UNIT 6 GENDER EQUALITY

TEST 1
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in
pronunciation in each of the following questions.
1. A. challenge B. address C. reserve D. effective
2. A. income B. most C. loneliness D. progress
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word which differs from the other three in the position of the
main stress in each of the following questions.
3. A. allow B. mature C. because D. women
4. A. aware B. local C. favour D. traffic
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
5. Success only comes to those who have enough _______ and will.
A. allowance B. project C. courage D. expenses
6. Several girls have to suffer loneliness and _______ at home and at school.
A. homesickness B. homework C. emotions D. violence
7. In some companies, there is still _______. Female workers do not get as much money as male ones though
they do the same job.
A. good payment B. wage discrimination
C. equal opportunities D. non-stop changes
8. Discrimination is unfair _______ based on gender, age, or race.
A. education B. habit C. treatment D. feeling
9. As a working mother, Mrs. Pike has got some certain _______.
A. disadvantages B. disadvantage C. disadvantaging D. disadvantaged
10. Mary used to dream _______ becoming a pilot though she was aware _______ gender preference in favor
of males.
A. in - out B. of - of C. over - for D. on - in
11. Most _______ women do not have enough _______ time for leisure.
A. Ø - a B. the - Ø C. Ø - the D. Ø - Ø
12. Where’s Peter? - I guess he _______ home to do homework.
A. may keeps B. may be keeping C. may kept D. may be kept
13. The school regulations _______ strictly by all students.
A. must be followed B. must be following
C. must follow D. must following
14. It _______ that girls perform worse at school than boys.
A. should _______ not have said B. should have said
C. should _______ not be said D. should not said
15. Years ago, many parents thought that girls _______ to school.
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 A. should _______ to be allowed B. should not be allowed
C. should _______ to be allowing D. should be allowing
16. A high price _______ to win equality.
A. must pay B. must be paid C. must be pay D. must be paying
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the underlined part that needs to correct on each of the following
questions.
17. She has no relatives and close friends. She stays home, doing housework and suffering lonely
A. no B. close friends C. doing D. lonely
18. Do you think that married women shouldn’t be pursue a career?
A. Do B. married C. shouldn’t be D. pursue
19. Will be you talk to your parents about your decision?
A. Will be B. talk C. about D. decision
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following
exchanges.
20. - I think married women should not go out for work.
- ________
A. Will they? B. I quite disagree. C. Agreement. D. Don’t you?
21. - Women are more hard-working than men though they are physically weaker.
- ________
A. I can’t agree more. B. I guess so.
C. Impossible! D. Absolutely not!
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each
of the following questions.
22. She got achievements thanks to her courage.
A. cowardice B. will C. bravery D. determination
23. Success comes from hark work and strong will.
A. Unhappiness B. Ejection C. Achievement D. Failure
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of
the following questions.
24. Nobody can prevent us from pursuing our interest.
A. keeping away B. taking up C. bringing up D. looking after
25. We cannot get rid of gender discrimination due to our people’s concepts and beliefs.
A. prevent B. increase C. eliminate D. preserve
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best
fits each of the numbered blanks from 26 to 30.
The attitude against women had its (26) _______ from the beginning of mankind’s history when men lived
in caves and went hunting for food. The task of hunting needed great strength of body. (27) _______, the best
place for women was not in forests, but at home where they could satisfactorily do their job, such as doing
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household chores and looking after children. In our modern time, there are more and more jobs which do not
need the strength of (28) _______. It is a consequence that women have played a/an (29) _______ important
role in the society. However, there are still many places, especially in Asian countries. Most illiterates are
females. A man often expects his wife and daughters to stay at home, serve him, and obey him in all things.
Women are considered as (30) _______ to men. Young girls are educated to tolerate and accept intimate
partner violence as a part of tradition.
26. A. evolution B. origin C. organization D. effect
27. A. Therefore B. But C. Nevertheless D. And
28. A. brains B. heads C. will D. muscles
29. A. increasingly B. extensively C. tiringly D. repeatedly
30. A. inferior B. superior C. major D. higher
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the
questions from 31 to 35.
The Global Campaign for Education (GCE) is a civil society movement founded in 1999. The organition aims to
end discrimination in education because education is a basic human right.
Since then, the movement GCE has grown significantly. Today, GCE represents over 100 national and
international organizations. Some important progress has been made, including 40 million more children in
school. However, there are a lot of needs to be done to realize the right to quality education for all; especially
in the places where there is gender inequality in education. Many girls are also denied the chance to develop
literacy skills. Poverty, the rising costs of education, and financial burden on families have stopped females’
participation in education. 53% of the 61 million children out of primary schools are girls. Two thirds of the
world’s 758 million adults without literacy skills are women. Girls and women continue to be face with
preventions from their homes, communities, schools and education systems. Child marriage and early
pregnancies negatively affect participation of adolescent girls and women in education.
31. The purpose of GCE is _______.
A. to protect civil rights B. to found society movement
C. to end discrimination in education D. to improve basic human right
32. Which adjective can be used to describe the work of GCE?
A. considerable B. meaningless C. nonsense D. wasteful
33. We can learn from the text that _______.
A. Everybody realizes the right to quality education for all
B. The issue of gender inequality in education has been ended by GCE
C. All families have a burden for their daughters to carry
D. Some girls cannot participate in education because of the rising costs of education
34. The number of illiterate women _______ that of illiterate men.
A. is the same as B. doubles C. is less than D. is twice less than
35. Which is not referred as a reason to prevent females from going to school?
A. Early pregnancies B. Child marriage
C. Literacy skills D. education systems

