Comprehension: Hard work

COMPREHENSION

HARD WORK

 

ANSWER QUESTIONS 1-2 ACCORDING TO THE INFORMATION GIVEN IN THE TEXT. USE YOUR OWN WORDS.

1. Why does Gihan Ramadan criticize occidental observers?

BECAUSE SHE THINKS THAT THEY PAY ATTENTION TO PROBLEMS WHICH ARE NOT THE MOST IMPORTANT ONES FOR SAUDI WOMEN AND IGNORE THEIR REAL CONCERN.

2. What is, according to the text, the main aspiration of Saudi women?

THEY BASICALLY WANT TO GET GOOD WORKING CONDITIONS AND AIM NOT TO SUFFER RESTRICTIONS IN THE JOB MARKET.

ARE THESE STATEMENTS TRUE OR FALSE? JUSTIFY YOUR ANSWERS WITH WORDS OR PHRASES FROM THE TEXT.

3. According to the text, sexual segregation is the most frustrating problem for Saudi women.

FALSE: “Occidental observers concentrate on questions of sexual segregation, but can´t see the real problems that women themselves consider far more frustrating.”(lines1-3)

4. Saudi women are more worried about wearing a veil than working.

FALSE: “Saudi women were more concerned about finding a good work in a hard jobs market than about wearing a veil.”(lines 4-5)

5. Saudi women cannot enter every professional field.

TRUE: “There are also many restrictions on their participation in various professions”(line 8)

6. According to many people´s opinion, restrictions affecting Saudi women are encouraged by religion.

FALSE: “Many people say tradition and culture, not Islam, maintain these restrictions.”(line 9)

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