VII. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences.
1. Since 2009, Iceland has been the global ____ in gender equality.
A. leader B. leads C. leading D. lead
2. A common reason that someone ____ more for similar work is because of his or her experience or "length of service”.
A. may be paid B. should not be paid C. can be paid D. must be paid
3. For the past five years, Iceland has been in the first rank of educational achievement and ____ in women's economic conditions.
A. improve B. improvement C. improving D. improved
4. True gender equality ____ when both men and women reach a balance between work and family.
A. can achieve B. should be achieved C. can be achieved D. should achieve
5. On October 24, 1975, more than 25 thousand women in Iceland took a day off to emphasize the importance of women's ____ to the economy, both in paid and unpaid work.
A. contribute B. contributed C. contributing D. contribution
6. Gender equality is also a part of the ____ to the challenges facing society.
A. solution B. solute C. solves D. solve
7. The ____ of women in the labour market in Iceland is one of the highest in the world.
A. participate B. participating C. participation D. participated
8. The least equal country in the world for women, ranking 145th, was Yemen, where only 55% of women can read and only 6% ____ college.
A. attend B. enroll C. go D. tend
9. UNICEF says that ____ to education is one of the biggest challenges facing children in Yemen today, especially girls.
A. access B. get C. connect D. search
10. Until now, the high cost of schooling has discouraged or prevented poor parents from having their children, ____ girls, educated.
A. especially B. specially C. and D. with
