As nanny(保姆),cook, cleaner, shopper, driver, and gardener, she has one of the most demanding jobs in Britain today.And paying someone else to do the chores(家务活)which take the average housewife 71 hours a week would cost ?349.

  At over ?18,000 a year that’s more than the earnings of 70 percent of the population, including train drivers, firemen, prison officers, and social worker.Looking after a baby less than a year old takes a housewife into a even higher pay league.According to a stud, she earns ?457 a week-at nearly ?24,000 a year, the same as teachers, engineers, and chemists.

  Researchers put a price on each chore, then tried to find out how long the average person takes doing them.They found housewives spend an average 70.7 hours a week on housework-with looking after the children(17.9 hours)and cooking and cleaning(12.9 hours each)the most time-consuming(费时).

  A wife with a part-time job still works and average of 59 hours a week at home.Those in full-time employment put in longer hours at home than in the workplace.The good news is that these hours sharply as children get older.While the average mother with child under one puts in 90 hours weekly, the figure drops to 80 hours from one to four and to 66 hours from five to ten.

  Mother-of-four Karen Williams from London said, “Paying the housewives may not be practical, but the government should recognize the value of housework, perhaps through the tax.Running a house takes a lot of time and most husbands don’t understand this.For example, my husband only puts a shelf up now and again.He never cleans the kitchen-that’s the real test.”

(1)

Who earns most according to the text?

[  ]

A.

A social worker.

B.

A fireman.

C.

A gardener.

D.

A teacher.

(2)

We lean from the text that looking after children ________.

[  ]

A.

takes more time than doing any other housework

B.

means more duties than being a teacher

C.

requires the mother to be well-educated

D.

prevents the mother from working outside

(3)

According to the text, a housewife with a baby less than one year old may work ________.

[  ]

A.

66 hours a week

B.

71 hours a week

C.

80 hours a week

D.

90 hours a week

(4)

By mentioning her husband, Karen Williams wants to show that ________.

[  ]

A.

housework is no easy job

B.

her husband has no time to clean the kitchen

C.

a housewife needs to be paid for cleaning

D.

the kitchen is hard to clean

   As nanny(保姆), cook, cleaner, shopper, driver, and gardener, she has one of the most demanding jobs in Britain today. And paying someone else to do the chores(家务活) which take the average housewife 71 hours a week would cost ?349.

   At over ?18,000 a year that’s more than the earnings of 70 percent of the population, including train drivers, firemen, prison officers, and social worker. Looking after a baby less than a year old takes a housewife into a even higher pay league. According to a stud, she earns ?457 a week – at nearly ?24,000 a year, the same as teachers, engineers, and chemists.

   Researchers put a price on each chore, then tried to find out how long the average person takes doing them. They found housewives spend an average 70.7 hours a week on housework – with looking after the children (17.9hours) and cooking and cleaning (12.9 hours each) the most time-consuming(费时).

   A wife with a part-time job still works and average of 59 hours a week at home. Those in full-time employment put in longer hours at home than in the workplace. The good news is that these hours sharply as children get older. While the average mother with child under one puts in 90 hours weekly, the figure drops to 80 hours from one to four and to 66 hours from five to ten.

   Mother-of-four Karen Williams from London said, “Paying the housewives may not be practical, but the government should recognize the value of housework, perhaps through the tax. Running a house takes a lot of time and most husbands don’t understand this. For example, my husband only puts a shelf up now and again. He never cleans the kitchen – that’s the real test.”

Who earns most according to the text?

   A. A social worker.                    B. A fireman.

   C. A gardener.                        D. A teacher.

We lean from the text that looking after children ______.

   A. takes more time than doing any other housework

   B. means more duties than being a teacher

   C. requires the mother to be well-educated

   D. prevents the mother from working outside

According to the text, a housewife with a baby less than one year old may work _____.

