Question

【題目】 Research （研究）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 interview 182 working couples who become first-time parents. Both husbands and wives work almost the same number of hours in full-time jobs. However, men do five hours a week less （更少） housework than women after their baby is 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 is looking after her baby. New fathers do not do more （更多） work because they do not realize （意識(shí)到）the mother is doing so much more. Another reason is that after a baby is born, father 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】________ do more housework according to the passage.

A.WivesB.HusbandsC.ParentsD.Children

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

A.mothers come from different familiesB.mothers like reading different stories

C.mothers work more hours than fathersD.different mothers have different children

【3】The “traditional” role of a father is ________.

A.doing houseworkB.looking after the baby

C.working outsideD.doing part-time jobs

【4】What can we learn from the passage?

A.Men do the same housework as women after their baby is born.

B.Women do more housework than men after their baby is born.

C.Men works longer hours than women in their jobs.

D.New fathers don’t do any housework.

【5】We can probably （很可能）read this passage in a ________.

A.textbookB.dictionaryC.storybookD.newspaper

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】C

【4】B

【5】D

【解析】

美國(guó)一所大學(xué)的研究表明丈夫和妻子做全職工作的時(shí)間幾乎是一樣的，但是孩子出生后，男人每周做的家務(wù)活比女人少5個(gè)小時(shí)。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段中“However, men do five hours a week less housework than women after their baby is born.”和第二段中“Becoming a parent added about 21 hours a week to a mother’s work.”可知，妻子做了更多的家務(wù)。故選A。

【2】詞句猜測(cè)題。A：母親來(lái)自不同的家庭；B：母親喜歡讀不同的故事；C：母親比父親工作時(shí)間長(zhǎng)；D：不同的母親有不同的孩子。根據(jù)第一段中“However, men do five hours a week less housework than women after their baby is born.”和第二段中“It is a different story for mothers. Becoming a parent added about 21 hours a week to a mother’s work.”可知，孩子出生后，父親每周做的家務(wù)活比女性少5個(gè)小時(shí)，但是母親每周的工作時(shí)間增加了21個(gè)小時(shí)。故選C。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段中“Another reason is that after a baby is born, father follow the “traditional” roles. That is, the mother looks after the baby and the father works outside.”可知，孩子出生后，父親遵循“傳統(tǒng)”角色。也就是說(shuō)，母親照顧孩子，父親在外工作。故選C。

【4】推理判斷題。A：孩子出生后，男人和女人做同樣的家務(wù)；根據(jù)第一段中“However, men do five hours a week less housework than women after their baby is born.”可知，在孩子出生后，男性每周做的家務(wù)活比女性少5個(gè)小時(shí)，該項(xiàng)表述錯(cuò)誤；B：女人在孩子出生后做的家務(wù)活比男人多；根據(jù)第二段中“It is a different story for mothers. Becoming a parent added about 21 hours a week to a mother’s work.”可知，母親每周的工作時(shí)間增加了21個(gè)小時(shí)，該項(xiàng)表述正確；C：男性工作時(shí)間比女性長(zhǎng)；根據(jù)第二段中“Becoming a parent added about 21 hours a week to a mother’s work…New fathers do not do more （更多） work”可知，女性的工作時(shí)間比男性長(zhǎng)，該項(xiàng)表述錯(cuò)誤；D：新爸爸不做任何家務(wù)；根據(jù)第二段中“New fathers do not do more （更多） work…”可知，新爸爸不做更多的工作而不是不做任何家務(wù)，該項(xiàng)表述錯(cuò)誤。故選B。

【5】推理判斷題。A：教科書(shū)；B：字典；C：故事書(shū)；D：報(bào)紙。根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容可知，本文主要是介紹研究結(jié)果，所以推測(cè)可能在報(bào)紙上看到。故選D。