Directions: There are 15 blanks in the
passage. For each blank, some letters of the word have been given (not exceeding
3 letters). Read the passage below and think of the word which best fits each
blank. Use only one word in each blank. Remember to write the answers on the
Answer Sheet.
In the 1960s and 1970s attention began to be paid to women’s
liberation, and a serious attempt was made by women to get equal fights and
treatment. The story has u (76) been the same. When a woman
looks for work, the first question she is asked is, "Can you type" No
consideration is given to the woman’s mind of sc (77) of
qualifications. Women have been thought of only as office workers in government
and business, but not as officers; as nurses and teachers, but not as doctors
and lawyers. People had a picture in their minds of women happily working in
their homes and not wanting to c (78) . The result has been
that in most c (79) they have not been allowed to change,
even if they want to. But slowly the prejudice a (80)
women is weakening and the idea of liberation is becoming stronger.
Women are taking more and more important jobs in business, government, and the
arts and many times are not waiting for men to lead. "Women’s lib" has in fact
become one of the most important m (81) in the United States
and Canada, and i (82) , the world. Women get together in
small groups for "consciousness raising" meetings, to bring to one another their
own experiences as second-class human beings, in their homes and marriages as
well as at work and in school. This has led to m (83)
discussion about ma (84) and family life, pa
(85) in regard to what a woman’s role and duties should be.
The result has been that many more women are not o (86)
going to work but are having their own careers, their own friends, and their own
interests, quite separate from t (87) of their husbands. At
the same time many husbands have accepted the fact that they th (88)
will have to play a different family role to help more with housework
and with the children and to re (89) their wives’ rights and
wishes. In s (90) , women axe no longer accepting their
positions as "prisoners" in their own homes, but are fighting to gain acceptance
for themselves as full and important human beings.