Question

How do you get a man to do his share of the housework? If you are like most women, you’ve faced this question the hard way.

A man will enjoy a clean, orderly house, but he usually won’t make the effort to clean or organize it. This doesn’t mean that a woman has to do all the housework:; she may have to manage many of the household duties, and request her partner’s participation（参与）. A woman can often say that men and women should take equal responsibility（责任） for housework.

Very few men are raised to be fully responsible for housework, and many men look on housework as women’s work. On the other hand, most men will readily work around the yard, make repairs and complete projects on weekends or evenings, and it’s important that you give your man appreciation for those things, too. Most men will take on a little additional housework around the house if asked politely. They are even more likely to do housework if they can choose what they want to do, and do it without being monitored.

Here’s the key: men want to feel that they are doing housework either because they want to do a task, or because they simply want to please their women. Men are much less likely to take on household tasks they consider uninteresting and unimportant. In other words, men are likely to do a household task just for the good of the house.

1.The passage is mainly about how to _____.

A. get men to take on some housework

B. get men to serve their families

C. praise men’ housework

D. make men do all the housework

2.According to the passage, a man_____.

A. is willing to do housework

B. likes to be told to do housework

C. is taught to be responsible for housework from childhood

D. likes a clean house but doesn’t make efforts to clean it

3.In order to get men to do some housework, women should often_____.

A. order them to do their share

B. ask them to do some housework politely

C. blame men’s laziness

D. monitor men’s work

4.According to the passage, the underlined sentence in the last paragraph means that men won’t _____.

A. work without any payment

B. do unimportant household tasks

C. do housework without women’s praise

D. please their wives

5.According to the passage, which of the following would a husband most probably like to do?

A. Cleaning the table.    B. Doing some sewing.

C. Painting the fence.    D. Asking his wife to work on the yard.

Answer

1. A

2. D

3. B

4. B

5. C

【解析】

本文是一篇说明文，介绍了如何让男人分担家务的几点建议。

1.主旨大意题。根据第一段中的“How do you get a man to do his share of the housework?”可知，本文介绍了如何让男人分担家务的几点建议，故A项正确。

2.细节理解题。根据第二段中的“A man will enjoy a clean, orderly house, but he usually won’t make the effort to clean or organise it.”可知，男人喜欢干净的房子，却不愿花时间打扫，故D项正确。

3.细节理解题。根据第三段中的“Most men will take on a little housework around the house if asked politely.”可知，如果被礼貌地要求，男人会做一些家务，故B项正确。

4.句意理解题。根据画线部分前的“Men are much less likely to take on household tasks they consider uninteresting and unimportant.”可知，男人不太可能承担他们认为无趣或不重要的家务，故B项正确。

5.推理判断题。根据第三段中的“On the other hand, most men will readily work around the yard, make repairs and complete projects on weekends or evenings”可知，大多数男人会愿意在庭院里干活或是做一些修理工作，故C项（给围栏上漆）正确。