Question

Mother stayed at home cooking and cleaning while Father left for work. Two or more children took the bus to school. In the evening, all the family members got together at home again. This is what a traditional family was like twenty years ago. But now great changes have happened in British families.

As many as 2 out of 3 marriages now end in divorce(離婚), and many children have to live with one parent and only see the other at weekends or during holidays.

There has been a great increase in the number of working women with children. Many women have to work to support themselves and their children. Even in the family where there is no divorce, both parents have to work in order to survive.

Also women are no longer happy to stay at home taking care of children. Many of them have jobs and some of them can even make more money than men, the traditional breadwinners.

What’s more, the increasing number of single-parent families have caused an increase in the crime rate (犯罪率) among children in a way. It is thought that if a child doesn’t have a father, he or she will be harmed.

However the changes may be good for some people. For women it’s now much easier to have well-paid jobs. Although it is difficult to be a working mother, it is no longer seen as a bad thing for children.

As for some children, they learn how to solve problems by themselves at an early age.

1.Which of the following statements is TRUE about a traditional family in Britain twenty years ago?

A. Both the mother and the father had to work to support the family.

B. The father stayed at home taking care of the children.

C. The mother didn’t need to work.

D. A family had only one child.

2.Which of the following things is NOT mentioned in the passage ?

A. The increasing number of divorces.

B. The increasing number of fathers who stay at home.

C. The increasing number of working mothers.

D. The increasing crime rate among children.

3.According to the passage, a “breadwinner” refers to a person who ________.

A. has got some bread

B. is good at making bread

C. stays at home raising children

D. works to support the family

4.From the passage we can learn that ________.

A. In a family where the parents are not divorced in Britain，the mother doesn’t have to work.

B. Children whose parents are divorced have to start working early.

C. The father is very important to a child’s growth.

D. The changes in British families do no goo

Answer 1

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文講述英國當(dāng)代家庭的變化——婦女出來工作，所產(chǎn)生的影響。

1. stayed at home cooking and cleaning while Father left for work.母親在家做飯打掃父親在外工作，可知母親不工作是20年前英國傳統(tǒng)家庭的特點，故選C

2.

3. of them have jobs and some of them can even make more money than men, the traditional breadwinners婦女賺錢多于男性，此時就代替了傳統(tǒng)男性角色，成為了養(yǎng)家的支柱，該詞就是指工作養(yǎng)家，故選D

4. is thought that if a child doesn’t have a father, he or she will be harmed可知父親對于孩子的成長很重要，故選C

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