Having a husband means an extra seven hours of housework each week for women, according to a new study. For men, getting married saves an hour of housework a week. “It’s a well-known pattern,” said lead researcher Frank Stafford at University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research. “Men usually work more outside the home, while women take on more of the housework.”
He points out that differences among households (家庭) exist. But in general, marriage means more housework for women and less for men. “And the situation gets worse for women when they have children.” Stafford said.
Overall, times are changing in the American home. In 1976, women busied themselves with 26 weekly hours of sweeping-and-dusting work, compared with 17 hours in 2005. Men are taking on more housework, more than doubling their housework hours from six in 1976 to 13 in 2005.
Single women in their 20s and 30s did the least housework, about 12 weekly hours, while married women in their 60s and 70s did the most – about 21 hours a week.
Men showed a somewhat different pattern, with older men picking up the broom more often than younger men. Single men worked the hardest around the house, more than that of all other age groups of married men.
Having children increases housework even further. With more than three, for example, wives took on more of the extra work, clocking about 28 hours a week compared with husbands’10 hours.
小題1:According to the “well-known pattern” in Paragraph 1, a married man ________.
A．takes on heavier workB．does more housework
C．is the main breadwinnerD．is the master of the house
小題2:How many hours of housework did men do every week in the 1970s?
A．About 28B．About 26
C．About 13D．About 6
小題3:What kind of man is doing most housework according to the text?
A．An unmarried man.B．An older married man.
C．A younger married man.D．A married man with children.
小題4:What can we conclude from Stafford’s research?
A．Marriage gives men more freedom.
B．Marriage has effects on job choices.
C．Housework sharing changes over time.
D．Having children means doubled housework.

小題1:C
小題2:D
小題3:A
小題4:C
這篇閱讀理解的文字風(fēng)格詼諧但有實(shí)際的描述了一個(gè)很普遍的社會(huì)問(wèn)題：男女角色在家庭責(zé)任承擔(dān)上隨著時(shí)期的不同而發(fā)生變化。這是一篇展示社會(huì)問(wèn)題類(lèi)型的文章。作者通過(guò)描繪不同時(shí)期的男女---單身---婚后---孩子出生等階段他們角色和責(zé)任承擔(dān)的改變。
從文字設(shè)計(jì)上看，影響考生理解完整意思的因素并不多，整篇文章文字比較通順流暢。難度并不大。但是在前兩題題的理解上，部分考生會(huì)出現(xiàn)問(wèn)題。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第一段Men usually work more outside the home可得知答案。
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)題。由第二段最后一句可知。
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第二段最后一句話ingle men worked the hardest around the house, more than that of all other age groups of married men可得知答案。
小題4:綜合理解題。讀文章第三段，和其他各段的數(shù)字相比，可知一直在變化。
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