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16 tháng 7 2019

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19 tháng 7 2019

Task 4: Choose the suitable word in the box to fill each gap of the passage.

Behave, Lessons, Classes, Typing, Mark,
Strict, Teach, Prepare, Homework, Degree


Josephine is a teacher of English in a state secondary school. She is a graduate of Sussex University with a (1) _degree_ in English literature. When she graduated, she first worked in an office but she was bad at (2) _typing_ and soon got bored with the job. She decided to (3) __teach _, so she went to a teacher training college. Josephine teaches six different (4) __classes________ of children between the ages of 12 and 18.
The students enjoy her (5) _lessons_ but she finds it hard work. She gives children a lot of (6) _homework_ to do, and every evening she has to (7) _mark_ it and (8) _prepare_for the next day. One problem is that the children in her school don’t (9) _behave_ very well. They are often impolite. Josephine and the other teachers have to be very (10) _strict_ with them.

Reading the following passage and then fill in each blank with a suitable word from the box. Do not use the same word more than once: class course education homework lessons passed primary private teacher uniforms Chantal's parents didn't have much money, so they sent her to a state (1)........................shool when she was five. She enjoyed her reading and wwritting...
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Reading the following passage and then fill in each blank with a suitable word from the box. Do not use the same word more than once:

class course education homework lessons

passed primary private teacher uniforms

Chantal's parents didn't have much money, so they sent her to a state (1)........................shool when she was five. She enjoyed her reading and wwritting (2)..............................., but there were so many pupils in the (3)..................................that the teacher found it difficult to control them. When Chantal was eleven, her father got a better job, and decided to spend some money on her (4)...............................He sent her to an expensive (5).................................... school, where the girls wore dark green (6)..................................and ***** two hours' (7)..............................every evening. Chantal liked her new school, and did well. Because she studied hard , she (8)..........................all her exams , and went to university at eighteen. She chose a history (9).................and was an excellent student. In the end she decided to become a (10).....................and returned to her old primary school to teach.

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10 tháng 8 2019

Reading the following passage and then fill in each blank with a suitable word from the box. Do not use the same word more than once:

class course education homework lessons

passed primary private teacher uniforms

Chantal's parents didn't have much money, so they sent her to a state (1)...........primary.............shool when she was five. She enjoyed her reading and wwritting (2).............lessons.................., but there were so many pupils in the (3)...............class...................that the teacher found it difficult to control them. When Chantal was eleven, her father got a better job, and decided to spend some money on her (4)............. education ..................He sent her to an expensive (5).............. private ...................... school, where the girls wore dark green (6).................... uniforms..............and ***** two hours' (7)................... homework...........every evening. Chantal liked her new school, and did well. Because she studied hard , she (8).........passed .................all her exams , and went to university at eighteen. She chose a history (9)..........course.......and was an excellent student. In the end she decided to become a (10)...........teacher..........and returned to her old primary school to teach.

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10 tháng 8 2019

Reading the following passage and then fill in each blank with a suitable word from the box. Do not use the same word more than once:

class course education homework lessons

passed primary private teacher uniforms

Chantal's parents didn't have much money, so they sent her to a state (1)...........PRIVATE.............shool when she was five. She enjoyed her reading and wwritting (2)............lessons................., but there were so many pupils in the (3)................CLASS..................that the teacher found it difficult to control them. When Chantal was eleven, her father got a better job, and decided to spend some money on her (4)................EDUCATION...............He sent her to an expensive (5)....................PRIMARY................ school, where the girls wore dark green (6)................UNIFORMS..................and ***** two hours' (7)................HOMEWORK..............every evening. Chantal liked her new school, and did well. Because she studied hard , she (8)......PASSED......all her exam s,and went to university at eighteen .She chose a history (9).......course........and was an excellent student. In the end she decided to become a (10)......TEACHER...............and returned to her old primary school to teach.

