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【題目】 Housework is an endless argument between lazy husbands and their hard-working wives, but women are warned not to expect men to share housework any time soon.

A study from Oxford University has found it seems impossible for men to be doing an equal share of housework before 2050. Mothers will continue to shoulder the burden(負(fù)擔(dān)) of childcare and housework for the next forty years, largely because housework such as cleaning and cooking is still thought of to be “women’s work”.

The gap(鴻溝) has narrowed slowly over the past 40 years. Women expect true equality(平等). But what makes them down is that it will take another forty years before it is achieved.

The research found that in the northern Europe, the burden of housework is shared more equally between men and women. In the UK, a woman spends around four hours and forty minutes each day on housework, compared with two hours and twenty-eight minutes for men. This is an improvement from the 1960s, when British women typically(典型地) spent six hours a day on housework, while men spent just 90 minutes every day.

But progress towards housework equality appears to be slowing in some countries. Dr Oriel Sullivan,a research reader, said, “we’ve looked at what is influencing the equality in the home, and we have found that certain tasks seem to be given according to whether they are viewed as ‘men’s work’ or ‘women’s work’.”

Dr Sullivan said cultural attitudes(態(tài)度) taught at school may decide the views of housework. “At school it is much easier for a girl to be a tomboy, but it is much more difficult for a boy to enjoy cooking and dancing,” she said.

【1】Women will continue to do more housework before 2050 mainly because _________.

A.men are too busy to helpB.they would like to do so

C.they can do betterD.it is considered as women’s work

【2】The underlined “it” in Paragraph 3 refers to (指代) ___________.

A.the researchB.true houseworkC.true equalityD.the gap

【3】From Paragraph 4 we know that in the UK ___________.

A.men now spend just 90 minutes a day on housework on average

B.women now are too busy with their work to do housework

C.women now spend less time on housework than before

D.housework is shared equally between men and women

【4】_____________ is mentioned in the last two paragraphs(段) of the article.

A.What men think of housework

B.How much housework women spend on housework

C.What influences people’s view of housework

D.Why men should share housework

【5】What is the main idea of this passage?

A.Argument about housework between husbands and wives will end.

B.Women will be doing more housework than men until 2050.

C.Men are unable to help their wives with housework.

D.Women spend less time on housework while men spend more than before.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】C

【3】C

【4】C

【5】B

【解析】

本文主要講述了家務(wù)勞動的問題。牛津大學(xué)的一項研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，在2050年之前，諸如打掃衛(wèi)生和烹飪等家務(wù)活仍然被認(rèn)為是“婦女的工作”。目前關(guān)于家務(wù)的觀點已經(jīng)對女性有了一定的益處，但女性分擔(dān)的家務(wù)仍舊遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)多于男性。

【1】句意：2050年之前，女性將繼續(xù)做更多的家務(wù)，主要是因為________。

細(xì)節(jié)理解題。選項A.男人們太忙了，幫不上忙。B.她們愿意這樣做。C.她們可以做得更好。D.它被認(rèn)為是婦女的工作。結(jié)合原文信息，依據(jù)文中：Mothers will continue to shoulder the burden of childcare and housework for the next forty years, largely because housework such as cleaning and cooking is still thought of to be “women’s work”.在未來的40年里，母親們將繼續(xù)承擔(dān)照顧孩子和做家務(wù)的責(zé)任，這主要是因為打掃衛(wèi)生和做飯等家務(wù)仍然被認(rèn)為是“女性的工作”�？芍�，正確答案為：D。

【2】句意：第3段中劃線的“it”指的是_________。

詞義理解題。選項A. the research研究。B. true housework真正的家務(wù)。C. true equality真正的平等。D. the gap差距。結(jié)合原文信息，依據(jù)文中：The gap has narrowed slowly over the past 40 years.這一差距在過去40年里緩慢縮小。Women expect true equality.婦女期待真正的平等。But what makes them down is that it will take another forty years before it is achieved.但令他們失望的是，要實現(xiàn)這一目標(biāo)還需要40年的時間�？芍�，it指代前面的true equality正確答案為：C。

【3】句意：從第4段我們知道，在英國_________。

細(xì)節(jié)理解題。選項A.現(xiàn)在男性平均每天只花90分鐘做家務(wù)。B.現(xiàn)在的婦女工作太忙而不能做家務(wù)。C.現(xiàn)在婦女花在家務(wù)上的時間比以前少了。D.家務(wù)是男女平等分擔(dān)的。結(jié)合原文信息，依據(jù)文中：The research found that in the northern Europe, the burden of housework is shared more equally between men and women.研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，在北歐，男性和女性分擔(dān)的家務(wù)活更多。In the UK, a woman spends around four hours and forty minutes each day on housework, compared with two hours and twenty-eight minutes for men.在英國，女性每天花在家務(wù)上的時間約為4小時40分鐘，而男性為2小時28分鐘。This is an improvement from the 1960s, when British women typically spent six hours a day on housework, while men spent just 90 minutes every day.這與上世紀(jì)60年代相比有所改善，當(dāng)時英國女性通常每天花6個小時做家務(wù)，而男性每天只花90分鐘�？芍�，現(xiàn)在婦女花在家務(wù)上的時間比以前少了。正確答案為：C。

【4】句意：文章的最后兩段提到了_________。

歸納概括題。選項A.男人怎么看待家務(wù)。B.女性在家務(wù)活上的付出。C.什么影響了人們對家務(wù)的看法。D.為什么男人要分擔(dān)家務(wù)。結(jié)合原文信息，依據(jù)文中：But progress towards housework equality appears to be slowing in some countries.但在一些國家，家務(wù)平等的進(jìn)程似乎正在放緩。Dr Sullivan said cultural attitudes taught at school may decide the views of housework.沙利文博士說，學(xué)校所教授的文化態(tài)度可能會決定人們對家務(wù)活的看法。可知，正確答案為：C。

【5】句意：這篇文章的主旨是什么?

主旨大意題。選項A.夫妻間關(guān)于家務(wù)的爭論將會結(jié)束。B.到2050年，女性將比男性承擔(dān)更多的家務(wù)。C.男人不能幫助他們的妻子做家務(wù)。D.女人花在家務(wù)上的時間比以前少，而男人花在家務(wù)上的時間比以前多。結(jié)合原文信息，依據(jù)文中：A study from Oxford University has found it seems impossible for men to be doing an equal share of housework before 2050.牛津大學(xué)(Oxford University)的一項研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，在2050年之前，男性似乎不可能承擔(dān)同等比例的家務(wù)勞動。Mothers will continue to shoulder the burden of childcare and housework for the next forty years, largely because housework such as cleaning and cooking is still thought of to be “women’s work”.在未來的40年里，母親們將繼續(xù)承擔(dān)照顧孩子和做家務(wù)的責(zé)任，這主要是因為打掃衛(wèi)生和做飯等家務(wù)仍然被認(rèn)為是“女性的工作”�？芍�，正確答案為：B。