Reading Exercise 3

What is the author's main concern in the first paragraph of the passage?

• There is no exact definition about education.

• Education is a fundamental individual's right.

• Everyone has the right to get quality education.

• Education occurs in any place not just school.

• development can be gained through education.

The situation the author shows in the passage above is best described as follows...

• Quality education fundamentally ensures quality living in all sectors.

• Education is essentially everyone's right yet it still has its challenges.

• There are problems in education in spite of its significant role.

• As long as nations compete, education cannot progress.

• absence of an exact definition causes problems in education.

The part following the passage above would likely discuss...

• Lack of access to technology in developing countries to support educational practices.

• Needs of modern digital technology to back up the implementation of EFA in education.

• Roles of technology in providing individuals with cheap and accessible quality education.

• Inability of developing nations to compete with developed countries in technology.

• government's roles and responsibilities in managing education for their citizens.

The passage mainly deals with women's...

• Alternative role.

• Social function.

• Natural interest.

• Fundamental duty.

• main responsibility.

The expression combining the roles in '... precious little about combining the roles.' (line 9) in the passage means...

• Being either a married or a career woman.

• Working both in an office and at home.

• Serving the family and doing office work.

• Enjoying motherhood and caring for the family.

• having a dual role of mother and career woman.

Lyn argues that in rearing children in a family...

• Women's role should be more dominant.

• Both men and women are equally responsible.

• Men's role should be put into account.

• Working women share equal work distribution.

• men's role should be excluded.

A relevant question that can be raised out of the passage would be...

• What characterizes a good working woman?

• How could men and women build eternal marriage?

• What ways are there to keep a family harmonious?

• Why would the role of a woman in mothering not last long?

• What requirements should working women fulfill?

Fear of certain things will become a problem when the fear...

• Disturbs all aspects of the sufferer's life.

• Is influenced by a person's personality.

• Develops mentally or physically.

• Is reflected in a person's daily life.

• makes the sufferer unfriendly to others

'Deep-seated reasons' (line...) most likely means reasons that are...

• Long forgotten.

• Difficult to choose.

• Not easy to handle.

• Difficult to realize.

• flexible to change

The following statements may be the purposes of the writer in writing the text, EXCEPT...

• To explain the causes of different kinds of phobias.

• To convince people about the importance of publicity about phobias.

• To inform people how to overcome their abnormal fears.

• To persuade people with abnormal fears to talk to psychiatrists.

• to inform people about different kinds of phobias