Question

【题目】Are you always unwilling to do housework and cleaning for no reason? Well, you will be happy today. Today is No Housework Day. It’s time to forget about housework and be relaxed.

No Housework Day is always on April 7th. It is your chance to do anything, except housework. Better still, have someone else do housework for a day. Housework is a daily and endless job and most people think it’s boring to do housework. I have many friends and their wish is to stay away from housework. In fact, their wish can never come true.

Do you know how to celebrate No Housework Day? Well , there are two different ways.

If you usually do the housework around the house, forget it on this day. Instead, kick back and enjoy the day. Relax and do anything, except housework.

If you never do housework, you can do it for your family. It gives your parents a break from the housework. And, you just might get a chance to know how much housework your parents need to do every day.

【1】The writer has many friends and their wish is _________.

A. not to do any housework any more

B. to ask others to do their housework

C. to celebrate No Housework Day

D. to ask all the family members to do housework

【2】If Lisa never does housework, the writer thinks she can _________ on No Housework Day.

A. forget housework B. do housework

C. feel relaxed D. do anything except housework

【3】What’s the main idea of the passage?

A. It’s about the daily housework.

B. It’s about our duty and right.

C. It’s about No Housework Day.

D. It’s about some national holiday.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】C

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要讲述了“无家务日”及其来源。

【1】A.细节理解题。根据文中I have many friends and their wish is to stay away from housework.的描述，可知作者有许多朋友，他们都希望不做家务。A. not to do any housework any more不再做任何家务；B. to ask others to do their housework请其他人来做他们的家务；C. to celebrate No Housework Day来庆祝“无家务日”; D. to ask all the family members to do housework请所有的家庭成员来做家务。根据短文理解，答案故选A。

【2】B.细节理解题。A. forget housework忘记家务；B. do housework做家务；C. feel relaxed感到放松；D. do anything except housework做除了家务以外的任何事情。根据文中If you never do housework, you can do it for your family. It gives your parents a break from the housework. 的描述，可知答案选B。

【3】C.归纳宗旨题。A. It’s about the daily housework.它主要是关于日常家务；B. It’s about our duty and right.它是关于我们的职责和权力；C.It’s about No Housework Day.它是关于“无家务日”；D. It’s about some national holiday.它是关于一些国家的节假日。根据文中Today is No Housework Day. It’s time to forget about housework and be relaxed.描述和对全文的理解，可知答案选C。