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Task 3. Complete the text with the right option.
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Task 3. Complete the text with the right option.
GENDER BIAS AND POVERTY
1) __________ between men and women results in poorer health for children and greater 2) __________ for the family, 3) __________ to a new study. The UN agency Unicef found that in places where women are 4) __________ from family decisions, children are more likely to suffer from 5) __________. There would be 13 million 6) __________ malnourished children in South Asia if women had an equal say in the family, Unicef said.
Unicef 7) __________ family decision-making in 30 countries 8) __________ the world. Their chief finding is that equality between men and women is vital to 9) __________ poverty and improving health, especially that of children, in developing countries. The conclusions are contained in the agency's latest report. This report 10) __________ to a greater 11) __________ of opportunities for girls and women in education and work which contributes to disempowerment and poverty. Where men control the household, less money is spent on health care and food for the family, which 12) __________ in poorer health for the children.
An increase in 13) __________ and income-earning opportunities for women would increase their 14) __________ power, the report said. For example, the agency found that 15) __________ has the greater share of household income and assets decides whether those resources will be used for family needs.
| Unequal | Inequal | Unequality | Inequality | |
| poor | poorness | poverty | impoverished | |
| resulting | according | regarding | with regard | |
| excluded | exclude | exclusion | excludes | |
| ill-nourished | malnourish | malnutrition | ill-nutrition | |
| more | few | fewer | least | |
| survey | surveying | surveys | surveyed | |
| in | around | over | among | |
| increase | reduce | increasing | reducing | |
| points | indicates | shows | suggests | |
| lack | lacking | lacks | lacky | |
| leads | result | lead | results | |
| employ | employment | employee | employed | |
| house | householder | household | home | |
| whatever | whoever | whichever | however |
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Variant 2
Task 1. Read the text and circle T (True) or F (False).
TO AN ESTATELY HOME
A BAG lady evicted from a Ford Consul where she lived for 20 years moved into a new home yesterday - a Mercedes estate. Ann Naysmith was left in tears when council chiefs ordered her rusty Consul to be towed away. But neighbour Sian Lin came to the rescue - and gave delighted Ann her family’s old red Merc. Sian and other caring neighbours parked the Merc in the same spot her Consul had occupied, and even decorated it with flowers and a welcome card. Council chiefs in Chiswick, West London, said they had towed away Ann’s Consul from the posh road where it was parked because they were worried over her health. But pals say officials acted because some residents complained the eyesore car was hitting property prices in the street, where homes fetch more than £ 500, 000. The council had allocated a flat for Ann to move into after her car was towed away - but she refused to go. Grateful Neighbour Sian, 40 - an actress who has appeared in Casualty, EastEnders and The Bill - said: “We had no option really but to give her a new car. “She is part of the community round here and didn’t deserve to be treated like that. ” Ann, once an acclaimed pianist, moved into the Ford Consul
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after she was evicted from a house in the same road when it was redeveloped by the landlord in the ‘80s. She grows vegetables in a tiny plot and cooks on a makeshift barbecue in a nearby car park. Ann appeared grateful for her new home yesterday but said her priority was to get back her Consul. She insisted: “This is only a stopgap overnight. I am going to fight to make the council put my own car back there where it belongs. They should never have removed it in the first place. It was not doing anyone any harm. ” Considerate neighbours covered the Merc’s windows with paper to give Ann some privacy and even put a Frank Sinatra tape in the motor to give her something to listen to. Sian’s husband Kit, also 40, said: “Miss Naysmith is the most extraordinarily considerate and scrupulous person I have ever met. ” Fellow neighbour, Sally Warren, 46 said: “This is a partial success but we are still determined to get Miss Naysmith’s car back. We are going to do whatever it takes. ” But just hours after Ann moved in, her new “motor home” was slapped with a £ 30 parking fine for not showing a pay-and- display ticket. The council said the warden had been despatched after it received a complaint about the Merc. But a neighbour pal of Ann’s accused council officials of being vindictive. The chum said: “The wardens used to leave the old Consul alone, but her Mercedes is here for a matter of hours and they issue a ticket. They are just trying to force her to leave. ”
1. Ann Naysmith lived in the Ford Consul for 30 years. T / F
2. Council chiefs cried when she was evicted. T/F
3. The Mercedes is in the same parking space as the Ford. T/F
4. Some residents say that Ann's car is effecting property prices. T / F
5. Ann did not want to move into a council flat. T/F
6. Ann was once a very good pianist. T/F
7. She buys her food from the local supermarket. T/F
8. Ann wants her old car back. T/F
9. Sally Warren wants Ann to leave. T/F
10. The council said some people did not want the Mercedes to be there. T/F
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