reading-women

IV. READING COMPREHENSION :
A. Read the text carefully and then choose the correct answers.
Women’s rights leaders from around the world met at the office of the United Nations to discuss
new ways to prevent violence against women and girls. In the conference, they approved a plan of
action to improve the lives of women all over the world. They discussed some problems such as
women’s health, efforts to help poor women, sex education and human rights. The delegates also
promised more efforts to help women gain economic and political power.
A recent study by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says in Rwanda girls are often
mistreated. The girls questioned in the study said that no one would help them and punish the people
that hurt them. Several women face widespread torture and murder and the government does little to
help them.
1. What did the women’s rights leaders from around the world discuss ?
a. women health. b. efforts to help poor women.
c. sex education and human rights. d. all are correct.
2. What did the delegates promise ?
a. to help women gain economic and political power.
b. to stop violence against women and girls immediately.
c. to do nothing to help women.
d. to consider women the second class.
3. In Rwanda _________.
a. boys are often mistreated b. girls are often mistreated
c. parents only expect girl babies d. girls are well - bred
4. According to the girls questioned in the study __________.
a. everybody was willing to help them
b. the people who hurt them were punished
c. nobody helped them and the people who hurt them were not punished
d. they were protected by the government
5. The government ____________.
a. does little to help them b. tries to help them
c. protects them d. punishes them
B. Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.

Years (1) ____, women had to spend at least 10 hours a day (2) _____ housework. They were
always busy cooking, washing, cleaning and taking (3) _____ of children and husbands. Thanks to
the progress of science and technology, more and more labour - saving (4) _____ have been
invented. Women have more (5) ________ time to enjoy themselves.
1. a. before b. since c. last d. ago
2. a. do b. to do c. doing d. did
3. a. care b. careful c. carefully d. careless
4. a. machines b. tools c. engine d. devices
5. a. working b. free c. over d. part
IV. READING COMPREHENSION :
A. Read the text carefully and then choose the correct answers.
During the 1800s, a number of Americans organized local celebrations to honor mothers.
However, it took a long time to gain support for a national celebration. The person who was
responsible for doing this was Anna Jorvis. She began here effort in the early 1900s. She wrote
thousands of letters to congressmen, city officials, teachers and newspaper publishers. She travelled
around the country to gain support for her idea. In 1914, President Woodrow Wilson and Congress
agreed that the second Sunday in May should be observed as Mother’s Day in America. On that day,
children show their love and thanks to their mothers. Today, millions of Americans celebrate Mother’s
Day in some way. More than 150 million Mother’s Day greeting cards are bought every year. It is also
one of the busiest days of the year for the flower industry. Americans spend millions of dollars to buy
Mother’s Day gifts. Clothes, perfume, jewelry and books or tickets to the theatre are given to mothers.
Many people who can not spend the day with their mothers call them on the phone.
1. Who began Mother’s Day as it is celebrated now ?
a. President Wilson. b. The US Congress.
c. Anna Jorvis. d. newspaper publishers.
2. What did she do to gain support for her idea ?
a. She wrote a lot of letter to her mothers.
b. She travelled abroad and wrote to the President.
c. She wrote a report to President Woodrow Wilson.
d. She wrote letters to congressmen, city officials, teachers and newspaper.

3. On which day is Mother’s Day ?
a. the 1st Sunday of May. b. the 2nd Sunday of May.
c. the 3rd Sunday of May. d. the 4th Sunday of May.
4. What can children give mothers on that day ?
a. flowers or greeting cards. b. clothes or jewelry.
c. perfume, books or tickets to the theatre. d. all are correct.
5. Children who can not spend the day with their mothers can _______ them.
a. telephone b. visit c. listen to d. all are correct
B. Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.
In the U.S, there were three (1) _______ that led to “women’s liberation (2) _______” : the
development of (3) _________ birth control methods, the (4) _________ of labour-saving devices for
the home and the advent of World War II, (5) ________ the women’s liberation movement, women
get more freedom and (6) _________. They (7) _________ spend a lot of time doing housework,
bearing and rearing (8) ________. They have more time to work outside the home, to (9) _________
money themselves, to get an education and to (10) ________ themselves.
1. a. events b. even c. ovens d. advents
2. a. amusement b. movement c. advancement d. establishment
3. a. effect b. effective c. effectively d. effectiveness
4. a. reception b. attention c. dictation d. invention
5. a. In order to b. As to c. Due to d. So as to
6. a. independent b. independence c. independently d. independency
7. a. no longer b. any longer c. any more d. all are correct
8. a. child b. children c. childless d. childhood
9. a. earn b. make c. get d. all are correct
10. a. join b. liberate c. enjoy d. create
IV. READING COMPREHENSION :
A. Read the text carefully and then choose the correct answers.
It is always thought that women are the second class in citizen, and men are the first. There is not
real equality of opportunity for men and women. Years ago, people were living in a man - dominated
society. Women had to obey their husbands and fathers absolutely. Women’s place was in the

