de thi thu av 2010 - test 2

According to a 2005 report from Statistics Canada, men spent 2.5 A B hours a day on unpaid work around the house, as soon as women C D averaged 4.3 hours.. 24.6 per cent of women did

TEST 11- test yourself F Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest.

3 a represent b intensive c domestic d employment

4 a minister b dependent c encourage d agreement

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.

6 More and more women have become _ and do research on many fields as men do

a science b scientific c scientifically d scientists

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

a educate b education c educational d educated

8 They are designing a new program to help businesswomen with an attempt to promote _ growth

a employ b employer c employee d employment

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

a employment b collaboration c workforce d independence

10 The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), was established

in 1946

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

a putting away from b keeping up with

c taking part in d making room for

12 UNESCO hopes to encourage universal respect for justice, laws, human _, and fundamental freedoms

13 UNESCO has its _ in Paris, France, and operates educational, scientific, and cultural

programs and exchanges from 60 field offices worldwide

a shelters b houses c homes d headquarters

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

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

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

17 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

18 Women's rights became _ important issue in the English speaking world

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

20 John has not phoned us _ he left the city

21 David was crossing the street _ a truck turned round at the corner and nearly hit him

22 As soon as Mary _, she _ to her hometown

a graduates / will return b will graduate / returns

c will be graduating / has returned d graduated / had returned

23 Stay here _

a since I came back b until I come back

c when I will come back d as soon as I was coming back

24 I _ all the preparations before you _ home tonight

a have made / will have come b am making / came

c will make I will come d will have made / come

25 Don't be so childish It is time you _ up

26 Arotmd100millionchildren have no access to primary education, and girls _ up 60%

27 Women bear more than half of all work done

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

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

30 Men have tripled the time they spend caring _ their children at the present time

Error Identification.

31 Although men may know more about diapering babies and vacuuming

A B

floors than his father did, but women are still doing most of housework

C

and child rearing

D

32 When men and women are asked who is spending long hours cleaning

A B

and tidy up, women are still far ahead of men.

C D

33 In 2006, 87.9 per cent of men said they shared housework from their

A B C

wives, up from 84.4 per cent in 1996.

D

34 The proportion of women spend 30 hours a week or more on unpaid

A B C

housework fell to 19.8 per cent in 2006 from 24.6 per cent in 1996.

D

35 According to a 2005 report from Statistics Canada, men spent 2.5

A B

hours a day on unpaid work around the house, as soon as women

C D

averaged 4.3 hours

TEST1 2 Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.

5 a prime b service c society d 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.

6 Thanks to labor-saving devices, women have more time to take part in _ activities

7 American women live more _ than women in Asian countries

a dependent b independence c independent d independently

8 Getting good education and making money themselves have given women more _

9 Women in _ employment earn around 75% of that earned by men

10 In several regions of the world, the _ of men is 5%higher than that of women

11 _ industries or methods of making things involve a lot of workers

a Service b Joining c Social d Labor-intensive

12 In our area, women make up 60% of the unskilled _

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

14 Many women have been _ for their works and research

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

a exchanged b established c reserved d encouraged

16 The of women in the profession staff of our university has risen to 17.3%

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

18 Women can use _ effective birth-control method to delay having children

19 I had drunk a cup of coffee _ I went to work

20 Mary is going to look for a job _ she finishes high school

21 Don't say anything _ you are asked

22 _ in London, we will have sat on the bus for 10 hours

a When we will arrive b As we are going to arrive

c By the time we arrive d By the time we will arrive

23 Peter _ for thirty minutes before Mary arrived

a would be waiting b has been waiting

24 _ on the stairs than the phone rang

a Had no sooner I stepped b Had I stepped no sooner

c No sooner I had stepped d No sooner had I stepped

25 It is so hot Let's go swimming to _ off

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

27 Don't wait _ for me I may be home -very late tonight

28 Mary had a serious fever, missed school and fell _

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

30 She decided to give up her job to stay at home and take care of her little son

Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences.

