24.

A. unfortunately

B. approximately

C. nearly

D. dramatically

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 from 23 to 27.

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 duty. 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 (26)______ worked there were paid low wages, lived in crowded and small dormitories. (27)______they found themselves a place as active members of society.

Điền vào ô 25.

A. change

B. result

C. success

D. opportunity

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 from 23 to 27.

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 duty. 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 (26)______ worked there were paid low wages, lived in crowded and small dormitories. (27)______they found themselves a place as active members of society.

Điền vào ô 26.

A. who

B. whom

C. whose

D. that

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 from 23 to 27.

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 duty. 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 (26)______ worked there were paid low wages, lived in crowded and small dormitories. (27)______they found
themselves a place as active members of society.

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Question 25

A. change

B. result

C. success

D. opportunity

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 from 23 to 27.

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 duty. 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 (26)______ worked there were paid low wages, lived in crowded and small dormitories. (27)______they found
themselves a place as active members of society.

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Question 23

A. fascinated

B. worried

C. dedicated

D. interested

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 from 23 to 27.

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 duty. 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 (26)______ worked there were paid low wages, lived in crowded and small dormitories. (27)______they found
themselves a place as active members of society.

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Question 24

A. unfortunately

B. approximately

C. nearly

D. dramatically

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 from 23 to 27.

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 duty. 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 (26)______ worked there were paid low wages, lived in crowded and small dormitories. (27)______they found
themselves a place as active members of society.

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Question 27

A. Because

B. Therefore

C. However

D. So