CHOOSE THE WORD OR THE PHRASE WHICH IS OPPOSITE IN MEANING TO THE UNDERLINED PART IN EACH OF THE QUESTION 44. my cousin tends to LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE in any circumstance a. be optimistic b. be pessimistic b. be confident d. be smart 45.population growth rates vary among regions and even among countries within the same region a. restrain b. stay unchanged c. remain unstable d. fluctuate V/ IDENTIFY THE ONE UNDERLINED WORD OR PHRASE ABC or D THAT MUST BE CHANGED FOR THE SENTENCE TO BE...
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CHOOSE THE WORD OR THE PHRASE WHICH IS OPPOSITE IN MEANING TO THE UNDERLINED PART IN EACH OF THE QUESTION
44. my cousin tends to LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE in any circumstance
a. be optimistic b. be pessimistic b. be confident d. be smart
45.population growth rates vary among regions and even among countries within the same region
a. restrain b. stay unchanged c. remain unstable d. fluctuate
V/ IDENTIFY THE ONE UNDERLINED WORD OR PHRASE ABC or D THAT MUST BE CHANGED FOR THE SENTENCE TO BE CORRECT
46. the (authorities) are trying (hardly) (to promote) birth control methods to (rural) areas
47. (some of) my classmates spend (most of) their (spare) time (to surf )the Net
48. Tom sat (in) the armchair (comfortably) and watched tv after he (cleaned) the (dirty ) floor
49. (although) the difficulty, they managed (to climb) to (the top) (of) the mountain
50. there (was) a (gradually) increase in (the) number of car (accidents in) the Lowlands
51. his parents (made) him (to finish) all his homework (before) watching his (favorite show) on TV
52. my handbag, that (was stolen) while we (were playing) tennis (in) the (local) stadium has been found
53. ourr new neighbors (are quite) nice (to) us (despite) they are (sometimes) talkative

VI/
Excursions are part of education in my country. One day after the first semester, we had a nice surprise when our form teacher (54)______ us that we were going on excursion to the island of halong bay the next sunday. we were asked to be at the school gate (55)______ 6 a.m. we were very happy (56)____ for the day and prepared everything (57)___ the trip
On that day, everyone was present before6a.m. A bus took us to halong bay then we hired a boat to the islands. my close friend and i took seats in front so that we could get a better view and we (58)____ a lot of photos. we enjoyed scenes of many big boats (59) ___ out to the islands and coming to the harbour
54. a. said b. tells c. tell d. told
55. a. in b. at c. to d. for
56. a. waited b . to wait c. waiting d. wait
57. a. about b. with c. for d. form
58. a. held b. drew c. took d. caught
59. a. to go b. went c. going d. go
VIII
1. REWRITE
1. my father likes to play football with his friends in the stadium
- my father is interested in
2. it's good for you to drink two glasses of milk a day
- you had better
3. i expect to earn a lot of money with my present job
- i'm looking forward
4. although the weather was cold, she didn't put on her coat
- in spite of
5. she wasn't happy although she was extremely rich
- in spite of
6. i have sent all of the reports since yesterday because my boss is in need of them
- all of the reports
7. i will show you around this city tomorrow. peter said to me
- peter said
8. my father has bought a new car and i drive it to work every day. Nga said
- nga said
9. when tina was a teenager, she often watched tv until midnight
- tina used
10. my sister couldn't go for a picnic because her leg was broken
-because of
11. no one in my class has done these exercies
- these exercies
12. i hope my father will get well again tomorrow . Lan said
- Lan said that

2. give the correct form of the word in the parentheses in the blanks
1. I am (visit)_____ my grandma tomorrow
2. i don't mind (take ) ___ you to the the airport in my car
3. it was a really a (tragic) ____ when she had no choice but left the man she loved
4. thomas edison was a talented ( invent) ______. he was famous for a lot of ( invent)_____
5. she has ( eat) _____ a lot of fruits since she went on a diet
6. my father let me (riding) ___ my bike to school

FILL in the blank with one suitable word that makes the sentence meaningful
1. thousands of animals have ____ killer in the forest fire
2. a nurse is a person _____ looks after patients
3. in ____ of his illness, he managed to come to school
4. we arranged to meet at 7.30 yesterday morning but she didn't turn ____ on time
5. after the thieves ___ come into this big building, they went into the dining room and took some valuable things aways

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Helen Keller was born in 1880. She got sick the next year and was blind and deaf. Her parents found her a teacher who tried to teach Helen to read and write. When Helen was eight years old, she went to a special school in Boston where she learned how to speak and “listen” with her hands. Then at the age of 19, Helen passed the entrance exam to a famous school in Massachusetts, and graduated from college in 1904. Helen wrote many books about education and politics. She visited many parts of...
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Helen Keller was born in 1880. She got sick the next year and was blind and deaf. Her parents found her a teacher who tried to teach Helen to read and write. When Helen was eight years old, she went to a special school in Boston where she learned how to speak and “listen” with her hands. Then at the age of 19, Helen passed the entrance exam to a famous school in Massachusetts, and graduated from college in 1904. Helen wrote many books about education and politics. She visited many parts of the world, and tried to help blind people as well as poor people. She became a famous writer and speaker. Helen died in June 1968. She was a very special person.

