2/7/2024

FAMILY LIFE

1. Chore: (n): /tʃɔːr/ việc nhà

2. Breadwinner (n): /ˈbrɛdˌwɪnər/ trụ cột gia đình
3. Critical (adj): /ˈkrɪtɪkəl/: hay phê phán, chỉ trích
4. Enormous (adj): to lớn, khổng lồ
5. Extended family (np): /ɪkˈstɛndɪd ˈfæmɪli/: gia đình nhiều thế hệ
6. Nuclear family (n): /ˈnuːkliər ˈfæmɪli/: gia đình hạt nhân
7. Household finances: (np): /ˈhaʊshoʊld ˈfaɪˌnænsɪz/: tài chính gia đình
8. Financial burden (np): /faɪˈnænʃəl ˈbɜrdən/: gánh nặng gia đình
9. Homemaker (n): /ˈhoʊmˌmeɪkər/: người nội trợ
10. Laundry (n): /ˈlɔndri/: giặt là/ ủi quần áo
11. Lay (v): /leɪ/: đặt/để/ dọn (cơm)
12. Nurture (v): /ˈnɜrʧər/: nuôi dưỡng
13. Responsibility (n): /rɪˌspɒnsəˈbɪləti/: trách nhiệm
14. Contribute (v): /kənˈtrɪbjut/: đóng góp
15. Sibling (n): /ˈsɪblɪŋ/: anh/ chị/ em ruột
16. Niece (n): /nis/: cháu gái (con của em)
17. Loyalty (n): /ˈlɔɪəlti/: chung thủy
18. Close-knit (adj): /kloʊsˈnɪt/: khăng khít/ thân thiết
19. Divorce (v): /dɪˈvɔrs/: ly hôn
20. Engagement (v): /ɪnˈɡeɪdʒmənt/: đính hôn

