Question

How many men do housework? Recently a European Commission tried to find out people’s ideas and reactions to the women’s movement. As part of their survey, they asked many men and women the question, “Who does the housework?” The men answered very differently from the women!

The housework they asked people about were: preparing meals, washing dishes, cleaning the house and babysitting. 48% of British husbands said they did these things. 37% of Danish men helped in the house. But only 15% of Italian men said they did the housework, many of them said they never helped at all!

But there was an interesting point of view from the wives. According to British wives, only 38% of their husbands helped in the house. And Italian wives said that their husbands hardly ever helped. The Italian and British men did not tell the truth! The Commission found that Danish men were the most trustful husbands; their answers were the same as their wives’ answers.

Do the men you know help in the house? Do you think the survey gives a true picture in your experience? Write and tell us what you think.

1.The survey was carried out in ______.

A. Britain    B. Europe    C. Denmark    D. Italy

2.The subject for the survey is ______.

A. how many boys do the housework

B. who are more diligent, wives or husbands

C. how many women do the housework

D. who does the housework at home

3.From the passage we can see that ______.

A. there were more husbands who did the housework than wives

B. husbands did half of the housework all the time

C. there were more wives who did the housework than husbands.

D. wives did all the housework at home

4.More ______ husbands help in the house than ______ husbands.

A. British; Danish B. Italian; Danish

C. Danish; British   D. Italian; British

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.C

4.A

【解析】

试题分析: 文中讲述了对“在家庭中谁做家务”的调查，在欧洲不同的国家有不同的回答，但从总体而言还是以女性为主。

1.B考察细节理解题。根据文意 Recently a European Commission tried to find out people’s ideas and reactions to the women’s movement. 最近欧洲委员会想了解一下妇女解放运动的成效，可知该调查是在欧洲进行的，所以答案是B。

2.D考察细节理解题。根据文意As part of their survey, they asked many men and women the question, “Who does the housework?”调查的部分是“家庭中谁做家务”，所以答案是D。

3.C考察判断推理题。根据文章第二段的数据可知女性做的家务比男性要所所以答案是C。

4.A考察细节理解题。根据文意48% of British husbands said they did these things. 37% of Danish men helped in the house可知英国男性做家务的次数比丹麦男性要多，所以答案是A。

考点：调查类阅读。