QUESTIONS

1. What happened to Helen Keller in 1881?
___________________________________

2. Did she graduate from college in 1904 ?
___________________________________

3. Who did she help ?
___________________________________

4. How old was she when she died?
___________________________________

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11 tháng 10 2017

Helen Keller was born in 1880. She got sick the next year and was blind and deaf. Her parents found her a teacher who tried to teach Helen to read and write. When Helen was eight years old, she went to a special school in Boston where she learned how to speak and “listen” with her hands. Then at the age of 19, Helen passed the entrance exam to a famous school in Massachusetts, and graduated from college in 1904. Helen wrote many books about education and politics. She visited many parts of the world, and tried to help blind people as well as poor people. She became a famous writer and speaker. Helen died in June 1968. She was a very special person.

QUESTIONS

1. What happened to Helen Keller in 1881?
_________________She got sick the next year and was blind and deaf__________________

2. Did she graduate from college in 1904 ?
__________________yes, she did_________________

3. Who did she help ?
_________________her teacher__________________

4. How old was she when she died?
_________________88 years old__________________

Helen Keller was born in 1880. She got sick the next year and was blind and deaf. Her parents found her a teacher who tried to teach Helen to read and write. When Helen was eight years old, she went to a special school in Boston where she learned how to speak and “listen” with her hands. Then at the age of 19, Helen passed the entrance exam to a famous school in Massachusetts, and graduated from college in 1904. Helen wrote many books about education and politics. She visited many parts of...
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Helen Keller was born in 1880. She got sick the next year and was blind and deaf. Her parents found her a teacher who tried to teach Helen to read and write. When Helen was eight years old, she went to a special school in Boston where she learned how to speak and “listen” with her hands. Then at the age of 19, Helen passed the entrance exam to a famous school in Massachusetts, and graduated from college in 1904. Helen wrote many books about education and politics. She visited many parts of the world, and tried to help blind people as well as poor people. She became a famous writer and speaker. Helen died in June 1968. She was a very special person.

QUESTIONS

1. What happened to Helen Keller in 1881?
___________________________________

2. Did she graduate from college in 1904 ?
___________________________________

3. Who did she help ?
___________________________________

4. How old was she when she died?
___________________________________

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11 tháng 10 2017

Helen Keller was born in 1880. She got sick the next year and was blind and deaf. Her parents found her a teacher who tried to teach Helen to read and write. When Helen was eight years old, she went to a special school in Boston where she learned how to speak and “listen” with her hands. Then at the age of 19, Helen passed the entrance exam to a famous school in Massachusetts, and graduated from college in 1904. Helen wrote many books about education and politics. She visited many parts of the world, and tried to help blind people as well as poor people. She became a famous writer and speaker. Helen died in June 1968. She was a very special person.

QUESTIONS

1. What happened to Helen Keller in 1881?
she got sick and was blind and deaf

2. Did she graduate from college in 1904 ?
yes, she did

3. Who did she help ?

she helped blind people as well as poor people

4. How old was she when she died?

she was died at the age of 88

True , false or not given Malala Yousafzai was born on July 12, 1997, in Mingora, Pakistan. As a young girl , she demanded that girls should be allowed to receive an education , which resulted in the Taluban issuing a death threat against her. After the Taliban began attacking girl's schools in Swat, Malala gave a speech whose title was, ''How dare the Taliban take away my basic right to education?''. In early 2009, Yousafzai began blogging for the BBC about living under the Taliban's...
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True , false or not given
Malala Yousafzai was born on July 12, 1997, in Mingora, Pakistan. As a young girl , she demanded that girls should be allowed to receive an education , which resulted in the Taluban issuing a death threat against her.
After the Taliban began attacking girl's schools in Swat, Malala gave a speech whose title was, ''How dare the Taliban take away my basic right to education?''. In early 2009, Yousafzai began blogging for the BBC about living under the Taliban's threats to deny her an education . Yousafzai continued to speak out about her right , and the right of all women , to an education.
She was shot in the head ba a Taliban gunman in 2012, but survived . The shooting resulted in a massive support for Yousafzai , which continued during her recovery. She gave a speech at the United Nations on her 16th birthday, in 2013 . She has also written an autobiography '' I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban'', which was released in Otober 2013.
At age 17, she bacame the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize . In congratulating Yousafzai, U.N.Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon described her as '' a brave and gentle advocate of peace who through the simple act of going to school became a global teacher''.
For her 18th birthday on July 12,2015, the young activist opened a school for Syrian refugee girls in Lebanon. Its expenses were covered be the Malala Fund, and the school was designed to admit nearly 200 girls from the ages of 14 to 18. '' Today on my first day as an adult, on behalf of the world's children , I demand we must invest in books instead of bullets'' , Yousafzai spoke in one of the school' s classrooms.

