The plight of women in Afghanistan today

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The plight of women in Afghanistan today

• 1999 AS UE
• Vocabulary

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The United Nations Childrens Fund has described
the (17) of women and girls from all school in
Afghanistan as an affront to human dignity.

• A. exclusion
• B. separation
• C. eradication
• D. extermination

• All the meanings are similar. One is better
  suited to describe a group that is not being
  allowed to join something.
• A. exclusion.

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Women in Afghanistan are now not permitted (18),
except for a few who are allowed employment in
(19) hospitals.

• (18) A. worked
• B. working
• C. from working
• D. to work
• Use the same structure with permit as you would
  with allow.
• D. to work

• (19) A. diverted
• B. directed
• C. designated
• D. destined
• From the context, we can guess that certain
  hospitals are chosen/named as womens hospitals.
• C. designated

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This latest insult to women follows the
introduction of a rule (20) the wearing of white
socks by women because they might be attractive
to men.

• A. banned
• B. banning
• C. for banning
• D. to have banned
• (20) is the beginning of a description of the
  rule.

• Ex. I said hello to the man (standing over
  there) because I met him last week.
• Standing over there gives extra information
  about the man.
• B. banning

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Kite-flying, , has also been forbidden because
the excitement might disturb men (21) the decree
of the Taleban, that people are to pray five
times a day.

• A. obey
• B. obeying
• C. to obey
• D. have obeyed

• (21), like (20) is the beginning of an adjective
  phrase.
• B. obeying

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Soccer has been prohibited because it is said to
offend Islam possibly because players show
their legs, (22) the reason has not been
announced.

• A. although
• B. even if
• C. despite
• D. notwithstanding

• The writer thinks that the reason is that players
  show their legs, BUT he/she is not sure because
  the official reason has not been given.
• A. although

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All these rules have been invented by the senior
religious leaders, virtually (23) are illiterate
graduates of Islamic schools

• A. who all
• B. all whom
• C. all of whom
• D. all
• Who are virtually/ (almost) all illiterate
  graduates of Islamic law?
• The senior religious leaders.

• Who or whom?
• They who, themwhom
• Almost all of them (the senior religious leaders)
  are illiterate
• C. all of whom

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... Virtually (23) are illiterate graduates of
Islamic schools where the (24) educational
practice involves (25) the Koran by (26)

• A. students learning reciting
• B. students learned to recite
• C. students learning the recitation.
• D. students learning to recite
• It involves something (learning). A, C or D.
• Which sounds better?
• Learning playing golf./Learning (how) to play
  golf.
• D. students learning to recite

• A. individual
• B. unique
• C. sole
• D. exclusive
• Choose the one that means only, as in, it is
  the only thing that they do.
• C. sole

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(it) involves (25) the Koran, the Islamic holy
book, by (26).

• A. mouth
• B. heart
• C. chant
• D. prayer
• Learn by ___ memorise.
• B. heart

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New rules are broadcast (27) the Afghan
government radio station, Radio Shariat.

• This item was deleted.

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This means that it is essential for people to
listen to the radio something which is not
always easy in a country (28) the electricity
supply is regularly cut off.

• A. in which
• B. that
• C. whereby
• D. of which
• A. in which

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and women are no longer allowed to use the
public baths (29) of taking a bath for many
women because of their cramped living conditions.

• A. every means
• B. the only means
• C. by all means
• D. the meaning
• A. every way
• B. the only way
• C. certainly/ of course
• D. the definition

• How do their cramped (crowded) living conditions
  relate to their options for taking a bath?
• B. the only means

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Even Iran allows women to vote In Afghanistan,
(30), women and girls are essentially banned from
doing anything (31) working in the home and
shopping

• A. nonetheless
• B. whereas
• C. after all
• D. however
• Women have some rights in Iran.
• They dont in Afghanistan.
• The two countries are being contrasted.
• (30) D. however

• A. no more than
• B. yet
• C. let alone
• D. except
• Working in the home id different because it is
  allowed.
• Ex. Everyone is going except Tom. Tom is
  different because hes not going.
• (31) D. except

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women and girls are essentially banned from
doing anything , and (32) or jailed for
violating the rules.

• A. can be whipped
• B. to be whipped
• C. whipped
• D. whipping
• What is the subject of the verb?
• Do the women and girls whip others, or are they
  whipped?
• Passive voice.

• Women and girls are banned and women and children
  ____.
• Being whipped is possible if they break the
  rules.
• A. can be whipped

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The situation in Afghanistan has apparently
become so intolerable since the Taleban (33)
that, more than 250,000 have fled to Pakistan

• A. become powerful
• B. came to power
• C. got the powerful
• D. get into power

• This expression is used when a group or person
  takes over control of a country.
• B. came to power