UNIT 6 GENDER EQUALITY

UNIT 6
A. Stress
1. A. gender
B. allow
C. prefer
D. suppose
2. A. pursue
B. enrol
C. equal
D. become
3. A. preference
B. equality
C. encourage
D. employment
4. A. healthcare
B. college
C. agree
D. woman
5. A. poverty
B. discriminate
C. violent
D. loneliness
B. Choose the best answer:
1. Gender_____ should be eliminated so that people can receive equal opportunities.
A. equality
B. education
C. discrimination
D. mistake
2. In Vietnam, more women than men earn college______.
A. degrees
B. gender

C. elimination
D. papers
3. Gender_____ is the equal treatment among men and women.
A. equality
B. education
C. discrimination
D. mistake
4. I think students should be_______ to choose their subjects at school.
A. allowed
B. allow
C. to allow
D. allowing
5. Both genders should be provided with equal_____ to employment and healthcare.
A. incomes
B. poverty
C. colleges
D. rights
6. Gender discrimination in______ makes it difficult for women to do men’s jobs.
A. education
B. employment
C. race
D. entertainment
7. She threatened to_______ the magazine for posting her private photos without
permission.
A. pursue
B. follow
C. encourage
D. sue
8. This job requires physical strength so they offer the gender_______ in favour of men.
A. equality

B. violence
C. preference
D. loneliness
9. She decided to_____ a career in politics despite the gender discrimination.
A. sue
B. pursue
C. play
D. become
10. We are trying to_____ progress in job training for young people.
A. make
B. take
C. do
D. work
11. She sued her company___________ race discrimination.
A. for
B. of
C. with
D. in
12. The bad weather couldn’t prevent us____________ winning this competition.
A. of
B. from
C. with
D. to
13. I am_________favour __________your ideas. It is very reasonable.
A. on/ with
B. in/ to
C. of/ with
D. in/ of
14. _________a man’s job means that a woman has to be patient and hard-working.
A. Suing

B. Pursuing
C. Making
D. Falling


15. His dream of becoming a reputed lawyer finally____________ true.
A. makes
B. takes
C. comes
D. goes
16. A(n)________is a person who you work with.
A. firefighter
B. woman
C. employer
D. co-worker
17. She made fun of me because I am from Africa. It was a____________ discrimination.
A. gender
B. race
C. education
D. age
C. Find the word whose meaning is of the similar meaning with the underlined word of
each sentence:
1. In some rural areas, students don’t have many chances to get access to the Internet.
A. time
B. opportunities
C. performances
D. rights
2. We should get rid of gender and race discrimination in community.
A. encourage
B. reduce

C. enrol
D. eliminate
3. Women represent 40 percent of the country’s workforce.
A. Females
B. Males
C. Children
D. Adults
4. Women should receive the same rights as men.
A. unequal
B. equal
C. different
D. exact
5. Some people think that women should stay at home and do household chores.
A. say
B. allow
C. suppose
D. want
D. Complete sentences:
allow
make
eliminate perform
encourage
1. The Vietnamese government will_____________ more progress in gender equality.
2. We should_____________ women to fight for their rights. This will reduce gender
discrimination.
3. It is not easy to______________ gender discrimination. It requires a lot of efforts.
4. In Vietnam, we______________ women to join the army.
5. Some people think that girls_________________ worse at school than boys, which is a
wrong belief.
E. Word form:

1. Gender____________________ cannot prevent a person from pursuing a job.
DIFFERENT
2. She wasn’t aware of gender_____________________ in favour of boys so she still
applied for this job. PREFER
3. Gender_______________ makes women lose a lot of opportunities. DISCRIMINATE
4. She had to face_____________________ when she lived far from home. LONELY
5. Gender____________________ brings women more chances in all areas. EQUAL
6. We are working on the class project “Equal Opportunities in____________. EMPLOY
7. It is hard to get rid of__________________ completely.
POOR


8. __________________at school is more and more common now. It should be
eliminated as soon as possible. VIOLENT
9. Your idea is not practical. Therefore, I_______________ with you. AGREE
10. She was_______________ when she was very young. SUCCESS
F. Change these sentences into passive voice:
1. We should allow girls to enrol in this school.
Girls____________________________________________________________________
2. Parents ought to encourage children to play sports.
Children_________________________________________________________________
3. You mustn’t force kids to do what they don’t want.
Kids____________________________________________________________________
4. Government must eliminate hunger and poverty.
Hunger__________________________________________________________________
5. Jane can make a tirasumi.
A______________________________________________________________________
6. We should not discrimnate gender.
Gender__________________________________________________________________
7. They may demolish this building in the future.