1. Yousafzai gave many speeches to support girls ' basic right to have education.
2. She was so brave to write articles about the gender discrimination in education in her hometown.
3. She worked as a BBC reporter for a short time.
4. She has worked as a teacher in many countries in the world.
5. She gained great support after being shot nearly dead be Taliban.
6. She was taken to hospital in the capital of Pakistan.
7. She was the youngest person to receive the Nobel Pize.
8. She opened a school for Syrian refugee girls in Lebanon funded be the Mala Fund.
9. She loves peace, and hates war.
10. She founded the Malala Fund.

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11 tháng 3 2020

1. In Korea, many people still feel that women should be in charge of ________ aftergetting married.
A. Housekeeping B. homemaker C. house husband D. hoouseholder
2. The principle of equal pay is that men and women doing _______ work should get paid the same amount.
A. same B. alike C. similar D. identical
3. In Yemen, women have less _______ to property ownership , credit, training and employment.
A. possibility B. way C. use D. access
4. Women are more likely to be victims of ______ violence .
A. domestic B. household C. home D. family
5. International Women's Day is an occasion to make more ______ towards achieving gender equality.
A. movement B. progress C. improvement D. development
6. Reducing gender _______ improves productivity and economic growth of a nation.
A. equality B. inequality C. possibility D. development
7. Women with high qualifications _______ to managers.
A. must promote B. must be promoted C. must move D. rights
8. A common reason that someone _______ more for similar work is because of his or her experience or ''length of service".
A. may be paid B. should not be paid C. can be paid D. must be followed
9. True gender equality ________ when both men and women reach a balance between work and family.
A. can achieve B. should be achieved C. can be achieved D. should achieve

Finish the second sentences so that it has the similar meaning as a first 1. The meeting didn't begin until the President came => It was not....................... 2. We couldn't swim because the sea was rough => Because of......................... 3. He came late so he missed seeing his friend => If....................... 4. I didn't study English until I was in grade 6 => It was not..................... 5. She works very hard so that she can please her parents => She...
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Finish the second sentences so that it has the similar meaning as a first
1. The meeting didn't begin until the President came
=> It was not.......................
2. We couldn't swim because the sea was rough
=> Because of.........................
3. He came late so he missed seeing his friend
=> If.......................
4. I didn't study English until I was in grade 6
=> It was not.....................
5. She works very hard so that she can please her parents
=> She works...................
6. He met them at the supermarket last Sunday
=> Thay.................................
7. There are a lot of famous pictures in the gallery.
=> The gallery....................................
8. It a long time since I ate French food
=> I haven't ..........................
9. I had had breakfast with my family then I went to school
=> After........................
10. It is five years since she went to The USA
​=> She has.............................

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24 tháng 5 2020

Finish the second sentences so that it has the similar meaning as a first
1. The meeting didn't begin until the President came
=> It was not until the President came that the meeting began.
2. We couldn't swim because the sea was rough
=> Because of the rough sea, we couldn't swim.
3. He came late so he missed seeing his friend
=> If he hadn't come late, he wouldn't have missed seeing his friend.
4. I didn't study English until I was in grade 6
=> It was not until I was in grade 6 that I studied English.
5. She works very hard so that she can please her parents
=> She works very hard to please her parents.
6. He met them at the supermarket last Sunday
=> They were met at the supermarket last Sunday.
7. There are a lot of famous pictures in the gallery.
=> The gallery has a lot of famous pictures.
8. It a long time since I ate French food
=> I haven't eaten French food for a long time.
9. I had had breakfast with my family then I went to school
=> After having had breakfast with my family, I went to school.
10. It is five years since she went to The USA
=> She has gone to the USA for five years.

