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<b> Unit 15 </b>

<b>Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest.</b>

1.A. involvement B.employment C. social D. important
2.A. position B.family C. century D. politics
3.A. philosopher B.discriminate C. individual D. significant
4.A. ability B.equality C. enlightenment D. naturally
5.A. status B.argue C. basis D. against

<b>Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced </b>
<b>differently from the rest.</b>

6.A. women B. men C. led D. intellectual
7.A. throughout B. although C. right D. enough
8.A. history B. significant C. limit D. pioneer
9.A. power B. wife C. allow D. known
10.A. advocated B. believed C. considered D. controlled

<b>Choose A, B, C, or D that best completes each unfinished </b>

<b>sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning</b>
<b>to the original one.</b>

11.A child receives his early ________ from their parents.

A. educate B. education C. educator D. educative
12.Birth control methods have ________ women from the endless cycle of
childbearing and rearing.

A. free B. freely C. freedom D. freed

13.Thanks to the women's liberation women can take part in _________
activities.

A. social B. society C. socially D. socialize

14.In some most Asian countries women are undervalued and they never
have the same ________ as men.

A. formality B. basis C. limit D. status

15.________ is the study or creation of theories about basic things such
as the nature of existence, knowledge, and thought, or about how
people should live.

A. Politics B. Physics C. Business D. Philosophy
16.Mrs. Pike is a feminist, who ________ that women should be offered
the same job opportunities as men.

A. varies B. advocates C. leads D. votes
17.It is against the law to ________ on the basis of sex, age, marital
status, or race.

A. suit B. discriminate C. believe D. gain

18.Women's status ________ in different countries and it depends on the
cultural beliefs.

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19.Women's contribution to our society has been _____ better these days.
A. differently B.naturally C. significantly D.intellectually

20.________ more and more chances are offered to women nowadays.

A. General B. General speaking

C. On the whole D. At the end

21.To preserve that ________, it was necessary to preserve the people
that had created it.

A. civil B. civilize C. civility D. civilization
22.The Prime Minister is to consider changes to sexually ________ laws to
enforce equal opportunities.

A. discriminate B.discrimination C. discriminatory D.discriminated
23.In former days, women were considered not to be suitable for

becoming a ________.

A. politics B. political C. politically D. politician
24.At any competition, everyone is ________.

A. the same B. equal C. common D. significant
25.If you have the ________ in an election, you have the legal right to
indicate your choice.

A. status B. individual C. vote D. equality

26.When a women works outside the home and makes money herself, she
is ________ independent from her husband.

A. financially B. politically C. philosophically D. variously

27.Not all women can do two jobs well at the same time: <b>rearing</b> children
and working at office.

A. educating B.taking care of C.homemaking D.giving a birth
28.There have been <b>significant </b>changes in women's lives since the

women's liberation movement.

A. controlled B. economic C. important D. natural
29.<b>Childbearing</b> is the women's most wonderful role.

A. Giving birth to a baby B. Having no child
C. Bring up a child D. Educating a child

30.The forces behind the women's liberation movement <b>vary </b> from
culture to culture, from individual to individual.

A. advocate B. equalize C. power D. change
31.Western women are more ________ than Asian women.

A.independently B.independent C.dependent D.depend

32.In some communities a husband's ________ over his wife is absolute.
A.power B.powerful C. powerfully D. powered
33.I think that up to now there has not been a real ________ between
men and women.

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34.Most people consider it women's ________ to take care of children and

do housework.

A. limit B. relationship C. responsibility D. respect
35.Women used to have_________ or no access to education.

A. little B. few C. any D. some

36.In our modern time, the _______ of women has shifted from
homemaker to outside worker.

A. role B. period C. right D. pay

37.Thanks to the _______ labor-saving devices, women are free from
housework.

A. mechanized B. mechanic C. machinary D.mechanism
38.Women are considered to be better suited for childbearing and

homemaking rather than for<b> involvement</b> in the public life of
business or politics.

A. education B. advocate C. participation D. recognition
39.Women's taking part in politics has got <b>widespread </b>objections from
male statesmen in many parts of the world.

A. intensive B. extensive C. inside D. slight

40.Girls must all be sent to school because ________ will provide better
opportunities.

A. education B. beliefs C. rights D. politics
41. He always prevents me_______ doing my duty.

A. of B. from C. with D. against

42.The war victims suffered terribly______ cold and hunger.

A. with B. from C. through D. of

43.He congratulated me_______ winning the competition.

A. of B. on C. at D. about

44.He insisted______ taking us dinner.

A. on B. in C. over D. of

45.Water consists_____ oxygen and hydrogen.

A. about B. with C. on D. of

46.Don't put____ until tomorrow what you can do today.

A. away B. off C. aside D. up

47.I prefer coffee______ tea.

A. than B. to C. from D. for

48.This book is based_____ part on fact.

A. in B. upon C. at D. on

49.The government is trying to make the country safe_______ terrorist
attacks.

A. from B. of C. at D. for

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A. make up B. write down C. do up D. fill in

<b>WOMEN IN SOCIETY</b>

Throughout much of the history of human civilization,

deep-seated cultural beliefs allowed women only

<b>limited roles</b>

in society.

Many people believed that women's natural roles were as mothers

and wives. These people considered women to be better suited for

childbearing and homemaking rather than for involvement in the

public life of business or politics.

<b>Widespread</b>

doubt about

women's intellectual ability

<b>led</b>

most societies

<b>to</b>

deny education,

employment and many legal and political rights to women. It was

men who controlled most positions of employment and power in

society.

Widespread : existing among many people ,extensive

To deny : to refuse involvement : participation

To lead to : to cause , to result in to consider : to regard

The struggle for women's rights - the rights that

<b>establish</b>

the

same social, economic, and political status for women as for men

-began in the 18th century during a period known as the

<b>Age of</b>

<b>Enlightenment.</b>

During this period, political philosophers in Europe

began to argue that all individuals, male or female, were born with

natural rights that made them free and equal. These pioneer

thinkers

<b>advocated </b>

that women should not be

<b>discriminated</b>

against on the basis of their sex.

To advocate : to support

To discriminate : to treat better or worse in an unfair way

to argue : to speak angrily because you don

<b>’</b>

t agree with them

Today, although their

<b>status</b>

<b>varies </b>

in different countries, women

in most parts of the world have gained significant legal rights. The

most important of these are: the right to have equal work

opportunities and pay to men, the right to vote, and the right to

formal education.

Status : position

To vary : to change

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