As working women continue to receive better and better wages, housewives still work at home without receiving pay – checks. Should a woman who works at home, doing the housework and caring for children, be paid for her service? In a 1986 study at Cornell University, sociologists found that the value of the services of a housewife averaged $ 11,600 a year. This rate was based on a family composed of a husband, wife, and three young children. The $ 11,600 is what the husband would have to pay if he hired others to take over his wife’s household chores. The researchers concluded that it would be fair for husbands to pay wives according to federal guidelines for minimum wages.

Another plan for rewarding women who work at home has been suggested by a former Secretary of Health and Human Services. He says that full-time housewives should be allowed to pay social security taxes, with their employers contributing part of the payment. He feels that the present system is unfair. He said, “ If you stay at home and raise a family, nobody will give you credit for it.”

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions

What is the main purpose of this passage?

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• The word "discrete" in line 16 is closest in meaning to .....

• Who is intended to benefit from the advice given in the article?

• The speaker’s main topic is ...................

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• What is Martin Luthur King well- known for?

• The word ‘monumental’ in Paragraph 2 means __________.

• Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?

• The word “it” in paragraph 1 refers to ..............

• The expression “ keep tabs on” is closest meaning to ___________.

• What do pads help the players to protect?

• The word "representative" in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to ...............

• What does the author probably mean by using the expression “children interrupt their education to go to school” (lines 2-3) ?

• Why did John read about aeroplane?

• What does the word magni stand for?

• Did the town people believe the story of the five men about their meeting with Bigfoot?

• Which of the following processes does the author imply was done by both men and women?

• The word "it" in paragraph 4 refers to .........

• The word “eliminate” in paragraph 5 could be best replaced by which of the following words?

• Many American students have to work part-time throughout their college years because ....................

• According to the passage, great horned owls ..............

• Which of the following can be inferred about Moore's poems?