1. Women whose husband do not contribute to household chores are more vulnerable to illness.

A. happy                     

B.easy to be hurt        

C. hard                        

D. friendly

2. Tom: “Which of the chores do you dislike doing the most ?” ® Jerry: “                             “.

A. I like cooking and sweeping the floor              

B. I do the laundry, cook and wash the dishes

C. Well, my favorite activity is doing the washing-up

D. Washing the dishes, because I often break things when I do the washing-up

3. As a housewife, she stays at home and   ________    her children. She takes care of them, feeds them and  protects the to develop.

A. nurtures                  

B.nurture                    

C. nature                     

D. natures

4. It is unfair to state that a woman’s job is to look             everyone in the family and takes care               the house

A. in-on                      

B.after-in                    

C. of-of                       

D. after-of

5. “The lecturer splits the students into 4 groups” has closest meaning to                    .

A. The lecturer divides the students into 4 groups  

B. The lecturer divided the students into 4 groups

C. The lecturer goes into 4 groups of students        

D. The lecturer went into 4 groups of students

6. “ They equally share the parenting” has the closest meaning to                    .

A. They are all unemployed                  

B. They take care of each other

C. They come back home at the same time     

D. They share the housework and childcare evenly

7.                    is the state where things are of equal weight or force.

A. Balance                  

B.Changing                

C. Moving                  

D. Importance

8.David’s part-time job requires a lot of                     . Therefore, he usually carries the boxes weighing up  to 50 kilos and he needs effort and energy to move them.

A. light lifting            

B.easy carrying          

C. heavy lifting          

D. simple chores

9. According to a survey, a lot of young people prefer to live in         families which consist of parents and children.

A. nuclear                   

B.extended                 

C. three generations   

D. four generations

10. The                  family, which consists of three or even four generations, is only popular in some regions today.

A. nuclear                   

B.extended                 

C. intended                 

D. small

11. I can’t answer the phone now. I                   dinner.

A. cook                       

B.cooking                   

C. am cooking            

D. cooks

12. Excuse me,                    you                   your newspaper? Could I borrow it ?

A. are-read                  

B.are reading              

C. do-reading             

D. do-read

13. My Mum usually                   the washing-up

A. do                           

B.doing                       

C. is doing                  

D. does

14. I am afraid he can’t go out with you now. He                    his car.

A. repair                      

B.repairs                     

C. repairing                 

D. is repairing

15. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.

A. cereal                      

B.critial                       

C. create                      

D. crack

16. We                    how to use energy more effectively now than in the past.

A. knows                    

B.are knowing            

C. knowing                 

D. know