Exercise 1. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions. For Catherine Lumby, deciding to take on the role of breadwinner in her relationship was not a difficult choice. When she discovered she was pregnant with her first child, she had just been offered a demanding new role as Director of the Media and Communications department at the University of Sydney. But she didn't see this as an obstacle, and wasprepared to use...
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Exercise 1. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

For Catherine Lumby, deciding to take on the role of breadwinner in her relationship was not a difficult choice. When she discovered she was pregnant with her first child, she had just been offered a demanding new role as Director of the Media and Communications department at the University of Sydney. But she didn't see this as an obstacle, and wasprepared to use childcare when the children were old enough. It came, therefore, as a surprise to Lumby and her husband Derek that, after the birth of their son, they couldn’t actually bear the thought of putting himinto childcare tor nine hours a day. As she was the one with the secure job,the role of primary care-giver fell to Derek, who was writing scripts for television. This arrangement continued for the next four years, w ith Derek working from home and caring for both of their sons. He returned to full-time work earlier this year.

Whilst Lumby and her husband are by no means the only Australians making such a role reversal, research suggests that they are in the minority. In a government-funded survey in 2001, only 5.5 percent of couples in the 30-54 year age group saw the women working either part- or full-time while the men were unemployed.

The situation is likely to change, according to the CEO of Relationships Australia, Anne Hollonds. She suggests that this is due to several reasons, including the number of highly educated women in the workforce and changing social patterns and expectations. However, she warns that for couples involved in role-switching, there are many potential difficulties to be overcome. For men whose self-esteem is connected to their jobs and the income it provides to the family, a major change of thinking is required. It also requires women to reassess, particularly with regard to domestic or child-rearing decisions, and they may have to learn to deal with the guilt of not always being there at key times for their children. Being aware of these issues can make operating in non-traditional roles a lot easier.

118. What is the main idea of the passage?

A. Men being the bread winners​​​B. Traditional roles of women

C. Women being the home makers​​​D. Reversed roles between men and women

119. Catherine and her husband decided that Catherine would be the primary earner because ____.​

A. she had a badly paid job​​​​B. she was not good at childcare

C. she had a reliable job​​​​D. she wanted her husband to stay at home

120. In paragraph 1, the word “him" refers to ____.

A. their son​​B. her husband ​C. Derek​​D. her colleague

121. They decided that Derek would look after their son because they____.

A. couldn’t afford to put their child in care for long periods each day

B. didn’t want to put their child in care for long periods each day

C. thought childcare was not safe enough for their children

D. worried about their son’s health problems

122. In paragraph 2, the word “reversal" is closest in meaning to ____.

A. stability​​B. modification​C. rehearsal​​D. switch

123. One reason tor a change in the number of men staying home is ____.

A. the stability in the number of highly-educated women who are working

B. the fall in the number of highly-educated women who are working

C. the rise in the number of highly-educated women who are working

D. the fluctuation in the number of highly-educated women who are working

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Every morning I get up at six. The first thing I do is to wash the dishes my family dirtier the day before. Then I cook breakfast. We eat at about seven fifteen. Usually we have bread with butter, sometimes we have rice, or boiled sweet potatoes. It takes me about ten minutes to walk to school, and school begins with an assembly period at seven forty-five. There are fifteen hundred children in our school and so we meet in three separate assemblies: the infant department, the middle department,...
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Every morning I get up at six. The first thing I do is to wash the dishes my family dirtier the day before. Then I cook breakfast. We eat at about seven fifteen. Usually we have bread with butter, sometimes we have rice, or boiled sweet potatoes.
It takes me about ten minutes to walk to school, and school begins with an assembly period at seven forty-five. There are fifteen hundred children in our school and so we meet in three separate assemblies: the infant department, the middle department, and the senior department. We always listen attentively to the head mistress then different classes call the roll for the attendance.
We have seven periods from eight to one. We study Mathematics, (Geography, History, Music, Art- and Crafts, and English. I like English best and next to that, Mathematics, At ten we have a chance to eat an orange and some peanuts. At noon, we do not rest. At one we clean up our classroom and close the school.
I go home for lunch, but this time, my sister Patricia gets the meal. We often eat yams with soup and some other dishes. After lunch, I usually sleep for half an hour. In the afternoon, I often play netball. I sometimes skip, run, and Jump with the other girls.
At about six or six thirty we have dinner. Either my sister or I cook it. The meal is simpler than the mid-day meal. We eat fruit or rice, and sometimes we have bread and tea. Then in the evening, I do my homework and go to bed at about ten.

a. what is the first thing the girl does when she gets up?

b. do the members of her family eat bread with butter and rice more often for breakfast? how do you know?

c. why are there separate assemblies at school?

d.twelve o'clock can be called mid-day. what other word does the girl use to mean the same thing?

e. what is her second best subject at school?

f. why is dinner described as simpler than lunch?

