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【題目】 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(模式)," 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 housework, compared with 17 hours in 2005. Men are taking on more housework, more than doubling their housework hours from 6 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(掃帚) 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 children, for example, wives took on more of the extra work, clocking about 28 hours a week compared with husbands'10 hours.

【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

【2】How many hours of housework did men do every week in the 1970s?

A.About 23.B.About 28.C.About 13.D.About 6.

【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.

【4】What can we conclude from Stafford's research?

A.Marriage gives men less freedom.B.Marriage has effects on job choices.

C.Housework sharing changes over time.D.Having children means doubled housework.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】A

【4】C

【解析】

本文敘述了在美國隨著時代的變遷，家里的家務活的分配也有了一些變化，婦女有全職的做家務，慢慢地婦女走出去工作，一些家務也有丈夫來做，只不過相對來說還是婦女做的家務更多一些，但是最辛苦的是單身男人他們需要自己做家務。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中“It’s a well-known pattern(模式),” 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.” 密歇根大學社會研究所的首席研究員弗蘭克·斯塔福德說：“這是一種眾所周知的模式�！薄澳行酝ǔＴ趹敉夤ぷ鬏^多，而女性則承擔更多的家務活�！笨芍�已婚男性主要在外面工作，養(yǎng)家糊口的，故選C。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中In 1976, women busied themselves with 26 weekly hours of housework, compared with 17 hours in 2005. Men are taking on more housework, more than doubling their housework hours from 6 in 1976 to 13 in 2005. 1976年，女性每周要做26個小時的家務，而2005年只有17個小時。男性承擔的家務活越來越多，家務時間從1976年的6小時增加到2005年的13小時，增加了一倍多。可知，在1970年代男性工作是6小時，故選D。

【3】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中Single men worked the hardest around the house, more than that of all other age groups of married men. 單身男人在家里工作最辛苦，比其他年齡段的已婚男人都要辛苦�？芍�男人中做家務最多的是單身男性，故選A。

【4】推理判斷題。根據(jù)文中Overall, times are changing in the American home. In 1976, women busied themselves with 26 weekly hours of housework, compared with 17 hours in 2005. Men are taking on more housework, more than doubling their housework hours from 6 in 1976 to 13 in 2005. 總體而言，美國家庭的時代在變化。 1976年，婦女每周要忙26個小時的家務活，而2005年為17個小時。男人從事更多的家務勞動，其家務勞動時間從1976年的6倍增加到2005年的13倍�？芍獜乃�的研究中可知得出家務分擔隨時間而變化。故選C。