TEST YOURSELF 12

Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.

1. movement
2. Iose
3. who
4. women

Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.

1. social
2. educate
3. country
4. electronic

Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.

1. technical
2. change
3. much
4. exchange

Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.

1. labour
2. famous
3. honour
4. our

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.

Thanks to labor-saving devices, women have more time to take part in _______ activities.

1. society
2. social
3. socially
4. socialize

Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.

1. prime
2. service
3. society
4. childbearing

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.

American women live more _______ than women in Asian countries.

1. dependent
2. independence
3. independent
4. independently

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.

Getting good education and making money themselves have given women more _______.

1. free
2. freely
3. freed
4. freedom

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 in ______ employment earn around 75% of that earned by men.

1. doubted
2. reserved
3. paid
4. economic

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.

In several regions of the world, the _______ of men is 5%higher than that of women.

1. amount
2. number
3. account
4. status

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.

In our area, women make up 60% of the unskilled _______.

1. workforce
2. access
3. status
4. number

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.

industries or methods of making things involve a lot of workers.

1. Service
2. Joining
3. Social
4. Labor-intensive

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.

Paid employment has undoubtedly brought economic and social gains to many women.

1. easily
2. freely
3. independently
4. certainly

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.

Many women have been _______ for their works and research.

1. illegal
2. agreed
3. dependent
4. famous

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.

Many decades ago, medicine was _______ for men only. Women were not allowed to pursue a career in medicine.

1. exchanged
2. established
3. reserved
4. encouraged

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 __ of women in the profession staff of our university has risen to 17.3%.

1. proportion
2. most
3. sum
4. total

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 can use _______ effective birth-control method to delay having children.

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.

Since the middle of the 20th century, women have had more opportunities to get high _______ education.

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.

I had drunk a cup of coffee _______ I went to work.

1. before
2. until
3. since
4. as soon 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.

Mary is going to look for a job _______ she finishes high school.

1. once
2. since
3. till
4. whenever

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 say anything _______ you are aske

1. after
2. no sooner
3. until
4. as long 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.

Peter _______ for thirty minutes before Mary arrive

1. would be waiting
2. has been waiting
3. had been waiting
4. was waiting

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.

_______ in London, we will have sat on the bus for 10 hours.

1. When we will arrive
2. As we are going to arrive
3. By the time we arrive
4. By the time we will arrive

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.

_______ on the stairs than the phone rang.

1. Had no sooner I stepped
2. Had I stepped no sooner
3. No sooner I had stepped
4. No sooner had I stepped

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.

My grandfather is quite deaf so you will have to _______ up when you are telling him something.

1. catch
2. keep
3. take
4. speak

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 so hot. Let's go swimming to _______ off.

1. cool
2. make
3. give
4. stay

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 wait _______ for me. I may be home -very late tonight.

1. of
2. on
3. at
4. 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.

Mary had a serious fever, missed school and fell _______.

1. up
2. off
3. behind
4. after

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.

When I was crossing the street, I caught sight of an old friend of mine in a restaurant.

1. saw
2. waved
3. hit
4. watched

Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences.

_______, according to the 1996 census.

1. As many as Canadian women who did most of the housework and childcare
2. Because there were Canadian women doing most of the housework and childcare
3. Canadian women were doing most of the housework and childcare
4. They were Canadian women doing most of the housework and childcare