31 _, according to the 1996 census

a As many as Canadian women who did most of the housework and childcare

b Because there were Canadian women doing most of the housework and childcare

c Canadian women were doing most of the housework and childcare

d They were Canadian women doing most of the housework and childcare

32 Even women working full-time outside the home

a where they were doing most of the housework

b when they were doing most of the housework

c they were doing most of the housework

d were doing most of the housework

33 The survey said that _ Only eight per cent of men reported 30 hours of duty

a 24.6 per cent of women did at least 30 hours of housework every week

b with 24.6 per cent of women who did at least 30 hours of housework every week

c there was 24.6 per cent of women did at least 30 hours of housework every week

d every week there was 24.6 per cent of women did at least 30 hours of housework

34 Among women who worked full time, _ Among men who worked full time, the number was

23 per cent

a 51 per cent said they spent 15 hours or more doing household chores every week

b up to 51 per cent said they spent 15 hours or more when they did household chores every week

c every week the women of 51 per cent said they spent 15 hours and more

for doing household chores

d 51 per cent of women spent more than 15 hours when doing household chores every week

35 According to the survey, women _ often suffered from stress and melancholy

a they chose to remain at home and took care of their children

b who chose to remain at home to take care of their children

c chose to remain at home for taking care of their children

d when choosing to remain at home to take care of their children

Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer.

A trend in women's change in attitude to work and home life roles has launched because more and more women begin to feel the stress and exhaustion when they play multiple roles

The image for women of the 1950s was the domesticated housewife and mother who cooked, cleaned, and sewed The vogue woman of today is proud while possessing the role as career woman and mother, wife, and domestic organizer Yet, the main thing that has really changed for the modern woman

is the fact that her workload has doubled from the duality of her role The effects of this duality are being felt through stress, and unfairness

A recent study has shown that that 68% of women see a conflict between working and raising a family It is no wonder since large amounts of stress stem from a woman's professional career in

collaboration with her role as housekeeper and mother A study in 1997 by the Canadian Review of

Sociology and Anthropology found said, "Stress appears to be strongly related to being employed outside

found said, "Stress appears to be strongly related to being employed outside the home and is more strongly felt by women working more hours, especially those working full-time." The 2001 U.S Current Population Survey found that many women wish to have fewer office hours More and more women want to cut work hours because they find it difficult to take care of household responsibilities while

maintaining a career The Female Lifestyle Survey of Great Britain 2004 found that 86% of full time

working women did most of the housework and 77% did most of the child rearing, which; has made them quite exhausted

36 The text is about _

a women's difficulties when they have to work both outside and at home

b women's stress caused by her children

c women's exhaustion caused by her boss

d women's preference of multiple roles

37 Being both a career woman and domestic organizer makes women

a happy and independent b proud and exciting

c vogue and wonderful d stressed and exhausted

38 Which idea is not referred in the text?

a There have been several studies' and surveys on women and their roles

b Many women realize a conflict between working and raising a family

c All women can do well with their roles both at home and at work

d Stress stems from a woman's professional career and her roles as a housekeeper and mother

39 The writer _

a advised women to quit their jobs and stay at home for childrearing

b described the situations that working women suffered from stress and exhaustion

c conducted several surveys on women and their work

d objected to the fact that women worked outside the home

40 Women _

a want to have less work hours

b want to have more work hours

c do not want to do housework any more

d do not want to join social activities

Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.

UNESCO's purpose is to contribute to peace and 'security by promoting international (41) _, through education, science, and culture in (42) _ to further universal respect for justice, the rule of law, and the human rights and fundamental freedoms

UNESCO has 193 Member States and 6 Associate Members The organization is (43) _ in Paris, with over 50 field offices and many specialized institutes and centers throughout the world There are also national and regional offices UNESCO (44) _ its objectives through five major programs': education, natural sciences, social and human sciences; culture, and communication and information Projects sponsored by UNESCO include literacy, technical, and teacher-training programs; international science programs; the promotion of independent media and freedom of the press; regional and cultural history projects, the promotion of cultural diversity; international cooperation agreements to (45) _ the world cultural and national heritage and to (46) _ human rights

The General Conference is a gathering of the organization's member states and associate members,

in which each state has one vote Meeting every two years, the members (47) _ general policies and defines programs for the organization The Director-General, who serves as the public face of UNESCO,

is elected for a four-year (48) _ by the General Conference The staff currently numbers some 2100 Two-thirds of them are based in Paris, with the (49) _ third spread around the world in UNESCO's

58 field, offices The Secretariat is divided (50) _ various administrative offices and five program sectors that reflect the organization's major areas of focus

41 a collaboration b diversity c conservation d destruction