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 TEST 2
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in
pronunciation in each of the following questions.
1. A. violence B. slightly C. primary D. eliminate
2. A. expected B. proceeded C. forced D. rated
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word which differs from the other three in the position of the
main stress in each of the following questions.
3. A. effort B. perform C. target D. harmful
4. A. arrange B. enough C. trouble D. exact
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
5. In some Asian countries, young girls are _______ to get an early marriage in spite of strict objections.
A. caused B. forced C. ordered D. promised
6. Gender differences cannot stop a person from _______ for a good job.
A. employing B. achieving C. earning D. looking
7. When Mary first attended the course of pilot training, she was _______ by her male classmates because of
her gender. They rejected her.
A. protected B. treated C. greeted D. unwelcomed
8. Actually, there are not any _______ of genders on intellectual work. Both males and females are equal.
A. cooperations B. fascinations C. limitations D. relations
9. Gender differences cannot _______ a person from taking up a career.
A. submit B. avoid C. support D. prevent
10. As one of the first female firefighters, she became the targets of _______ from male ones.
A. laughter and anger B. laughing and angry
C. laughs and angerily D. laughed and angers
11. Both genders should be provided _______ equal rights _______ education and employment.
A. about - at B. with - of C. with - to D. on - for
12. You should pursue _______ career of your own to earn _______ money yourself.
A. Ø - Ø B. an - the C. the - the D. a - Ø
13. Children _______ to take up their own interests rather than the interests of the parents.
A. should allowed B. should be allowed
C. should be allowing D. should be to allow
14. Girls _______ to be more confident in their intellectual ability.
A. should encourage B. should encouraging
C. should be encouraged D. should be encouraging
15. Discrimination against females _______ soon.
A. will eject B. will be to eject C. will be ejecting D. will be ejected

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16. A child’s ability _______ realized and nurtured at an early stage.
A. had better B. had better be C. had better to be D. had better being
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correction on each of the following
questions.
17. More and more female students are admit to universities and vocational schools.
A. More and more B. are C. admit D. vocational
18. The women’s liberation movement has also been made changes in education.
A. women’s B. movement C. been made D. education
19. How were she and other female firefighters treating by the male colleagues?
A. were B. other C. treating D. colleagues
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following
exchanges.
20. - Gender discrimination must be eliminated soon.
- ________
A. That’s true! B. Will you say so?
C. I won’t be eliminated. D. With excitement!
21. - Men are better leaders than women.
- ________
A. No, they aren’t the leaders. B. Yes, women are good leaders.
C. Thanks for poiting out. D. I don’t agree with your idea.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each
of the following questions.
22. In our countries, there are slightly more boys than girls in primary schools.
A. a little bit B. hardly C. much D. rarely
23. Gender discrimination should be eliminated.
A. decreased B. deleted C. developed D. rejected
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of
the following questions.
24. In some countryside areas, girls might not be sent to school.
A. coastal B. mountainous C. urban D. rural
25. There is no gender limitation of this kind of work.
A. restriction B. equality C. possibility D. certainty
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best
fits each of the numbered blanks from 26 to 30.
Discrimination can be defined as a situation in which an individual or a group of people is (26) _______
differently from others. This is usually upon the basis of ethnicity, sexuality, religion, age or (27) _______.
Discrimination can either be positive or negative. There are many places in which women (28) _______ from
negative discrimination.
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According to the latest report from the World Economic Forum, “To randomly meet a female pilot in the U.S.
today, you would still have to (29) _______ hands with more than 5.000 male ones. As we have known,
women consist of just 4-5 percent of the pilot industry in North America. Work-life balance can be a challenge
for female pilots, particularly new mothers, as flying schedules keep them away from home 3-4 days at a time.
It will take more than 200 years for economic gender equality to emerge, and 108 years to completely close
the global gender (30) _______ across politics, health, and education.”
26. A. treated B. cured C. reduced D. employed
27. A. male B. female C. parent D. gender
28. A. learn B. suffer C. acquire D. submit
29. A. shake B. give C. share D. take
30. A. space B. hole C. gap D. blank
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the
questions from 31 to 35.
The United Nations (UN) has chosen the date 25th November to be “International Day for the Elimination of
Violence against Women”. The UN found alarmingly high levels of violence against women and girls. It was
estimated that one in three women across the globe experiencing violence in their lifetimes. Worldwide, most
violence against women is committed by male family members. In 2012, violence was the second leading
cause of death among adolescent girls aging from 10 tol9, with the highest levels of violent death found in
South Asia, where almost 30,000 girls died as a result of violence. Domestic violence negatively affects
women’s general well-being and prevents women from fully participating in society. It impacts families and
society.
At least 155 countries have passed laws against domestic violence. However, challenges remain in enforcing
these laws, limiting women and girls’ access to safety and justice. Not enough is done to prevent violence, and
when it does occur, it often goes unpunished. The UN has made efforts to prevent and eliminate violence
against women and girls. They always call for global actions to improve life-saving services for women and
girls.
31. The text is about _______.
A. the United Nations’ force against female violence
B. International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
C. the information of violence against women and girls around the world
D. the United Nations’ effortlessness to female violence
32. Violence against women and girls _______.
A. can be prevented soon B. will be stopped immediately
C. is worldwide D. is not committed by family members
33. Violence against women and girls _______.
A. is the worst in South Asia B. can keep the family rules
C. has positive effects D. does not cause death
34. Domestic violence _______
A. affects only families B. affects only society

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 C. fully ends D. is still existing
35. Which idea is TRUE?
A. Any case domestic violence is punished by laws.
B. It is easy to enforce laws against domestic violence.
C. Violence against women and girls has not been prevented thoroughly.
D. Nations all over the world have passed laws against domestic violence.