Read the passage and indicate the correct answer to each of the questions. WOMEN IN JAPAN The status of women in Japan is complex and cannot be characterized in simple terms. Slowly, there is a growing number of professional women and professional women's associations. More women continue to work after getting married and having children. However, many companies have separate programmes for women, usually non-career development, and follow practices that would be considered discriminatory in other societies. For a typical couple, the female spouse is still generally expected to do all of the cleaning, cooking, and other chores, whether she is working or not. Single women are said to be enjoying their lives, spending much money on travel abroad and shopping. Housewives are active in networking themselves for various objectives, for example volunteer activities, community services, recycling activities, study groups, and many others. The traditional Japanese value of “good wife, good mother’ is changing. Unlike other countries where a couple is the usual social unit, in Japan it is typical for only the husband to be invited to business gatherings or to weddings for company employees. Exceptions are frequently made for foreign visitors depending on the occasion, but wives should not take their exclusion as a personal insult. 1. The status of women in Japan is ................. A. indefinite and illegal B. complex and unclear C. clear and high D. low and simple 2. Nowadays. Japanese women ...................... A. can go to work after getting married and having children B. all have become professional women C. take over most important work in many companies D. have the same work and pay as men in all companies 3. In the family, the female partner ................... A. often does all the housework if she doesn’t go to work B. the male spouse always helps his wife with cooking and other chores C. is still generally expected to do all of the housework D. no longer spends much time doing the housework 4. Which of the following sentences is NOT true according to the passage? A. It is normal for only the husband to be invited to business gatherings. B. Single Japanese women are used to enjoying their lives, spending much money on travel abroad and shopping. C. The traditional Japanese value of “good wife, good mother” is changing. D. Wives in Japan can take their exclusion as a personal insult.