Revision 12 – Part VI unit fifteen - Women in society

REVISION 12 – PART VI
UNIT FIFTEEN - WOMEN IN SOCIETY
PRACTICE TEST 1
A. PHONETICS
I. Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others. 
1. A. through 	B. doubt 	C. about 	D. around
2. A. human 	B. business 	C. during 	D. use
3. A. role 	B. control 	C. women 	D. most
4. A. suited 	B. advocated 	C. finished 	D. decided
5. A. status	B. culture 	C. right 	D. suit
II. Pick out the word that has the stress pattern different from that of the other. 
6. A. history 	B. cultural 	C. movement 	D. society
7. A. allow 	B. belief 	C. mother 	D. deny
,8. A. employment 	B. natural 	C. consider 	D. political
9. A. establish 	B. pioneer 	C. ability 	D. significant
10. A. economic 	B. opportunity 	C. individual 	D. involvement
B. VOCABULARY AND STRUCTURE
I. Choose the most suitable word or phrase (A, B, C or D) to complete each sentence. 
11. I shall do the job to the best of my.........
 A. capacity 	B. ability 	C. knowledge 	D. talent
12. "I'll call........Mary at 6 o'clock," said James.
 A. by 	B. up 	C. for 	D. in
13. All his companies had been successful and he was known to be ..... rich.
 A. absolutely 	B. completely 	C. extremely 	D. thoroughly
14. Nowadays women have more freedom to........their own interests.
 A. pursue 	B. chase 	C. seek 	D. catch
15. Anthony Burgess,........as a novelist, was originally a student of music.
 A. because of being famous 	B. who achieved fame
 C. who because he was famous 	D. he achieved fame
16. In this job you must........up to the problems and not run away from them.
 A. gaze 	B. face 	C. raise 	D. play
17. The police must now ........ the escaped convict in the surrounding countries.
 A. search 	B. look after 	C. look for 	D. be in search
18. He kept his job........ the manager had threatened to sack him.
 A. despite 	B. unless 	C. even 	D. although
19. ........! There's a car coming!
 A. Look out 	B. Look over 	C. Look up 	D. Look through
20. The painting was once .....worthless, but it now turns out to be very valuable.
 A. regarded 	B. considered 	C. known 	D. told
21. You have no........to stop me from going in there.
 A. rule 	B. duty 	C. right 	D. law
22. Could you turn........the music so we can sleep?
 A. down 	B. away 	C. over 	D. up
23. Henry Adams, born in Boston, ....... famous as a historian and novelist.
 A. he was 	B. and became 	C. became 	D. and he became
24. 1 was born in Scotland but I........in Northern Ireland.
 A. grew up 	B. raised 	C. brought up 	D. rose
25. Women........in clothes than men do.
 A. take more interest 	B. are more interested
 C. look more interested 	D. A or B
II. Choose the underlined part among A, B, C or D that needs correcting.
26. Could we talk (A) over it before you (B) turn the whole (C) idea (D) down ?
27. Do you want to (A) get up by yourself, or would you (C) like me to (D) wake (D) up you ?
28. (A) We'd better get the (B) bus on now, or (C) we're going to (D) miss it.
