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According to the text , what was the main role traditionally accorded to women?. Before the 18 th century what was the attitude of societies towards women’s intellectual ability.. To fr

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1.Civilization (n)

2.Childbearing (n)

3.Deep-seated (adj)

4.Involvement (n)

5.Intellectual (adj)

6.Discriminate (v)

7.To advocate (V)

meaning

a.To support st publicly b.The act of taking part in st

c A society,its culture and its way of life during a particular period of time

d.To treat one person/group worse than others in an unfair way

e.very fixed and strong , difficult to change or to destroy f.mental

g The process of giving birth to children

Task 1: Match the words or phrases on the left with their

Vietnamese equivalent on the right(p.163)

1 Human civilization

2 Childbearing

4 Age of Enlightenment

5 deap- seated cultural

belief

a Khả năng trí tuệ

b Việc nhà

c Niềm tin ăn sâu vào tiềm thức

d Nền văn minh nhân loại

e Thời đại khai sáng

g Việc sinh đẻ

7 Intellectual ability

8 Equal work opportunity

3 Involvement

f Sự tham gia vào

h Cơ hội làm việc công bằng

A Working in education B Building houses

1 According to the text , what was the main

role traditionally accorded to women?

C Taking care of the house

and family D Working in factories

P1-L3,4

A respectful B supportive

2 Before the 18 th century what was the attitude of societies towards women’s intellectual ability?

C resentful D disbelieving

P1-L6

A To free women from

housework

B To establish a friendly relationship between men and

women

3 According to the text , what is the purpose of the

struggle for women’s right?

C To bring equality between

men and women

D To argue that women have better intellectual ability

P2-L2,5,6

A 18 th century

European people

4 What do “ these pioneer thinkers” at the

end of paragraph 2 refer to?

B 18th century European political philosophers

B 18th century European D 18th century European

P2-L4

A The right to hold

5 Which of following is Not mentioned in the last paragraph as one of women’s legal

rights today?

B Equal employment

P3

A women’ s

intellectual ability

B The age of enlightenment

6 Choose the best title for the passage

Fill in the blank with a suitable word

In the past, due to the (1)………cultural

belief, women had (2)………… roles in society People thought that they were (3) ………… …to be more

suitable for (4)………and (5)

……… People disbelieved that women did not have (6)……… ability so they are not allowed to (7)……… in business or politics In the 18th

century which was considered the age of (8)

……….Many (9) ………….thinker supported for the women rights Today, the role of women has been highly (10) ………and their position become higher and higher in society

deep- seated

Limited

considered childbearing

homemaking

intellectual involve

appreciated

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