Question

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 work

B．does more housework

C．is the main breadwinner

D．is the master of the house

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

A．About 28

B．About 26

C．About 13

D．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.

Answer 1

【小題1】C
【小題2】D
【小題3】A

解析試題分析：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。
【小題1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Men usually work more outside the home, while women take on more of the housework.男人是掙錢養(yǎng)家的人，故選C。
【小題2】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Men are taking on more housework, more than doubling their housework hours from six in 1976 to 13 in 2005.故選D。
【小題3】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Single men worked the hardest around the house, more than that of all other age groups of married men.單身的男人最辛苦，故選A。
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點評：細節(jié)題為閱讀考題的重頭戲，所占比例高達80% ，相對而言較簡單，因為這類題雖然要求理解準確，但基本上限于字面意義的理解，范圍也限于局部，因此是我們可望得高分的部分。細節(jié)題絕大部分體現(xiàn)“中心思想是解”這一原理。本文都是細節(jié)理解題，在文中比較容易找到答案。