   A. 66 hours a week               B. 71 hours a week

   C. 80 hours a week               D. 90 hours a week

By mentioning her husband, Karen Williams wants to show that ______.

   A. housework is no easy job

   B. her husband has no time to clean the kitchen

   C. a housewife needs to be paid for cleaning

   D. the kitchen is hard to clean


As nanny(保姆), cook, cleaner, shopper, driver, and gardener, she has one of the most demanding jobs in Britain today. And paying someone else to do the chores(家务活) which take the average housewife 71 hours a week would cost ?349.
At over ?18,000 a year that’s more than the earnings of 70 percent of the population, including train drivers, firemen, prison officers, and social worker. Looking after a baby less than a year old takes a housewife into a even higher pay league. According to a stud, she earns ?457 a week – at nearly ?24,000 a year, the same as teachers, engineers, and chemists.
Researchers put a price on each chore, then tried to find out how long the average person takes doing them. They found housewives spend an average 70.7 hours a week on housework – with looking after the children (17.9hours) and cooking and cleaning (12.9 hours each) the most time-consuming(费时).
A wife with a part-time job still works and average of 59 hours a week at home. Those in full-time employment put in longer hours at home than in the workplace. The good news is that these hours sharply as children get older. While the average mother with child under one puts in 90 hours weekly, the figure drops to 80 hours from one to four and to 66 hours from five to ten.
Mother-of-four Karen Williams from London said, “Paying the housewives may not be practical, but the government should recognize the value of housework, perhaps through the tax. Running a house takes a lot of time and most husbands don’t understand this. For example, my husband only puts a shelf up now and again. He never cleans the kitchen – that’s the real test.”
【小题1】Who earns most according to the text?

A.A social worker.B.A fireman.
C.A gardener.D.A teacher.
【小题2】 We lean from the text that looking after children ______.
A.takes more time than doing any other housework
B.means more duties than being a teacher
C.requires the mother to be well-educated
D.prevents the mother from working outside
【小题3】According to the text, a housewife with a baby less than one year old may work _____.
A.66 hours a weekB.71 hours a week
C.80 hours a weekD.90 hours a week
【小题4】By mentioning her husband, Karen Williams wants to show that ______.
A.housework is no easy job
B.her husband has no time to clean the kitchen
C.a housewife needs to be paid for cleaning
D.the kitchen is hard to clean

阅读理解。
     As nanny (保姆), cook, cleaner, shopper, driver, and gardener, she has one of the most demanding jobs
in Britain today. And paying someone else to do the chores (家务活) which take the average housewife 71
hours a week would cost £349.
     At over £18,000 a year that's more than the earnings of 70 percent of the population, including train
drivers, firemen, prison officers, and social worker. Looking after a baby less than a year old takes a housewife
into a even higher pay league. According to a stud, she earns £457 a week-at nearly £24,000 a year, the
same as teachers, engineers, and chemists.
     Researchers put a price on each chore, then tried to find out how long the average person takes doing
them. They found housewives spend an average 70.7 hours a week on housework-with looking after the
children (17.9 hours) and cooking and cleaning (12.9 hours each) the most time-consuming (费时).
     A wife with a part-time job still works and average of 59 hours a week at home. Those in full-time
employment put in longer hours at home than in the workplace. The good news is that these hours sharply as
children get older. While the average mother with child under one puts in 90 hours weekly, the figure drops to
80 hours from one to four and to 66 hours from five to ten.
     Mother-of-four Karen Williams from London said, "Paying the housewives may not be practical, but the
government should recognize the value of housework, perhaps through the tax. Running a house takes a lot
of time and most husbands don't understand this. For example, my husband only puts a shelf up now and
again. He never cleans the kitchen-that's the real test."
1. Who earns most according to the text? 
A. A social worker.
B. A fireman.
C. A gardener.
D. A teacher.
2. We lean from the text that looking after children _____.
A. takes more time than doing any other housework
B. means more duties than being a teacher
C. requires the mother to be well-educated
D. prevents the mother from working outside
3. According to the text, a housewife with a baby less than one year old may work _____.
A. 66 hours a week
B. 71 hours a week
C. 80 hours a week
D. 90 hours a week
4. By mentioning her husband, Karen Williams wants to show that _____.
A. housework is no easy job
B. her husband has no time to clean the kitchen
C. a housewife needs to be paid for cleaning
D. the kitchen is hard to clean