29. We shall be (A) looking up (B) an improvement (C) in your work (D) this term.
30. Norma Jean Baker (A) was (B) the real name of the (C) famous Hollywood actress (D) called as Marilyn Monroe. 
III. Choose the correct sentence among A, B, C or D which has the same meaning as the given one.
31. I would prefer you not to smoke in here.
 A. I'd rather you don't smoke in here.	B. I'd rather you shouldn't smoke in here.
 C. I'd rather you didn't smoke in here.	D. I'd rather you not to smoke in here.
32. Our hotel room has a view of the main road!
 A. From the main road, our hotel room looks very nice!
 B. Our hotel room looks out onto the main road!
 C. How nice our hotel room is on the main road!
 D. The view of our hotel room is very nice!
33. Carol checked the time of the next train in the timetable.
 A. Carol looked up the time of the next train in the timetable.
 B. Carol wanted to know when the next train left.
 C. Carol looked for the time of the next train in the timetable.
 D. The timetable Carol was looking at was about the next train's leaving.
34. How do you start the computer?
 A. How does the computer turn on? 	B. How do you turn on the computer? 
 C. How do you turn the computer on? 	D. Both B and C are correct.
35. Julia was very ill, but she's recovered now.
 A. Julie was too ill to be recovered now. 	B. Julie wasn't ill enough to make a recovery.
 C. Julie was very ill, but she's got over it now. 	D. Julie has made a recovery, but she falls ill again.
C. READING
I. Read the passage below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each space.
 In developing countries, recent trends suggest that in years to come women will (36).......a large percentage of the. workforce. There are a number of possible (37)........for this. Due to the recession in the developed world, companies are reluctant to take (38) ........ full-time workers, who would expect.health care, a pension scheme and redundancy payments when dismissed. Instead, many (39)........ prefer to hire people at an hourly rate. These employees tend to be women. A lot of women cannot commit themselves to a forty-hour weekas they have children to (40)......... This is particularly true for single parent families, wherethe woman has to look after the children herself. There might also be the perception that a woman is only (41)........ to supplement her husband's
income and so full-time work is not as important.
 It might also be true to say that increasing sexual equality has mqant that more women are (42)........management positions. This in turn might mean that the number of women also increases in lower positions, as women can be (43) ........to employ other women. If this is the case, this trend will be expected to continue.
 It seems likely that the number of working women will continue to increase over the next few years as companies continue to (44) ..... a workforce that can be easily dismissed and is more flexible in their working hours. (45) .......this might be a good thing in terms of sexual equality, it is a major setback in terms of worker rights. 
36. A. make up 	B. set up 	C. comprise 	D. consist
37. A. causes 	B. effects	C. reasons 	D. results
38. A. off 	B. on 	C. through 	D. over
39. A. hosts 	B. landlords 	C. owners 	D. employers
40. A. look after 	B. take care 	C. observe 	D. examine
41. A. doing 	B. working 	C. making 	D. earning
42. A. grasping 	B. grabbing 	C. reaching 	D. catching
43. A. keen 	B. interesting 	C. absorbed 	D. liking
44. A. seek 	B. search 	C. find 	D. look up
45. A. As 	B. However 	C. Meanwhile 	D. Although
II. Read the passage below and choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) to each question. 
 Elizabeth Blackwell was born in England in 1821 and emigrated to New York City when she was ten years old. One day she decided that she wanted to become a doctor, which was nearly impossible for a woman in the middle of the nineteenth century. After writing many letters seeking admission to medical schools, she was finally accepted by a doctor in Philadelphia. So determined was she that she gave music lessons to earn money for her tuition. In 1849, after graduating from medical school, she decided to further her education in Paris. She wanted to be a surgeon, but a serious eye infection forced her to abandon the idea.
 Upon returning to the United States, she found it difficult to start her own practice because she was a woman. By 1857, Elizabeth and her sister, also a doctor, along with another female doctor, managed to open a new hospital, the first for women and children. Besides being the first female physician in the United States and founding her own hospital, she also established the first medical school for women.
46. Why couldn't Elizabeth Blackwell realize her dream of becoming a surgeon?
 A. She couldn't get admitted to medical school. B. She determined to further her education in Paris.
 C. A serious eye infection halted her quest. D. It was difficult for her to start practice in the United States.
47. What main obstacle almost destroyed Elizabeth's chances for becoming a doctor?
 A. She couldn't graduate from medical school. 	B. She wrote too many letters.
 C. She couldn't afford the tuition. 	D. She was a woman.
48. How old was Elizabeth Blackwell when she graduated from medical school?
 A. 21 	B.28 	C.36 	D. 42
49. How many years elapsed between her graduation from medical school and the opening of her hospital?
 A. 8 	B. 10 	C. 19 	D. 36
50. All of the following are 'firsts' in the life of Elizabeth Blackwell, except.........
 A. she became the first female physician
 B. she and several other women founded the first hospital for women and children.
 C. she was the first woman surgeon
 D. she established the first medical school for women
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PRACTICE TEST 2
A. PHONETICS
I. Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others.