kitchen and women’s work was housework. In many places, women were not even allowed to go to
school. Women had no rights, even the right to choose a husband for themselves. Men usually
occupied high positions in society so they thought they were more intelligent and important than
women. Men considered women their property. Sometimes, women were mistreated by their
husbands and suffered this as a fate. Many parents did not even want to have female children.
Thanks to the women’s liberation movement, women have nowadays proved that they are equal to
men on every aspect. An average woman has weaker muscles than an average man but she may be
as intelligent as him. Women can do everything that men can, and women can do one thing that no
man can; they produce children.
1. In a man - dominated society, ______.
a. women were the first class. b. women had no rights.
c. women were respected by men. d. women got a good education
2. Years ago, women’s place was ______.
a. in the Parliament Houses b. in the Congress
c. in the Town Hall d. in the kitchen
3. In a man - dominated society, men considered women their ______.
a. property b. queen c. great love d. angel
4. In a man - dominated society, ______.
a. all parents expected to have daughters.
b. most parents liked girl babies.
c. most parents did not want to have daughters.
d. most parents did not like sons.
5. Nowadays, women have proved that they are ______ men.
a. more intelligent than b. more important than
c. stronger than d. equal to
B. Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.
For years, the (1) ______ of women and men in several countries (2) ______. Modem technology
has made it (3) ______ for men and women to enter into new roles. The role of women has shifted
(4) ______ the homemaker to the outside working world. Men’s role has changed dramatically (5)
______. It is (6) ______ man’s world. Their wives help them to support the family, (7) ______ they

have to help their wives (8) ______ housework. These changes have been very beneficial. The (9)
______ sexes are able to understand and help (10) ______.
1. a. plays b. roles c. parts d. acts
2. a. will change b. have changed c. had changed d. had been changing
3. a. able b. ability c. enabled d. unable
4. a. on b. of c. from d. at
5. a. so b. very c. such d. too
6. a. no longer b. any longer c. any more d. all are correct
7. a. however b. whether c. therefore d. moreover
8. a. on b. in c. away d. with
9. a. two b. second c. each d. many
10. a. altogether b. together c. each other d. other
 Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions below
WOMEN
In developing countries, where three fourths of the world’s population live, sixty percent of the people
who can’t read and write are women. Being illiterate doesn’t mean they are not intelligent. It does mean
it is difficult for them to change their lives. They produce more than half of the food. In Africa eighty
percent of all agricultural work is done by women. There are many programs to help poor countries
develop their agriculture. However, for years, these programs provided money and training for men.
In parts of Africa, this is a typical day for a village woman. At 4:45 a.m, she gets up, washes and eats. It
takes her a half hour to walk to the fields, and she works there until 3:00p.m. She collects firewood and
gets home at 4:00. She spends the next hour and a haft preparing food to cook. Then she collects water
for another hour. From 6:30 to 8:30 she cook. After dinner, she spends an hour washing the dishes and
her children. She goes to bed at 9:30 p.m.
International organizations and programs run by developed nations are starting to help women, as well as
men, improve their agricultural production. Governments have already passed some laws affecting
women because of the UNO Decade for Women. The UNO report will affect the changes now happening
in the family and society.
96. By whom (what) was the Decade for Women organized?
A. by developing countries. B. by the United Nations Organization.

C. by the World Health Organization. D. by many African countries.
97. Why do people say women produce more than haft of the food?
A. because 80 percent of all agricultural work is done by women.
B. because 60 percent of women are illiterate.
C. most women are not intelligent. D. all are correct.
98. Why do people say that African women’s lives are hard?
A. because these women are busy with housework..
B. because they work all day in the fields.
C. both A and B are correct. D. none are correct.
99. What do these women do after dinner?
A. they always go for a walk. B. they collect water.
C. they collect firewood. D. they always wash dishes and their children.
100. It is difficult for them to change their lives. Why?
A. because they are illiterate. B. because they are afraid of changing.
C. because they do eighty percent of agricultural work.
D. all A, B and C are correct.