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【题目】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(离婚), 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

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】D

【4】C

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述英国当代家庭的变化——妇女出来工作，所产生的影响。

【1】C细节理解题。根据第一句Mother stayed at home cooking and cleaning while Father left for work.母亲在家做饭打扫父亲在外工作，可知母亲不工作是20年前英国传统家庭的特点，故选C

【2】B细节理解题。第二段提到越来越多的离婚，第三段提到越来越多妇女工作，第五段提到了越来越多的单亲家庭青少年犯罪，越来越多父亲呆在家中并未提及，故选B

【3】D词义猜测题。根据句子Many of them have jobs and some of them can even make more money than men, the traditional breadwinners妇女赚钱多于男性，此时就代替了传统男性角色，成为了养家的支柱，该词就是指工作养家，故选D

【4】C细节理解题。根据倒数第三段最后一句It is thought that if a child doesn’t have a father, he or she will be harmed可知父亲对于孩子的成长很重要，故选C