1. A. family 	B. status 	C. factory 	D. natural
2. A. thinker 	B. right 	C. wife 	D. child
3. A. allow 	B. know 	C. power 	D. crowd
4. A. roles 	B. politics 	C. individuals 	D. towards
5. A. century 	B. intellectual 	C. equal 	D. education
II. Pick out the word that has the stress pattern different from that of the others.
6. A. woman 	B. public 	C. control 	D. status
7. A. enlightenment 	B. philosopher 	C. signifcantly	D. recognition
8. A. childbearing 	B. discriminate 	C. employment 	D. position
9. A. intellectual 	B. traditionally 	C. education 	D. individual
10. A. supportive 	B. property 	C. summarise 	D. absolute
B. VOCABULARY AND STRUCTURE
I. Choose the most suitable word or phrase (A, B, C or D) to complete each sentence. 
11. The examiner will test your ........to drive under normal conditions.
 A. ability 	B. advantage 	C. wisdom 	D. virtue
12. His hesitation means........the chance.
 A. giving up 	B. giving in 	C. giving away 	D. giving off
13. ...... you get to the top of the mountain,........you feel it to breathe.
 A. More closer - more difficult 	B. The close - the more difficult
 C. The closer - the more difficult 	D. More closely - less difficult 
14. The project was abandoned through........of funds.
 A. loss 	B. lack 	C. few 	D. short
15. The organization........to the government for financial support.
 A. attracted 	B. appealed 	C. persuaded 	D. suggested
16. "My daughter, Mary, tries to........to see me at least once a week," Mrs. Jones told the social worker.
A. call up 	B. go up 	C. come on 	D. drop in
17. Of the six people in the plane when it crashed, only one.........
 A. lived 	B. dead 	C. alive 	D. survived
18. Pat was caught by the police, but Martin.........
 A. gave in 	B. gave up 	C. got away 	D. held up
19. Peter........cheating in the exam.
 A. refused 	B. denied 	C. abandoned 	D. didn't
20. Every woman and man the right to vote for the candidate of his or her choice.
 A. has 	B. have 	B. gets 	D. get
21. He may take ........action against  ... 44: A. provided 	B. handed 	C. passed 	D. dispensed
45. A. wages 	B. incomes 	C earnings 	D. pensions
II. Read the passage below and choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) to each question. 
 Southeast Asia foreign ministess agreed to set up an ASEAN Development Fund aimed at narrowing the economic and development gap among its ten members. Each country in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) group would contribute an initial 1 million dollars to the fund. They also signed a pact to improve their united response to disasters and put in place early warning systems to cope with devastation similar to that caused by last year's tsunami.
 In this year's session, Asia's biggest security forum focused on fighting against terrorism, keeping the Straits of Malacca piracy-free and fending off conflicts through diplomacy. The forum capped a-six-day conference of ASEAN members that saw Australia sign a non-aggression pact with regional neighbours, joining efforts to build an Asian trade bloc on a par with Europe and North America. At a meetings with Russia, both sides agreed that the ASEAN-Russian Federation Economic and Development Cooperation Agreement and the programme on ASEAN-Russia cooperation should be expedited. 
46. What is the aim of setting up an ASEAN Development Fund?
 A. to make the economic and development gap among its ten members narrow
 B. to develop economy among its ten members
 C. to slow down the economic development of its ten members 
 D. to solve the problems related to economy development
47. The word ‘pact’ the passage is closest in meaning to ........ 
 A. an agreement 	B. a contract 	C. a document 	D. a will
48. The word they in the passage refers to..........
 A. the Association of Southeast Asian Nations 	B. ASEAN's ten members 
 C. Southeast Asia foreign ministers	 	D. Asian nations
49. According to the passage, Asia's biggest security forum focused on all of the following EXCEPT........ 
 A. struggling against terrorism 	B. improving their united response to disasters
 C. keeping the Straits of Malacca piracy-free	D. avoiding conflicts through diplomacy 
50. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?