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1 tháng 7 2019

Every morning I get up at six. The first thing I do is to wash the dishes my family dirtier the day before. Then I cook breakfast. We eat at about seven fifteen. Usually we have bread with butter, sometimes we have rice, or boiled sweet potatoes.
It takes me about ten minutes to walk to school, and school begins with an assembly period at seven forty-five. There are fifteen hundred children in our school and so we meet in three separate assemblies: the infant department, the middle department, and the senior department. We always listen attentively to the head mistress then different classes call the roll for the attendance.
We have seven periods from eight to one. We study Mathematics, (Geography, History, Music, Art- and Crafts, and English. I like English best and next to that, Mathematics, At ten we have a chance to eat an orange and some peanuts. At noon, we do not rest. At one we clean up our classroom and close the school.
I go home for lunch, but this time, my sister Patricia gets the meal. We often eat yams with soup and some other dishes. After lunch, I usually sleep for half an hour. In the afternoon, I often play netball. I sometimes skip, run, and Jump with the other girls.
At about six or six thirty we have dinner. Either my sister or I cook it. The meal is simpler than the mid-day meal. We eat fruit or rice, and sometimes we have bread and tea. Then in the evening, I do my homework and go to bed at about ten.

a. what is the first thing the girl does when she gets up?

=>The first thing she does is to wash the dishes her family dirtier the day before

b. do the members of her family eat bread with butter and rice more often for breakfast? how do you know?

=>NO,THEY DON'T.Usually THEY have bread with butter, sometimes THEY have rice, or boiled sweet potatoes.

c. why are there separate assemblies at school?

=>BECAUSE There are fifteen hundred children in THEIR school

d.twelve o'clock can be called mid-day. what other word does the girl use to mean the same thing?

=>AT NOON

e. what is her second best subject at school?

=>her second best subject at school is MATHMATICS

f. why is dinner described as simpler than lunch?

=>BECAUSE Either HER sister or SHE cookS it.

a. The first thing the girl does is to wash the dishes her family dirtier the day before.

b. No, they don't. Usually they have bread with butter, sometimes they have rice, or boiled sweet potatoes.

c. Because there are fifteen hundred children in their school.

d. Other word the girl uses to mean the same thing is at noon.

e. Her second best subject at school is mathmas

f. Because they eat fruit or rice, and sometimes they have bread and tea.

For Catherine Lumby, deciding to take on the role of breadwinner in her relationship was not a difficult choice. When she discovered she was pregnant with her first child, she had just been offered a demanding new role as Director of the Media and Communications department at the University of Sydney. But she didn't see this as an obstacle, and was prepared to use childcare when the children were old enough. It came, therefore, as a surprise to Lumby and her husband Derek that, after the birth...
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For Catherine Lumby, deciding to take on the role of breadwinner in her relationship was not a difficult choice. When she discovered she was pregnant with her first child, she had just been offered a demanding new role as Director of the Media and Communications department at the University of Sydney. But she didn't see this as an obstacle, and was prepared to use childcare when the children were old enough. It came, therefore, as a surprise to Lumby and her husband Derek that, after the birth of their son, they couldn’t actually bear the thought of putting him into childcare tor nine hours a day. As she was the one with the secure job, the role of primary care-giver fell to Derek, who was writing scripts for television. This arrangement continued for the next four years, with Derek working from home and caring for both of their sons. He returned to full-time work earlier this year.

Whilst Lumby and her husband are by no means the only Australians making such a role reversal, research suggests that they are in the minority. In a government-funded survey in 2001, only 5.5 percent of couples in the 30-54 year age group saw the women working either part- or full-time while the men were unemployed.

The situation is likely to change, according to the CEO of Relationships Australia, Anne Hollonds. She suggests that this is due to several reasons, including the number of highly educated women in the workforce and changing social patterns and expectations. However, she warns that for couples involved in role-switching, there are many potential difficulties to be overcome. For men whose self-esteem is connected to their jobs and the income it provides to the family, a major change of thinking is required. It also requires women to reassess, particularly with regard to domestic or child-rearing decisions, and they may have to learn to deal with the guilt of not always being there at key times for their children. Being aware of these issues can make operating in non-traditional roles a lot easier.

5. In paragraph 2, the word “reversal" is closest in meaning to ____.

A. stability B. modification C. rehearsal D. switch

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