Reading passages

280- According to the text, if we use the word "employment" in its general meaning ------- .

A) we are referring to only domestic industries

B) it refers almost wholly to the activities of women in workplaces
C) it signifies any kind of work which contributes economically society
D) it primarily signifies unpaid working activities
E) it stands for all kinds of work in an underdeveloped country


281- The author maintains that, historically, women------- .

A) have played an important role in the growth of industrialisation

B) have been involved in domestic activities but not on the land
C) have never been regarded as economically productive
D) have never done hard physical work
E) have always played a significant part in the communities working activities


282- In the text it is pointed out that, in this present age, in many underdeveloped countries, ------ .

A) health care and other social services are more effective

B) women are still involved in physically demanding jobs
C) it is the women's responsibility to carry on the domestic activities only
D) child labour is no longer practised
E) spinning and weaving are the only major economic activities


If one wishes to glimpse the ancient trophies Pedra Furada, in a difficult, mountainous area of north- eastern Brazil, one must be prepared to fight intense dry heat, treacherous rocky ground, sudden flooding, boulders falling from cliffs, aggressive snakes and swarms of mosquitoes. It's worth it, though, for the archaeological treasures to be found there are exceptionally ancient. Rock paintings –vivid depictions of prehistoric ways of life, including dancing, hunting, war and sex rituals– have been dated at more than 12,000 years old, while curious pebble structures, primeval bonfires, early stone tools are up to 50,000 years old. The discovery of the remains had a profound effect on our knowledge of American prehistory, for they suggested that the first people in the New World arrived not via a bridge of ice from Siberia but by sea from Africa or possibly even Australia.