Question

　　How many men do housework? Recently a European commission(委员会) tried to find out people’s ideas and reactions to the women’s movement. As part of their survey(调查),they asked many men and women the question,” Who does the housework?” The men answered very differently from the women!

The housework they asked people about were: preparing meals, washing dishes, cleaning the house and babysitting.48% of British husbands said they did these things.37% of Danish(丹麦的) men helped in the house. But only 15% of Italian men said they did the housework; many of them said they never helped at all!

But there was an interesting point of view from the wives. According to British wives, only 38% of their husbands helped in the house. And Italian wives said that their husbands hardly ever helped. The Italian and British men did not tell the truth! The Commission found that Danish men were the most truthful husbands. Their answers were the same as their wives’ answers.

 Do the men you know help in the house? Do you think the survey gives a true picture in your experience? Write and tell us what you think.

 

72.The survey was carried out in _____.

A. Britain         B. Italy       C. Denmark     D. Europe

73.The subject for the survey is _____.

A. how many boys do the housework

B. who does the housework at home

C. how many women do the housework

D. who are more diligent, wives or husbands

74.From the passage we can see that _____.

A. there were more husbands who did the housework than wives

B. husbands did half of the housework all the time

C. there were more wives who did the housework than husbands

D. wives did almost all the housework at home

75.More _____ husbands help in the house than _____ husbands.

A. British; Danish

B. Italian; Danish

C. Danish; British

D. Italian; British

Answer 1

72. D

解析:从文章第一段提到的委员会及相应的国家可知答案。

73. B

解析:这正是调查的目的。

74. C

解析:这是事实，也是社会常识。

75. A

解析:综合推理题。比较文章二段中的一组数字可知答案。