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1.D 首先,看本段的第一句:Despite the significant increase in the number of women with dependent children who are in the paid workforce,Australian research studies over the last 15 years are consistent in showing that divisions of labour for family work are very rigid indeed(Watson 1991). 其大意为:“尽管有孩子的妇女参加工作的数目显著上升,但是澳大利亚近15年来的研究一致表明,家务活动的分工实际上是固定不变的”。再看本段的最后一句:Demo and Acock(1993),in a recent US study,also found that women continue to perform a constant and major proportion of household labour(68 per cent to 95 per cent)across all family types(first marriage,divorced,step-family or never married),regardless of whether they are employed or non-employed in paid work. 其大意是:“在近期美国的研究中,Demo和Acock(1993)也发现,不管是否有工作,所有各类家庭(有婚姻、离婚、再婚和从不结婚)的妇女都继续永恒不变地承担着大部分的(68%~95%)家务劳动”。根据上述两句可以推出,本段标题应该是选项D“女性家长不变的作用或角色”。
2.B 看第三段的首句:Divisions of labour for family work are particularly problematic in families in which both parents are employed outside the home (dual-worker families). 其大意是:“家务劳动分工在父母双方均在外工作的家庭(双职工家庭)里尤其是问题”。由此可以推断答案是选项B“双职工的影响”,其中dual employment对应原文中的both parents are employment。
3.F 看第四段的首句:The parental role is central to the stress-related anxiety reported by employed mothers,and a major contributor to such stress is their taking a greater role in child care (Vanden Heuvel 1993). 这句话中的短语be central to的意思是“是……的根本”,全句大意是:“家长角色是工作母亲由于紧张而产生焦虑的根本所在,而造成这种压力的主要原因是母亲在照顾孩子方面起着更大的作用”。由此可以推断本段主要讲的是“工作母亲焦虑的原因”,因此,答案是选项F“工作母亲焦虑的原因”。
4.E 看第五段的首句:Family therapists and social work researchers are increasingly defining family problems in terms of a lack of involvement and support from fathers and are concerned with difficulties involved in having fathers take responsibility for the solution of family and child behaviour problems (Edgar and Glezer 1986). 其大意是:“家庭学家和社会工作研究人员越来越多地用缺乏来自父亲的参与和支持的措词来限定家庭问题,并且对很难使父亲在解决家庭和孩子问题方面承担责任这一点表示关注”。依据这里的表述可以推断,答案应是选项E“专家对父亲作用的看法”。标题中的experts对应原文中的Family therapists and social work researchers;而短语male parent在原文中以fathers的形式出现了两次。
5.C 看第六段的首句:Research studies lend strong support to the argument that there are benefits for families considering a change to a fairer or more equitable division of the pleasures and pains of family life. 其大意是:“研究给这样的观点提供了强有力的证据,即家庭考虑变化,使得父母亲双方更加公平地分担家庭生活的苦与乐,对家庭是有益处的”。依据这里的描述可以推断,答案是选项C,其中标题中的benefits在原文中有重现;此外,标题中的balanced responsibility对应原文中的a fairer or more equitable division of the pleasures and pains of family life。
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