Question

[1] Boys whose fathers work very long hours are more likely to be aggressive, according to a new research. A study of more than 1,400 children found those boys, whose fathers worked more than 55 hours a week, were more aggressive than their peers, yet the same thing didn’t happen to daughters. What’s more, mothers’ working hours did not seem to affect it.

[2] Now, further research needs to be carried out to find out why this happens in males, and to look for ways to tackle it. In Germany, 15 percent of fathers of children, aged three and four, worked 55 or more hours a week. Dr. Jianghong Li said, “It is possible when fathers work very long hours, children are less well monitored after school, especially if mothers also work full time hours. There is some evidence young boys are less well monitored than girls, when fathers have high work related demands. As a result, it will cause more problems.

[3] The average amount of time parents spend with their children has increased in recent years, but the quantity and quality of parent-child time is still raised as a concern. Studies in the US and Australia point to a desire among parents to work fewer hours and spend more time with their children. A wish among children is that parents would come home from work less tired and stressed.

[4] The finding provides evidence to support equal opportunities for mothers and fathers to share parenting and work responsibilities. Instead of focusing on negative effects of mothers’ working hours, policy makers should pay attention to negative results of fathers’ long working hours for children’s emotional well being. Fathers should be urged not to work long hours, but to have a greater share of parenting responsibilities.

1.What’s the main idea of the passage? (no more than 11 words)

 

2.How much time should fathers work a week at most according to the passage? (no more than 5 words)

 

3.What would happen if fathers work too long hours? (no more than 10 words)

 

4.What’s the desire among children according to the passage? (no more than 10 words)

 

5.What does the text suggest to us? (no more than 10 words)

 

 

Answer 1

1.Working long hours makes you a bad father. / Men who do overtime are likely to have aggressive sons. / Boys whose fathers work long hours are likely to be aggressive.

2.(No more than) 55 hours.

3.Children are less well monitored after school, especially boys

4.Parents would come home from work less tired and stressed.

5.Fathers shouldn’t work (too) long hours, but share parenting responsibilities

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述一项研究表明如果男孩的父亲工作时间长，这样的男孩更可能会积极向上，提到这一现象并进行分析，希望父亲少些工作， 多尽父母的责任。

1.Working long hours makes you a bad father. / Men who do overtime are likely to have aggressive sons. / Boys whose fathers work long hours are likely to be aggressive.根据第一段Boys whose fathers work very long hours are more likely to be aggressive, according to a new researc可知一项研究表明，那些爸爸工作时间长的孩子更积极向上，并且下面每段都围绕着这个主题展开。

2.(No more than) 55 hours. 根据第一段提到A study of more than 1,400 children found those boys, whose fathers worked more than 55 hours a week, were more aggressive than their peers, yet the same thing didn’t happen to daughters.可知这项研究调查了1.400的孩子，发现，如果父亲每周工作55小时以上的男孩比同样情况的女孩更积极向上，故填写(No more than) 55 hours

3.Children are less well monitored after school, especially boys 根据第二段提到There is some evidence young boys are less well monitored than girls, when fathers have high work related demands.可知如果父亲工作时间长，男孩子很少被约束，故Children are less well monitored after school, especially boys

4.Parents would come home from work less tired and stressed. 根据第三段提到A wish among children is that parents would come home from work less tired and stressed.孩子希望父母早点回家，少些工作，少些压力。

5.Fathers shouldn’t work (too) long hours, but share parenting responsibilities 根据最后一段提到Fathers should be urged not to work long hours, but to have a greater share of parenting responsibilities.可知建议父亲减少工作时间，尽一个父母的责任。

考点：社会现象类阅读。