TEST YOURSELF 11

Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest.

1. establish
2. educate
3. regional
4. operate

Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest.

1. labor
2. country
3. promote
4. women

Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest.

1. minister
2. dependent
3. encourage
4. agreement

Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest.

1. represent
2. intensive
3. domestic
4. employment

Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest.

1. social
2. proportion
3. industry
4. easily

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

More and more women have become _______ and do research on many fields as men do.

1. science
2. scientific
3. scientifically
4. scientists

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

They are designing a new program to help businesswomen with an attempt to promote _______ growth.

1. employ
2. employer
3. employee
4. employment

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

It is __ that changes women's lives and the perception of women's roles.

1. educate
2. education
3. educational
4. educated

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

UNESCO was established to encourage _______ among nations in the areas of education, science, culture, and communication.

1. employment
2. collaboration
3. workforce
4. independence

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), was established in 1946.

1. set up
2. taken off
3. put away
4. run up

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

More and more women are now joining the paid labor force worldwide.

1. putting away from
2. keeping up with
3. taking part in
4. making room for

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

UNESCO hopes to encourage universal respect for justice, laws, human _______, and fundamental freedoms.

1. rights
2. projects
3. programs
4. protests

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

UNESCO has its _______ in Paris, France, and operates educational, scientific, and cultural programs and exchanges from 60 field offices worldwide.

1. shelters
2. houses
3. homes
4. headquarters

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

UNESCO has international cooperation agreements to secure the world's cultural and natural heritage and to _______ human rights.

1. collaborate
2. exchange
3. preserve
4. remain

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is a specialized _______ of the United Nations established on November 16, 1945.

1. office
2. agency
3. company
4. enterprise

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

Women's rights have given them an _______ to pursue high schooling and well-paid career.

1. agency
2. employment
3. access
4. economy

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

About 1.3 billion people live in absolute poverty on_______ income of less than one US dollar a day. 70% of these people are women.

1. a
2. an
3. the
4. Ø

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

____ the office staff learned about Jones's promotion, they threw her a party.

1. Before
2. When
3. By the time
4. Since

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

John has not phoned us _______ he left the city.

1. after
2. until
3. since
4. as

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

___ the office staff learned about Jones's promotion, they threw her a party.

1. Before
2. When
3. By the time
4. Since

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

As soon as Mary _______, she _______ to her hometown.

1. graduates / will return
2. will graduate / returns
3. will be graduating / has returned
4. graduated / had returned

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

David was crossing the street _______ a truck turned round at the corner and nearly hit him.

1. by the time
2. as far as
3. till
4. when

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

Stay here _______.

1. since I came back
2. until I come back
3. when I will come back
4. as soon as I was coming back

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

I _______ all the preparations before you _______ home tonight.

1. have made / will have come
2. am making / came
3. will make I will come
4. will have made / come

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

Arotmd100millionchildren have no access to primary education, and girls _______ up 60%.

1. make
2. put
3. take
4. go

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

Don't be so childish. It is time you _______ up.

1. did
2. went
3. grew
4. brought

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

Women bear more than half of all work done.

1. give up
2. put away
3. keep on
4. take up

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

The number of women living in poverty has risen by 50% since 1970, the number of men by 30%.

1. stayed on
2. gone up
3. kept away
4. cooled off

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

One study found that men's contribution _______ housework has doubled over the past four decades.

1. on
2. to
3. with
4. for

Error Identification.

Although men may know ( A) more about diapering (B) babies and vacuuming floors than his father did, but women (C)  are still doing most of housework and child rearing (D)