Tattoos(纹身) and body piercing(穿洞) have moved up on the trend list in recent years. Around Western schools lots of teens are sporting new holes and flesh ink. Like all other subjects, we’ll surely be faced with such situation. To get a better view of what has happened in the West, let’s sit down and hear what they say.

Kerstin Otto from Washington:

The hotter it gets and the more layers of clothing disappear, the more tattoos and piercing appear on various places of the human body, I wouldn’t be caught dead with a snake tattooed on my ankle or with a piece of metal stuck in my belly button.

Erin from Indiana:

I think body piercing is cool. In most situations, you don’t really have to worry about it getting torn out. I go to Noblesville High School. I am a sophomore (that is the l0th grade). Body piercing can be cool, only if it is not taken to too much of an extent. I would not want to get my nose pierced, just because I think I’ll look bad. But that is my personal opinion. I guess that type of thing is a cultural difference.

Tiara from Indiana:

I personally think body piercing is sickening. If there were supposed to be holes in your body, you would have been born with them. I do, however, think that ear piercing, is not wrong.  There is a difference between ear piercing and belly button piercing. Ear piercing is not nearly as dangerous. I would be sick if someone stuck a needle in my belly button.

Lee from Illinois:

Hi! I live in Illinois. I am 23.I have 12 tattoos and three piercing. I love my tattoos and consider myself an art collector. You would be surprised at who has given me the thumbs-up on my art work. People on the street stop me to look at that on my leg. Most of them don’t know what it is. They just think the work itself is great.

Subotai from California:

I’m not prohibitive(禁止)of self-expression, but when I see high school students getting these piercings, I really wonder. In some cases, the drive is deeper and darker than mere fashion. A friend of mine tried piercing her own tongue with a safety pin. It got infected and she had a tongue the size of a cow’s.

Nagib from Washington:

I wanted an earring. My friends had them and it looked like a cool thing. I wanted to get a nose ring, but my mum wouldn’t let me. Now I’m glad I didn’t get it. I just wanted a little stud, but I wouldn’t have looked good with it.

Jackson from Ohio:

I don’t think it’s wrong, but when people do it all over the place like their face and everything —I think that’s ridiculous. People who get the big dragons that cover your whole body—I don’t think that’s necessary. When I see naked chicks on guys, I think. “You have no respect for women.”

Brittany from New York:

You don’t want to do stuff to your body. You don t need to do that because you were made perfect. You don’t need to add piercing. If it will make you feel beautiful and you really feel like you need to do it for yourself, then okay. If it really makes a big difference impacting your self-esteem and how you are towards others, then do it. But otherwise, don’t mess with what you got. Maybe you should try something more substantial(充实的) to find beauty in yourself.

1.Who is wholeheartedly lost in tattoos and piercing?

       A.Tiara                   B.Erin                    C.Nagib.                 D.Lee.

2.Who doesn’t think tattoos and piercing are beautiful?

       A.Jackson.             B.Brittany.              C.Tiara.                 D.Nagy.

3.We can conclude that ________.

       A.tattoos and piercing are a new kind of elegant art

       B.all the teachers in the West are in favor of tattoos and piercing

       C.everything is changeable with time going on

       D.it is necessary to live with all different views of beauty

4.The best title for this passage is probably _________.

       A.Body Art or Damage

       B.Damage to the Youth’s Body

      C.Young People’s Different Curiosities

       D.A Great Anxiety About Young People

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