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【題目】Research says that husbands do not do their fair share of work around the house.A study from an American university says that men seldom do the same share of housework.Researchers interviewed 182 working couples who became first－time parents.Both husbands and wives worked almost the same number of hours in full－time jobs.However，men did five hours a week less housework than women after their baby was born..

It is a different story for mothers.Becoming a parent added about 21 hours a week to a mother's work.Most of this was looking after her baby.New fathers did not do more work because they did not realize the mother was doing so much more.Another reason is that after a baby is born，fathers follow the “traditional” roles.That is，the mother looks after the baby and the father works outside.This happens even when the mother is working the same number of hours in her job.

【1】It is found that ________ do less housework.

A. wives B. husbands C. parents D. babies

【2】The underlined sentence “It is a different story for mothers.” probably means “________”．

A. Mothers come from different families B. Mothers like reading different stories

C. Mothers work more hours than fathers D. Different mothers have different children

【3】What is the “traditional” role of a father?

A. Working outside. B. Looking after the baby.

C. Doing housework. D. Doing part－time jobs.

【4】Which part of a newspaper can this passage be taken from?

A. Sports. B. Medicine. C. News. D. Society.

【5】How many couples were interviewed according to the passage?

A. One hundred and eighty－two. B. Twenty－one. C. Five. D. Many.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】A

【4】D

【5】A

【解析】本文講述的是一種社會(huì)現(xiàn)象。丈夫們?cè)诩依锊�沒(méi)有做他們應(yīng)做的那份工作，而是妻子們承擔(dān)了更多的家務(wù)話(huà)。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第一段第一句husbands do not do their fair share of work around the house可知，丈夫們并沒(méi)有做他們應(yīng)做的那份家務(wù)，所以丈夫們更少做家務(wù)。故正確答案為B。

【2】猜測(cè)詞句題。由第一段最后一句men did five hours a week less housework than women after their baby was born 及第二段第二句Becoming a parent added about 21 hours a week to a mother's work 可知，母親們比父親們工作更長(zhǎng)時(shí)間，故C項(xiàng)符合題意。A項(xiàng)意為“母親們來(lái)自不同的家庭”，B項(xiàng)意為“母親們喜歡閱讀不同的故事”，D項(xiàng)意為“不同的母親有不同的孩子”，均不符合題意。故正確答案為C。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第二段倒數(shù)第二句That is, the mother looks after the baby and the father works outside 可知，一個(gè)父親的“傳統(tǒng)”角色是外出工作。故正確答案為A。

【4】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第一段第一句Research says that husbands do not do their fair share of work around the house 可知，文章開(kāi)篇明義，主要講了丈夫們并沒(méi)有做他們應(yīng)做的那份家務(wù)，而是妻子們更多地承擔(dān)了做家務(wù)，可推知本文應(yīng)屬于社會(huì)板塊，而不屬于體育，醫(yī)藥或新聞。

故正確答案為D。

【5】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中句子“Researchers interviewed 182 working couples who became first－time parents.”可知，一共有182對(duì)夫婦接受調(diào)查，故答案為A。