Read the text and then answer the questions below.

      My name is Marian and I am a flight attendant. Providing the passengers what they need and making sure they are comfortable are my main duties. My job is exciting. I visit many countries every year and never know where I’ll be in the next week. Of course it’s also tiring, and I can’t spend the weekends or holidays with my family but it’s worth it.

      I wanted to be a flight attendant since I was a little girl, so I did everything I was advised to, in order to get the job I always wanted. I think it’s very important to prepare yourself to do what you dream on, and if you are really concerned on learning and you take it seriously, you will probably get what you want.

      ► Questions:

1.   What does Marian do for a living?

In (8)               of characteristics of the female labor force, by 2004, 22.6 percent of female employees were serving in professional (9)                           managerial positions.

Read the following passage and choose the best option for each numbered blank.

      In a traditional Korean society, women’s roles were (1)                         to the home. From a young age, women were taught the virtues of (2)                             and endurance to prepare for their future roles as wife and mother. Women, in general, could not participate in society (3)                           men did, and their role was limited to (4)                        matters.

      The situation began to change with the opening of the country to the outside world during the late 19^th century. During this period modern schools were introduced, mostly by Western Christian missionaries. Some of these schools were founded with the specific (5)       of educating women. These educated women began to engage in the arts, teaching, religious work, and enlightening (6)                                   women. Women also took part in the independence movement against the Japanese occupation, and displayed no less vigor, determination, and courage than the men.

      With the establishment of the Republic of Korea in 1948, women achieved (7) rights for equal opportunities to pursue education, work, and public life. There is no doubt that the female labor force contributed significantly to the rapid economic growth that Korea achieved during the past three decades. An increasing number of women work in professional fields.

      By 2004, among those graduating from elementary school, 99.5 percent of girls continued their education in middle school. The comparable figure for high school and university was 87.6 percent.

      In (8)                     of characteristics of the female labor force, by 2004, 22.6 percent of female employees were serving in professional (9)                                   managerial positions.

      With an increasing number of women entering professional jobs, the government passed the “Equal Employment Act” in 1987 to prevent (10)                                   practices against female workers in regard to hiring and promotion opportunities.

Fill in the blank with a suitable word.

      Men have played a significant (1)                        in American society as the main breadwinner, and protector of the family. But the traditional role of men has slowly beentransferred to women. Society is changing (2)               women going to college, and gaining jobs. It may even happen in several years’time when women are given sole earning (3)                              in American society as the main (4)                          of the family. That is due in part to women gained working privileges (5)             to men in the 1970s.

      Up until the 1970s, 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 (6)                      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 (7)       pay than men.

      The role of men in American society is (8)                      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, running errands, cleaning, making dinner. Young children, boys as well as girls, are being raised with dad at home (9)                 care of the kids.

      Millions of families are also raising their young with mom and dad (10)                 all of the responsibilities. Today’s role of men in American society is more of a shared role, with a more undefined role.

The main role of teachers in the future will be                                  .

What will happen if students meet difficulties with a subject?

Read the passage, and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D for each question.

      Do you ever think about what schools will be like in the future? Many people think that students will study most regular classes such as maths, science and history online. Students will probably be able to these subjects anywhere using a computer. What will happen if students have problem with a subject? They might connect with a teacher through live videoconferencing. Expert teachers from learning centres will give students help wherever they live.

      Students will still take classes in a school, too. Schools will become places for learning social skills. Teachers will guide students in learning how to work together in getting along with each other. They will help students with group projects both in and out of the classroom.

      Volunteer work and working at local businesses will teach students important life skills about the world they live in. This will help students become an important part of their communities.Some experts say it will take five years for changes to begin in schools. Some say it will take longer. Most people agree, though, that computers will change education the way TVs and telephones changed life for people all over the world years before.

1.   What is the main idea of the passage?

Fill in the blank with a suitable word.

      There has been a big change in the roles of men and women at home which in turn (1)                               their feelings about their roles. However, it is important to highlight how this distribution of tasks and responsibilities can affect the relationships (2)       may end up in discords, or even divorces. In order to make a distinction between the past and the present times (3)                               are provided: in the past, 75% (4)                        care ofall the washing and ironing. Husbands were involved in cleaning in only 17% and used their time at home on (5)                        repairs. The care of children was mainly a task carried out by women. The little time that men spent with children usually (6)                   the more enjoyable aspects of child care such as play and outings. However, this has (7)             because now women are the ones who spend less time at home (8)                     to their jobs or their different activities. And nowadays, most husbands stay at home taking care of children and (9)                      the cooking. As a consequence of the change in roles, women have become more liberal and think they can manage (10)                            their own. Men, on the other hand, feel that their position and power in the family has been replaced by women.

Today, no parent can (2)                                their children’s respect for granted: authority has to be earned. Several studies have shown the following problems.

Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage.

      The (1)                              of parental authority has changed. Today, no parent can (2)                   their children’s respect for granted: authority has to be earned. Several studies have shown the following problems.

      Trust: A lot of young people say their parents don’t trust them. Some of them have no privacy: their parents read all their emails, and enter their rooms (3)            knocking. All of these actions demonstrate lack of respect. (4)              ,these teenagers have little (5)                                  for their parents.

      Communication: Hardly any teens discuss their problems with their parents. That’s because very few teens feel their parents really listen to them. Instead, most parents tend to fire off an immediate (6)                            to their kid’s first sentence.

      Freedom: Interestingly. Most rebels come from very authoritarian homes where kids have very little freedom. Teens need (7)                                rules but they have to be clear and unchangeable. Also, if the mother and father don’t agree about discipline, teens have less respect for (8)                                  parents. They also need a lot of support and a little freedom to take their own decisions. None of them enjoy just listening to adults.

      Role models: Teens don’t have much respect for their parents if (9)                  of them actually does things (10)                       they expect their children to do. Like everybody, teens appreciate people who practice what they reach.

Read the passage, and choose the correct answer A, B, Cor D for each question.

A MISSION TO MARS

      Have you ever had a dream about traveling to another planet in our solar system? If you have, there is an actual programme that is happening right now, and it hopes to send people to Mars in 2023. Known as the Mars One Mission, it will send a crew of four people on a one-way mission to colonize Mars. Those chosen people will have to be ready to say good-bye to the earth forever, as there will not be a return trip.

      For the people chosen, they will have to learn to do many different things. First of all, they will be living the rest of their lives with just a handful of other people, so they all must have personalities that allow them to get along. Second, the living quarters that they will have won’t be very spacious, so they will have to deal with that condition as well. If they feel homesick, they will only be able to communicate with people back on the earth via e-mail and videos and audio sent back and forth. However, there won’t be any real-time communication. Even at the speed of light, communication between the earth and Mars takes about 20 minutes.

      Whether the Mars One Mission will actually happen is the big question that a lot of people are asking. There is an enormous skepticism in the science community, and Wired magazine gave the mission a miserable score of two out of ten on its probability scale. However, for those who dream to go to Mars, at least they can say there is a possibility that it could happen.

1.   Who might like to go on this mission?

After almost a day, they blasted off. They docked with Collins in (10)                    around the moon. All three then flew back to the Earth.