Question

【題目】 Once while being prepared for a television interview, I was chatting with the host about stay-at-home fathers. Why are we seeing more stay-at-home dads? I thought maybe it’s because a man doesn’t make more money than his wife. Many families now take earning (賺錢) power into consideration when deciding which parent will stay home.

At that point, one of the members expressed his opinion, “It should be the better parent who stays at home”. A lot of guys say things like that. I was a stay-at-home father for eight years, so what he said made me excited. It showed that our family’s choice could only have been correct if I was a “better” parent than my wife.

I suppose an argument could have been made that when I began staying home my wife was the “better” parent: She had spent more tune with our son, could read him better and calm him more quickly. And if he had a choice, he’d have picked her over me. But as she was the more employable (有人雇傭的) one, my wife went out to work and I looked after our son.

Because of the increased time I spent with him, I soon knew him well, understood what he needed and could look after him more or less as my wife could. Actually, the experience helped me unlock one of the world’s great secrets: Women are good at looking after the children because they do it. It’s not because of a mother’s instinct (本能)—which I think is mostly learned anyway. It’s because they put in the time and attention required to become good at the job.

Women are able to give birth and nurse, but over the long term experience is more important. When I got the experience myself, I was good, too. As good? I don’t know. Who cares? Children are not made of glass. Other people are able to look after them besides Mom.

【1】Which of the following does the first paragraph (自然段) tell us?

A.Men are no longer given the chance to stay at home as they used to.

B.In some families the wives are earning more than their husbands.

C.The writer is telling the readers that he works in the TV station.

D.There are more stay-at-home fathers than stay-at-home mothers.

【2】According to the underlined sentence in the second paragraph, we can infer (推斷) that________.

A.the writer thought he made more money than his wife

B.the writer didn’t think he could be a good parent

C.the writer thought he should go out for a job

D.the writer thought he could look after their son, too

【3】The writer decided to stay at home eight years ago because ________.

A.it was easier for his wife to find a jobB.he thought he was the better father

C.their son liked him a little bit betterD.he was earning more than his wife did

【4】Women are better than men at taking care of children because ________.

A.they spend more time doing itB.they love children and enjoy it

C.they were born with the abilityD.they have learned it at school

【5】Which of the following is the writer’s conclusion at the end?

A.He is better than his wife at taking care of children.

B.He isn’t as good as his wife at taking care of children.

C.Either fathers or mothers can take care of children.

D.Both fathers and mothers cannot take care of children.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】A

【4】A

【5】C

【解析】

這是一篇議論文，討論的是到底應該誰在家里帶孩子，其實不論父親母親，都可以照顧孩子。

【1】考查段落大意，通讀第一段，根據(jù)“Why are we seeing more stay-at-home dads? I thought maybe it’s because a man doesn’t make more money than his wife.”為什么我們看到越來越多的居家奶爸?我想這可能是因為男人掙的錢不比妻子多。故選B。

【2】考查詞句推測，根據(jù)劃線句子“ It showed that our family’s choice could only have been correct if I was a “better” parent than my wife.”這表明，我們家的選擇只有在我比我妻子“更好”的情況下才可能是正確的。再聯(lián)系這一段，可推測這個作者認為他也可以照顧孩子，故選D。

【3】考查細節(jié)理解，根據(jù)第三段“as she was the more employable (有人雇傭的) one, my wife went out to work and I looked after our son.”因為她更適合工作，我妻子出去工作，我照顧我們的兒子。故選A。

【4】考查細節(jié)理解，根據(jù)文章第四段“ Women are good at looking after the children because they do it. It’s not because of a mother’s instinct (本能)—which I think is mostly learned anyway. It’s because they put in the time and attention required to become good at the job. ”女人善于照顧孩子，因為她們這樣做。這并不是因為母親的本能——我認為這主要是后天習得的。這是因為他們投入了做好工作所需要的時間和精力。故選A。

【5】考查細節(jié)理解，根據(jù)最后一句“Other people are able to look after them besides Mom.”可知作者的結論就是除了母親可以在家照顧孩子，家里其他人也可以照顧。故選C。