IV. Read the passage and choose the best answer A, B, C, or D to fill in each blank. Mark your choice on the answer sheet. (1 point).
Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world. It is in the Himalayan Mountains between Nepal and China, and it is 8,900 meters high. Sir Edmund Hillary from New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay from Nepal were the first people (21) ______ to climb Mount Everest. They climbed it in 1953. Since then, men from different countries have been (22) _______ in climbing it.
However, the first woman to make this difficult climb was Junko Tabei, a (23) ________ Japanese woman from Hokkaido. She was a housewife but really interested in climbing mountains. She earned money for her trips (24) ________ English and piano to young children.
In 1975, a Tokyo newspaper-television company organized the Mount Everest climb for women. They chose fifteen women from, mountaineering clubs to go to Nepal. The groups climbed for several days. Then there was an avalanche, and most of the women were (25) _______. Only Ms Tabei was able to climb the last 70 meters and stand on the top of the world. She was the first woman there.
(21)
A.yet
B.never
C.already
D.ever

IV. Read the passage and choose the best answer A, B, C, or D to fill in each blank. Mark your choice on the answer sheet. (1 point).
Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world. It is in the Himalayan Mountains between Nepal and China, and it is 8,900 meters high. Sir Edmund Hillary from New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay from Nepal were the first people (21) ______ to climb Mount Everest. They climbed it in 1953. Since then, men from different countries have been (22) _______ in climbing it.
However, the first woman to make this difficult climb was Junko Tabei, a (23) ________ Japanese woman from Hokkaido. She was a housewife but really interested in climbing mountains. She earned money for her trips (24) ________ English and piano to young children.
In 1975, a Tokyo newspaper-television company organized the Mount Everest climb for women. They chose fifteen women from, mountaineering clubs to go to Nepal. The groups climbed for several days. Then there was an avalanche, and most of the women were (25) _______. Only Ms Tabei was able to climb the last 70 meters and stand on the top of the world. She was the first woman there.
(22)
A.to succeed
B.successfully
C.successful
D.succeed

The phrase “gender gap” in paragraph 2 refers to ______.
A.the social distance between the two sexes
B.the difference in status between men and women
C.the visible space between men and women
D.the social relationship between the two sexes

IV. Read the passage and choose the best answer A, B, C, or D to fill in each blank. Mark your choice on the answer sheet. (1 point).
Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world. It is in the Himalayan Mountains between Nepal and China, and it is 8,900 meters high. Sir Edmund Hillary from New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay from Nepal were the first people (21) ______ to climb Mount Everest. They climbed it in 1953. Since then, men from different countries have been (22) _______ in climbing it.
However, the first woman to make this difficult climb was Junko Tabei, a (23) ________ Japanese woman from Hokkaido. She was a housewife but really interested in climbing mountains. She earned money for her trips (24) ________ English and piano to young children.
In 1975, a Tokyo newspaper-television company organized the Mount Everest climb for women. They chose fifteen women from, mountaineering clubs to go to Nepal. The groups climbed for several days. Then there was an avalanche, and most of the women were (25) _______. Only Ms Tabei was able to climb the last 70 meters and stand on the top of the world. She was the first woman there.
(25)
A.injured
B.damaged
C.broken
D.destroyed

The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) ______.
A.supported employers, schools and clubs
B.was brought into force in the 1960s
C.was not officially approved
D.changed the US Constitution

In the late 20th century, some information about feminism in Britain was issued by ______.
A.the Equal Pay Act of 1970
B.the Sex Discrimination Act
C.the Equal Opportunities Commission
D.the Equal Rights Amendment

The phrase “glass ceiling” in paragraph 4 mostly means ______.
A.an overlooked problem
B.a ceiling made of glass
C.an imaginary barrier
D.a transparent frame

III. Choose from the four options given (mark A, B, C or D) one best answer to complete each sentence. Mark your choice on the answer sheet.(3 points).
______species are plant and animal species which are in danger of extinction.
A.Danger
B.Endangered
C.Dangerous
D.Endanger

III. Choose from the four options given (mark A, B, C or D) one best answer to complete each sentence. Mark your choice on the answer sheet.(3 points).
On the subject of reading, Francis Bacon, ______lived at about the same time as Shakespeare, wrote these words
A.that
B.whom
C.who
D.which

III. Choose from the four options given (mark A, B, C or D) one best answer to complete each sentence. Mark your choice on the answer sheet.(3 points).
If you want to learn how to knit or work with wood, you should buy a _____ book.
A.fiction
B.comic
C.romance
D.craft