 A. Southeast Asia foreign ministers agreed to set up an ASEAN Developmer Fund. 
 B. Last year’s tsunami was the early warning to disasters.
 C. Asia’s biggest security forum lasted six days.
 D. Australia signed a non-aggression pact with regional neighbours.
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PRACTICE TEST 2
A. PHONETICS 
I. Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others. 
1. A. respect 	B. region 	C. develop 	D. special
2. A. first 	B. serve 	C. agriculture 	D. diverse
3. A. cooperation 	B. relationship 	C. integration 	D. suggestion
4. A. area 	B. speak 	C. lead 	D. peace
5. A. action 	B. rate 	C. happen 	D. language
II. Pick out the word that has the stress pattern different from that of the others.
6. A. progress 	B. product 	C. include 	D. major
7. A. series 	B. action 	C. science 	D. improve
8. A. situation 	B. industry 	C. tourism 	D. enterprise
9. A. economic 	B. statistics 	C. integration 	D. transportation
10. A. medium 	B. accelerate 	C. accounting 	D. attention
B. VOCABULARY AND STRUCTURE
I. Choose the most suitable word or phrase (A, B, C or D) to complete each sentence.
11. Professor Kidd........ three books since 1999, and she's working on her fourth. 
 A. has been writing 	B. wrote 	 	C. has written 	D. writes
12. She found it hard to ........ up to the fact that she would never be famous. 
 A. come 	B. get 	C. face 	D. keep
13. It's time we........this old car and bought a new one.
 A. will sell 	B. had sold 	C. have sold 	D. sold
14. Motor vehicles........ for air pollution in the cities.
 A. account 	B. explain 	C. have responsibility D. add 
15. ....... you were sitting at your desks working hard last week, we were sitting on a plane bound for Hawaii.
 A. Despite 	B. While 	C. Whenever 	D. As soon as
16. As a result of Japan's economic growth, many political difficulties have ........ 
 A. experienced 	B. lifted 	C. raised 	D. arisen
17. By half past ten tomorrow morning, I........long the motorway.
 A. will drive 	B. am driving 	C. drive 	D. will be driving
18. ........ the work would take three months.
 A. Estimating that 	B. It was estimated that 
 C. It estimates that	D. That people estimated
19. He takes an.........part in helping the poor, 
 A. active 	B. action 	C. activity 	D. actively
20. The meeting has to be put ........until a later date.
 A. away 	B. on 	C. off 	D. up
21. The new law should produce a significant......... in working conditions.
 A. improvement 	B. escalation 	C. achievement 	D. progress
22. After Michael.........a deep breath, he.........into the water.
 A. had taken - dived 	B. took - had dived
 C. had taken - had dived 	D. was taking - dived
23. He is old enough to be.........independent of his parents.
 A. finance 	B. financial 	C. financially 	D. financing
24. Can you show me how to........ this problem? It's too difficult for me.
 A. do 	B. solve 	C. answer 	D. settle down
25. No sooner........than I........her a letter to say that I missed her so much.
 A. I had arrived - sent 	B. I arrived - had sent
 C. would I arrive - was sending 	D. had I arrived - sent
II. Choose the underlined part among A, B, C or D that needs correcting.
26. (A) How much time (B) we have before (C) the movie (D) starts?
27. (A) When she (B) was younger, she (C) has (D) played tennis every day. 
28. Karl (A) has (B) been (C) driving (D) since ten years.
29. We (A) are going to (B) study tonight (C) until we (D)will finish this chapter.
30. Mary (A) took a bath (B) when (C) someone knocked (D) on the door. 
III. Choose the one option (A, B, C or D) corresponding to the best sentence that is made up from the sets of words and phrases given.
