17. Both male and female students in my class perform very well.
            A. assign                     B. work                       C. communicate          D. entertain
18. Many people in our country still think married women shouldn’t pursue a career.
A. attempt                   B. attach                      C. achieve                   D. want
19. Most employers prefer male workers to female ones.
A. want                       B. compliment             C. care about               D. favour
20. She failed to get into medical university.
A. passed                    B. qualified                 C. didn’t succeed        D. satisfied
21. In order to be successful, we should never give up hope.
A. fight                       B. abandon                  C. continue                  D. suspect
22. Gender discrimination has become a hot subject of conversations among school students.
A. topic                       B. study                      C. fact                         D. case
23. The government took big steps to prevent gender inequality.
A. increase                  B. avoid                      C. promote      .           D. cause
24. Those people who have enough courage and will are likely to be successful.
A. energy                    B. motivation              C. bravery                   D. desire
25. Nowadays, many women are aware of gender preferences in favour of boys.
A. fail                          B. ignore                     C. deny                       D. acknowledge
26. With great effort, she passed the driving test at the first attempt.
A. succeeded in          B. failed                      C. enrolled                  D. deferred