Read the passage, and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D for each question.Men have played a significant role in American society as the main breadwinner, and protector of the family. But the traditional role of men has slowly been transferred to women. Society is changing with women going to college, and gaining jobs. It may even happen in several years’ time when women are given sole earning responsibility in American society as the main breadwinner of the family. That is due in part to...
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Read the passage, and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D for each question.
Men have played a significant role in American society as the main breadwinner, and protector of the family. But the traditional role of men has slowly been transferred to women. Society is changing with women going to college, and gaining jobs. It may even happen in several years’ time when women are given sole earning responsibility in American society as the main breadwinner of the family. That is due in part to women gained working privileges equal to men in the 1970’s.
Up until the 1970’s, men were the traditional family breadwinners, while women stayed at home, raised the kids, made dinner every night, cleaned the house, and ran all of the errands. Men went to work every day, making enough money to buy a nice home, buy a new car every so often.
Once women were afforded the opportunity to work in the same jobs men once held, men’s more traditional foothold in the workplace was loosened. Women were given bigger jobs with more responsibility, but women take jobs with major responsibly with less pay than men.
The role of men in American society is changing with more women going to college, and obtaining careers; men are playing more untraditional roles at home.
Women are still giving birth to the kids, but are going to work to earn money to pay the bills, while men are staying home raising the kids, running errands, cleaning, making dinner. Young children, boys as well as girls, are being raised with dad at home taking care of the kids.
Millions of families are also raising their young with mom and dad sharing all of the responsibilities. Today’s role of men in American society is more of a shared role, with a more undefined role.
The traditional role of men was ……………..
A.the foothold in the family
B. raising the children when they were at home
C. the supporter of women
D. the main breadwinner of the family
2. Most women used to be ……………… of the family in the old days. They only managed the home and raised the children instead of earning money from a job.
A. breadwinners B. mothers C. homemakers D. wives
3. Women whose husbands do not contribute ……………… the household chores are more vulnerable ……………… illness and tend to think more about divorce.
A. to – with B. for – to C. to – to D. for – with
4. Homemaking can’t only be the job of the wife or the husband. Both should ……………… hands to provide for the family and to make it happy.
A. charge B. shake C. give D. join
5. The river has risen to ……………… level for this time of the year. I’ve never seen anything like it.
A. an extremely surprised B. an extremely astonished
C. a surprisingly extreme D. an extremely surprising
6. This chef ……………… a prime role in producing the special food in this restaurant.
A. holds B. plays C. keeps D. does
7. My computer is used for ……………… music and video.
A. having played B. play C. playing D. to play
8. In 2002 in UK, there were ……………… 350 community recycling initiatives linked to the community Recycling Network.
A. approximate B. approximation C. approximately D. approximated