31. 1960 / most / Britain / old / colony / become independent
 A. By 1960 most Britain's old colonies had become independent.
 B. By 1960 most of Britain's old colonies had become independent.
 C. By 1960 most Britain's old colonies became independent.
 D. By I960 most of Britain's old colony had become independent.
32. Natasha / play / piano / four
 A. Natasha played the piano since she was four.
 B. Natasha has played piano since she was four.
 C. Natasha has been playing the piano since she was four.
 D. Natasha has been playing a piano since she was four.
33. Laura / sit / garden /it / suddenly/rain 
 A. While Laura was sitting in the garden, it suddenly began to rain.
 B. While Laura was sitting in the garden, it had suddenly begun to rain.
 C. Laura was sitting in the garden when it suddenly began to rain.
 D. A and C are correct.
34. I / need / car / while / I / be there
 A. I'll need the car while I'm there. 	B. I'll need the car while I'll be there.
 C. I need the car while I'll be there. 	D. I'll need the car while was there. 
35. you / read / book / by the time / it / due / back / the library
 A. Will you read this book by the time it's due back to the library? 
 B. Will you have read this book by the time it's due back to the library?
 C. Have you read this book by the time it's due back to the library?
 D. Will you have read this book by the time it'll be due back to the library?
C. READING
I. Read the passage below and decide which answer (A, B, C 0 D) best fits each space.
 People feel heartened by the appealing determination to build an ASEAN of unity and mutual concern (36)....... 
social welfare, an ASEAN with (37) ........ technical competitiveness, a strategic technological qualification and application, an ASEAN green and clean with (38)........infrastructure for sustainable development, an ASEAN with a (39)........ partnership to boost the inner-group economic integration and effectively tackle the challenges posed by globalization. However, they also (40) ...... that the formation of the ASEAN Community is far from a simple process, for both objective and subjective (41)........, particularly in economy and trade. First, it is the difference in the (42)........of development between the ASEAN member states rated as newly-industrialized countries (NICs), (43)........Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei and the Philippines, and the developing countries like Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar. Second, due to their (44)........products, the 
inner-bloc trade and investment witnesses a fairly slow increase, currently (45)........for 25 per cent of the total ASEAN trade and over 6 per cent of the global trade.
36. A. by 	B. by means of 	C. in terms of 	D. through
37. A. tall 	B. high 	C. large 	D. big
38. A. necessary 	B. needy 	C. important 	D. urgent
39. A. dynamic 	B. active 	C. essential 	D. important
40. A. aware 	B. realize 	C. admit 	D. accept
41. A. results 	B. causes 	C. reasons 	D. effects
42. A. extents 	B. scales 	C. grades 	D. levels
43. A. known 	B. called 	C. namely 	D. named
44. A. like 	B. similar 	C. corresponding 	D. same
45. A. accounting 	B. explaining 	C. giving 	D. instructing
II. Read the passage below and choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) to each question.
 Brunei is one of the smallest countries in the world. Its population is only 25,000 and most of them live in Bandar Seri Begawan (the capital city with the longest name in the world!) It is also the richest country in Asia and rnaybe the richest country in the world because it has a lot of oil and natural gas which it exports to Japan. Every week huge tankers carry oil and gas from the oil-fields of Brunei to Japan.
 The head of the state in Brunei is Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah. He is the richest man in the world. He has two wives and each lives in their own beautiful palace. The first wife lives in the biggest palace in the world which has 200 rooms. The Sultan has more than 200 cars and he also has hundreds of horses.
46. Brunei is........
 A. among the smallest country in the world	B. a country with a dense population 
 C. the smallest countries in the world	D. is a capital city
47. The population of Brunei is........ 
 A. over 25,000 people 	B. 25,000 people
 C. approximately 25,000 people 	D. less than 25,000 people 
48. According to the passage, Sultan, the head of the state in Brunei ........
 A. is the richest man in the world
 B. has two wives, each of whom lives in their own beautiful palace
 C. has more than 200 cars
 D. All are correct. 
49. Brunei is rich in........ 
 A. only oil 	B. only natural gas	C. exports of every kind 	D. oil and natural gas
50. Which of the following is NOT true about Brunei?
 A. It exports oil and natural gas to its regional neighbours.
 B. Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah is the head of state in Brunei.
 C. It may be the richest country in the world.
 D. Its capital city is Bandar Seri Begawan.
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