MANY PEOPLE APPLIED FOR THAT JOB AND EVENTUALLY SHE WAS CHOSEN IN...

10. Many people applied for that job and eventually she was chosen in preference to the others.

A. rather than B. other than C. more than D. less than

Choose the word or phrase among A,B,C or D that best fits the blank space in the

following passage.

Saudi Women Register to vote for the first time.

Women in Saudi Arabia began registering to vote this week for the first time in the nation’s

(1)……….The late King Abdullah announced in November, 2015 that women would

be allowed to run for office and vote in city elections, which (2)…………..every four years.

At least 70 women intended to run for office, and more than 80 registered as campaign

managers, Arab News reported last month. (3)……….the legal barrier to voting has

been lifted, other Saudi laws and culture could complicate women’s (4)………to cast

their votes.

Saudi women still have to deal with limits on their freedom of movement, and since it’s

illegal for them to drive, many of them will have to (5)……….male members of their

family to take them to register and to vote. Male relatives who oppose female voting rights

could also be a barrier. The government also (6)………voters to have personal ID cards,

and many Saudi women do not.

To make serious (7)………on women’s rights, Saudi authorities should

(8)………the male guardianship system, under which caring policies and practices

(9)………women from obtaining a passport, marrying, traveling, or accessing higher

education without the approval of a male guardian. Only then will Saudi Arabia’s women be

able to (10)……….to society on an equal situation with men.