This text is for questions number 36 to 39 The early feminists fought for the right to be equal with men. Then women found themselves with the freedom to study and to think, but it was too often at the price of sacrificing a personal life. So they went back into the home. In the present generation, women who have devoted themselves to homemaking have rediscovered its hardships and limitation and are demanding the right to leave the home. But this time they do not want to give up anything homemaking entails. They would have the period of child rearing considered a special episode. In their view, the woman with a job is to be more admired as a mother and is more stimulating as a wife. It would be well to ask: is this an example of anything more than another swing of pendulum? The problems facing articulate, educated women remain as vivid today as they have been throughout European history. The continuous care given to small children, a husband, and a household usually is incompatible with the single-minded pursuit of a career. The life style of the good wife and mother contrasts sharply with that of good scientist, artist, or executive. 36. In the first paragraph what two groups of women are being compared? A. The early and modern feminists ^ B. The working and jobless feminists C. The unmarried and housewife women D. Women as mothers and wives 37. The modern feminists ____. A. are willing to give up personal lives in order to have freedom to study and think. B. want to have the freedom to study and to think at the same time as the enjoyment of homemaking. ^ C. want to spend their whole lives devoted to their families. D. want freedom but were not willing to pay their price of giving up their personal lives. 38. In the second paragraph, what two life styles are compared? A. European and non-European households B. Highly educated and fairly educated women C. Single and married women D. housewife and career minded ^ 39. The writer feels that ___. A. the problems women face have changed though history. ^ B. having a family is better than having a career C. having a career is better than having a family D. the two life styles can fit together taken from TO 2013
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