Exercise 3: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct
answer to each of the following questions.
1. In Denmark, the Government has legalized ____ between gay couples.
A. Conference B. meeting C. marriage D. date
2. In a recently conducted survey, many parents are ____ critical of the schools their
children go to.
A. Strongly B. heavily C. passionately D. enormously
3. Elizabeth always understood her brother's ____ to his wife.
A. Truth B. permission C. loyalty D. belief
4. I hope that the decision taken today will be to the of the whole family.
A. Benefit B. stronghold C. burden D. chore
 5. A family consisting of a mother, a father, and their children is called a/ an _____
family.
A. Extended B. chemistry C. nuclear D. proton
6. The event was ____ by many of his family members, including his children and
grandchildren.
A. Greeted B. attended C. caused D. admitted
7. Of all the women the doctor has ever worked with, she seems to have the strongest
___instinct.
A. Parent B. child c. housework D. maternal
8. Kelly's promotion means more money and more _____ to the company.
A. Job B. burden C. salary D. responsibility
9. The gender ____ was visible in the way men and women voted during the
presidential elections.
A. Hole B. distance C. role D. gap
10. Women became ____ while their husbands and sons went off to fight during
wartime in the past.
A. Breadwinner B. breadwinners C. breadfighter D. breadfighters
Exercise 4: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s)
CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
1. This situation places the main burden of family care on women, which cannot be
considered fair. A. advantage B. benefit C. duty D.reduction
2. My parents said they would contribute something towards the cost of my driving
lessons if I could pass it.
A. donate B. extend C. exchange D. exacerbate
3. After his speech, he shook hands and offered words of encouragement to people
in the crowd.
A. support B. inspiration C. deterrence D. hindrance
Exercise 5: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s)
OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
4. One of the many advantages of living in New York is that you can eat out at
almost any
A. benefits B. conveniences C. interests D. drawbacks
5. From when I was very young, my father had nurtured a love of art in me and that
was why I became a musician.
A. encouraged B. developed C. repressed D. educated
 6. The airline is legally responsible for the safety of the passengers on any of its
flights.
A. immature B. dodgy C. careful D. guilty
Exercise 6: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct
answer to each of the following questions.
1/ He _______ from physical and mental fatigue for the time being.
A. suffers B. suffered C. was suffering D. is suffering
2/ The only thing he always _____ about is money.
A. Cared B.is caring C. cares D. care
3/ In many offices, normally the most people with the longest service are the secretaries.
A. reliance B. reliable C. reliant D. relying
4/ Sometimes, Grandma _____ us stories about her childhood in Italy when we have
dinner together.
A. is telling B. was telling C. tells D. tell
5/ Our upstairs neighbor always ____ to himself. We hardly know him at all.
a. keeping b. is keeping c. kept d. keeps
6/ The temperature of the lake never below fifty-five degrees.
a. is b. are c. was d. were
7/ Currently, Ken ____ as a high school baseball coach in a town 50 kilometres from his
hometown.
a. are working b. works c. is working d. worked
8/ As machines become more ____ ,they become more likely to break down and require
higher costs of repairing.
a. sophisticates b. sophisticate c. sophisticated d. sophistication
9/ Hard water is formed as rainwater ____ down through layers of limestone.
A. pass b. passes c. passed d. is passing
10/ This house isn't _____ for a family of seven. Therefore, they are looking for another
apartment with more bedrooms.
a. enough big b. enough bigly c. big enough d. bigly enough
11/ Doctors are not allowed _____ confidential information of their patients and their
health status. (allow +sb + to V-- sb + be allowed +to V)
a. reveal b. revealing c. to reveal d. be revealing
12/ Many exam candidates lose marks ____ they do not read the questions properly and
answer them without care.
a. although b. because c. because of d. despite
13/ Very often, children who _____ badly at school ____ problems at home.
a. behaves/ have b. behave/ has c. behave/ have d. behaves/ has
14/ Today, a growing number of households _____ at least one computer.
a. have b. has c. have had d. has had
15/ We now ______ that greenhouse gases can affect the climate and should be reduced
by all the countries in the world.
a. knowing b. are knowing c. know d. knows
Exercise 7: Put the given verbs in brackets in the correct tenses.
1. The island's economy heavily ________ on tourism, which accounts for
approximately 70% of its annual total revenue. (depend)  depends
2. Peter is not home now. He _________ our kids from school. (fetch)  is fetching
3. The state _______ child care when both parents participate in the training program
held every year. (provide)
4. Every day Mary travels to school by bus. However, her father ____ her to school
this morning. (drive)  is driving
5. She always ____ to control her anger at her son's disobedience. (struggle)
 6. Presently, the university ____ two cancer research centers. (operate)  is
operating
7. She doing the cleaning, but she always a good job of it. (hate/ make)
8. The average salary for a teacher $39,000 a year. (be)
Exercise 8: Mark the letter A, B, l; or D on your answer sheet to indicate the
response that is the most suitable for each verse of the given dialogue.
1/ Peter: "Hey John. Who in your family takes the responsibility of doing the household
chores?" - John: " ___________”
A. I am not a responsible man.
B. Normally my wife. But I often help her when I have free time.
C. No one should be responsible for such a problem.
D. Thank you for asking. I appreciate that.
2/ Peter: "Oh, I see. Do you think children should also do the household chores?"
John: "___________”
A. Yes, my children are all talented.
B. No, they are not allowed to go outside.
C. Of course, I think it's their duty to help parents.
D. Not sure. It depends on whether the problem is serious or not.
3/ Peter: "Do you pay them to do the housework? I pay my daughter each time she helps
her mother with the laundry or cooking." - John: " _________________ "
A. We don't have enough money, my friend.
B. They already have a lot of money.
C. I don't think you should because, like I said, it's their duty.
D. Money is great for solving problems like this.
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HOMEWORK
Exercise 1: Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer
sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
A man in India is (1) _____that he was born. He did not want to be born. He is suing
his parents because they did not ask him if he wanted to be born. The man lives in the
city of Mumbai. His name is Raphael Samuel and he is 27 years old. He is suing his
parents (2) _____ giving birth to him without his consent. Mr. Samuel calls himself an
anti-natalist. This is someone who believes in a philosophy called anti-natalism. This
philosophy puts a negative value on birth. Anti-natalists believe that people should try
not to have children. They believe that having children is morally wrong. They
believe that the world is a better place with fewer children in it. China's one-child (3)
_____ was a result of anti-natalism. Raphael Samuel has posted a video on YouTube
explaining why he wants to sue his parents. The video has gone viral. In the video,
Mr. Samuel answers questions from his followers and from reporters. He said: "I want
everyone in India and the world to realize one thing - that they are born without their
(4) ______. I want them to understand that they do not owe their parents anything. If
we are born without our consent, we should be maintained for our life. We should (5)
_____ by our parents to live." He added: "I love my parents ... but they had me for
their joy and their pleasure." Samuel's mother said she would accept fault if her son
could explain how she could have asked for his consent to be born.
- Sue sb for something
1. A. happiness B. unhappy C. happy D. unhappiness
2. A. in B. of C. after D. for
3. A. policy B. statute C. institution D. resolution
4. A. allowance B. permit C. consent D. agreement
5. A. pay B. to pay C. be paid D. being paid
Exercise 2: Read the following passage and decide whether each given statement is
True (T) or False (F)