27. Female firefighters are sometimes the targets of laughter and anger from the coworkers and local people.
A. reasons                   B. sources                    C. directions                D. victims
28. Many women had to pay a heavy price to win equality.
A. achieve                   B. lose                         C. attempt                   D. respect
29. Traditional women are often passive and dependent on their husbands.
A. free                         B. reliant                     C. adhered                  D. strong
30. Women will be exhausted if they have to cover both jobs at work and at home.
A. very relaxed           B. very pleased           C. very tired                D. very happy
31. Men should share household chores with women in their families.
            A. cover                      B. finish                      C. take                         D. split
32. The Government has raised the national minimum wage.
A. bonus                      B. expense                   C. waste                      D. pay
33. They were qualified for the job, but they were not recruited.
A. competitive                        B. selected                  C. competent               D. applied
34. Wage discrimination affects women negatively.
A. motivates                B. influences               C. encourages              D. affords
35. How are governments addressing the problem of inequality in wages?
A. focusing on                        B. raising                     C. creating                   D. ignoring
36. Many countries now allow and encourage women to join the army and the police forces.
A. permit                     B. force                       C. make                       D. prevent
37. We should encourage women to join more social activities.
A. prevent                   B. stimulate                 C. permit                     D. forbid
38. Working mothers contribute to household income.
A. reduce                    B. take                         C. add                         D. double
39. Family values are likely to pass down from generation to generation.
A. put down                B. cut down                C. go down                 D. hand down
40. Women's salaries are becoming important to their household budgets.
A. funds                      B. costs                       C. expenses                 D. fees
41. Experiences at work help women to widen their knowledge.
A. eliminate                 B. broaden                  C. restrict                    D. spoil
42. If women have to do too much housework, they cannot concentrate or work effectively.
A. learn                       B. distract                   C. focus                       D. ignore
Exercise 4. 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.
43. The gender gap in primary education has been eliminated.
A. variety                    B. inconsistency          C. difference               D. similarity
44. The United Kingdom has made a remarkable progress in gender equality.
A. insignificant           B. impressive               C. notable                    D. famous
45. Men and women equally gain first class degrees.
A. acquire                    B. lose                         C. achieve                   D. Obtain
46. The United Kingdom still faces challenges in gender equality.
A. fairness                   B. inequality                C. evenness                 D. equilibrium
47. Much has to be done to achieve gender equality in employment opportunities.
A. attain                      B. obtain                     C. reach                       D. abandon
48. People have eliminated poverty and hunger in many parts of the world.
A. created                   B. eradicated               C. phased out              D. wiped out
49. Both genders should be provided with equal rights to education, employment and healthcare.
A. deprived of                        B. furnished with        C. equipped with        D. supplied with
50. We should not allow any kind of discrimination against women and girls.
A. inequality               B. hatred                     C. unbiased feeling     D. intolerance