This building_____________________________________________________________
8. My mother will buy a new laptop.
A______________________________________________________________________
9. Asian countries should balance the gender equality.
The____________________________________________________________________
10. They mustn’t reduce the amount of energy.
The____________________________________________________________________
11. Government must eliminate hunger as soon as possible.
Hunger__________________________________________________________________
12. Parents shouldn’t allow children to play violent games.
Children_________________________________________________________________
13. We should improve gender equality
Gender__________________________________________________________________
14. Women can obtain big achievements.
Big_____________________________________________________________________


KEY UNIT 6
A. Stress
1. A. gender
B. allow
C. prefer
D. suppose
2. A. pursue
B. enrol
C. equal
D. become
3. A. preference
B. equality
C. encourage

D. employment
4. A. healthcare
B. college
C. agree
D. woman
5. A. poverty
B. discriminate
C. violent
D. loneliness
B. Choose the best answer:
1. Gender_____ should be eliminated so that people can receive equal opportunities.
A. equality
B. education
C. discrimination
D. mistake
2. In Vietnam, more women than men earn college______.
A. degrees
B. gender
C. elimination
D. papers
3. Gender_____ is the equal treatment among men and women.
A. equality
B. education
C. discrimination
D. mistake
4. I think students should be_______ to choose their subjects at school.
A. allowed
B. allow
C. to allow
D. allowing

5. Both genders should be provided with equal_____ to employment and healthcare.
A. incomes
B. poverty
C. colleges
D. rights
6. Gender discrimination in______ makes it difficult for women to do men’s jobs.
A. education
B. employment
C. race
D. entertainment
7. She threatened to_______ the magazine for posting her private photos without
permission.
A. pursue
B. follow
C. encourage
D. sue
8. This job requires physical strength so they offer the gender_______ in favour of men.
A. equality
B. violence
C. preference
D. loneliness
9. She decided to_____ a career in politics despite the gender discrimination.
A. sue
B. pursue
C. play
D. become
10. We are trying to_____ progress in job training for young people.
A. make
B. take
C. do

D. work
11. She sued her company___________ race discrimination.
A. for
B. of
C. with
D. in
12. The bad weather couldn’t prevent us____________ winning this competition.
A. of
B. from
C. with
D. to
13. I am_________favour __________your ideas. It is very reasonable.
A. on/ with
B. in/ to
C. of/ with
D. in/ of
14. _________a man’s job means that a woman has to be patient and hard-working.
A. Suing
B. Pursuing
C. Making
D. Falling


15. His dream of becoming a reputed lawyer finally____________ true.
A. makes
B. takes
C. comes
D. goes
16. A(n)________is a person who you work with.
A. firefighter

B. woman
C. employer
D. co-worker
17. She made fun of me because I am from Africa. It was a____________ discrimination.
A. gender
B. race
C. education
D. age
C. Find the word whose meaning is of the similar meaning with the underlined word of
each sentence:
1. In some rural areas, students don’t have many chances to get access to the Internet.
A. time
B. opportunities
C. performances
D. rights
2. We should get rid of gender and race discrimination in community.
A. encourage
B. reduce
C. enrol
D. eliminate
3. Women represent 40 percent of the country’s workforce.
A. Females
B. Males
C. Children
D. Adults
4. Women should receive the same rights as men.
A. unequal
B. equal
C. different
D. exact

5. Some people think that women should stay at home and do household chores.
A. say
B. allow
C. suppose
D. want
D. Complete sentences:
allow
make
eliminate perform
encourage
1. The Vietnamese government will___ make____ more progress in gender equality.
2. We should___ encourage ___ women to fight for their rights. This will reduce gender
discrimination.
3. It is not easy to___ eliminate ___ gender discrimination. It requires a lot of efforts.
4. In Vietnam, we___ allow _____ women to join the army.
5. Some people think that girls__ perform ___ worse at school than boys, which is a
wrong belief.
E. Word form:
1. Gender__difference__ cannot prevent a person from pursuing a job.
DIFFERENT
2. She wasn’t aware of gender__preference____ in favour of boys so she still applied for
this job. PREFER
3. Gender_discrimination_ makes women lose a lot of opportunities. DISCRIMINATE
4. She had to face___loneliness____ when she lived far from home. LONELY
5. Gender__equality___ brings women more chances in all areas. EQUAL
6. We are working on the class project “Equal Opportunities in_employment_. EMPLOY
7. It is hard to get rid of___poverty_ completely.
POOR

8. __Violence__at school is more and more common now. It should be eliminated as soon
as possible. VIOLENT
9. Your idea is not practical. Therefore, I___disagree__ with you. AGREE
10. She was__successful____ when she was very young. SUCCESS
F. Change these sentences into passive voice:
1. We should allow girls to enrol in this school.
Girls____________________________________________________________________
2. Parents ought to encourage children to play sports.
Children_________________________________________________________________
3. You mustn’t force kids to do what they don’t want.
Kids____________________________________________________________________
4. Government must eliminate hunger and poverty.
Hunger__________________________________________________________________
5. Jane can make a tirasumi.
A______________________________________________________________________
6. We should not discrimnate gender.
Gender__________________________________________________________________
7. They may demolish this building in the future.
This building_____________________________________________________________
8. My mother will buy a new laptop.
A______________________________________________________________________
9. Asian countries should balance the gender equality.
The____________________________________________________________________
10. They mustn’t reduce the amount of energy.
The____________________________________________________________________
11. Government must eliminate hunger as soon as possible.
Hunger__________________________________________________________________
12. Parents shouldn’t allow children to play violent games.
Children_________________________________________________________________
13. We should improve gender equality

Gender__________________________________________________________________
14. Women can obtain big achievements.
Big_____________________________________________________________________