A recent study shows that an unequal share of household chores

A recent study shows that an unequal share of household chores

Đề bài: Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to lớn indicate the correct answer to lớn each of the questions.

A recent study shows that an unequal share of household chores is still the norm in many households, despite the fact that many more women now have jobs. In a survey of 1,256 people ages between 18 and 65, men said they contributed an average of 37% of the total housework, while the women estimated their share to lớn be nearly double that, at 70%. This ratio was not affected by whether the woman was working or not. When they were asked what they thought was a fair division of labour, women with jobs felt that housework should be shared equally between male and female partners. Women who did not work outside the trang chính were satisfied to lớn perform 80% - the majority of the household work - if their husbands did remainder. Research has shown that, if  levels increase beyond these percentages, women become unhappy and anxious, and feel they are unimportant.After marriage, a woman is reported to lớn increase her household workload by 14 hours per week, but for men the amount is just 90 minutes. So the division of labour becomes unbalanced, as a man's share increases much less than thở the woman's. It is the inequality and loss of respect, not the actual number of hours, which leads to lớn anxiety and depression. The research describes housework as thankless and unfulfilling. Activities included in the study were cooking, cleaning, shopping, doing laundry, washing up and childcare. Women who have jobs report that they feel overworked by these chores in addition to lớn their professional duties. In contrast, full-time homemakers frequently anticipate going back to lớn work when the children grow up. Distress for this group is caused by losing the teamwork in the marriage.

Câu 1: According to lớn the passage, a fair division of labour is that

A. women vì thế 14 hours of housework

B. men vì thế more housework than thở women

C. women vì thế more than thở 80 percent of the housework

D. women and men share the housework equally

Câu 2: All activities mentioned in the passage are household chores EXCEPT

A. childcaring

B. washing-up

C. shopping

D. taking care of old-aged parents

Câu 3: The word "remainder" in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to                 .

A. what is share  

B.  what is fulfilled

C. what is done   

D. what is left

Câu 4: The word "norm" in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to_                   .

A. strange thing 

B. unequal thing

C. changing thing

D. usual thing

Câu 5: Although women think men should share the housework, those who don't have paid job agree to lớn share … of the chores.

A. 14 percent

B. 37 percent   

C. 80 percent    

D. 70 percent

Câu 6: It can be inferred from the passage that after getting married,                                        .

A. women vì thế twice as much housework as men

B. women vì thế less and less housework

C.  men spend much less time doing housework than thở women.

D. men vì thế more housework than thở women

Câu 7: The word "they" in paragraph 2 refers to

A. men

B. labour

C. jobs

D. women

Lời giải:

Đáp án:

Giải thích:

1. Thông tin: When they were asked what they thought was a fair division of labour, women with jobs felt that housework should be shared equally between male and female partners. (Khi được đặt câu hỏi bọn họ nghĩ về thế nào là là phân công sức động công bình, phụ phái nữ đem việc thực hiện cảm nhận thấy rằng việc làm nội trợ nên được chia đều cả hai bên mang đến phái nam và phái nữ.)

2. Thông tin: Activities included in the study were cooking, cleaning, shopping, doing laundry, washing up and childcare. (Các hoạt động và sinh hoạt được đi vào nghiên cứu và phân tích là nấu bếp, dọn dẹp vệ sinh, sắm sửa, giặt giũ, giặt giũ và đỡ đần trẻ nhỏ.)

3. remainder = phần còn lại

4. norm = loại bình thường

5. Thông tin: Women who did not work outside the trang chính were satisfied to lớn perform 80% - the majority of the household work - if their husbands did remainder. (Những phụ phái nữ ko thao tác phía bên ngoài lý tưởng tiến hành 80% - phần rộng lớn việc làm mái ấm gia đình - nếu như ông chồng bọn họ thực hiện phần sót lại.)

6. Thông tin: After marriage, a woman is reported to lớn increase her household workload by 14 hours per week, but for men the amount is just 90 minutes. So the division of labour becomes unbalanced, as a man's share increases much less than thở the woman's. (Sau khi kết duyên, một người phụ phái nữ được cho rằng đã tiếp tục tăng lượng việc làm mái ấm gia đình của tớ lên 14 giờ hàng tuần, tuy nhiên so với phái mạnh, số lượng này đơn giản 90 phút. Vì vậy, sự phân công sức động trở thành thất lạc thăng bằng, vì như thế phần của phái mạnh tăng thấp hơn nhiều đối với của phái đẹp.)

7. Thông tin: When they were asked what they thought was a fair division of labour, women with jobs felt that housework should be shared equally between male and female partners. (Khi được đặt câu hỏi bọn họ nghĩ về thế nào là là phân công sức động công bình, phụ phái nữ đem việc thực hiện cảm nhận thấy rằng việc làm nội trợ nên được chia đều cả hai bên mang đến phái nam và phái nữ.)