Question

【題目】閱讀理解。

According to a new US study, couples who expect their children to help care for them in old age should hope they have daughters because they are likely to be twice as attentive overall.

The research by Angelina Grigoryeva, a sociologist at Princeton University, found that, while women provide as much care for their elderly parents as they can manage, men do as little as they can get away with and often leave it to female family members.

Her analysis of the family networks of 26,000 older Americans concluded that gender(性別) is the most important predictor(預示物) of whether or not people will actively care for elderly parents.

In a paper being presented at the annual conference of the American Sociological Association in San Francisco, she concludes that simply having a sister makes men statistically likely provide less care.

Using data from the University of Michigan Health and Retirement Study, a study which has been tracking a cross-section of over-50s for the last decade, she calculated that women provide an average of 12.3 hours a month of care for elderly parents while men offer only 5.6 hours.

“Sons reduce their relative care-giving efforts when they have a sister, while daughters increase theirs when they have a brother.”

“This suggests that sons pass on parent care-giving responsibilities to their sisters.”

In the UK, the 2011 census(人口普查) showed that there are now around 6.5 million people with caring responsibilities, a figure which has risen by a tenth in a decade.

But many are doing so at the risk of their own health. The census showed that those who provide 50 hours or more of care a week while trying to hold down a full-time job are three times more likely to be struggling with ill health than their working counterparts(相對應的人) who are not carers.

【1】In the text, what’s the most important factor to predict if people will actively care for the elderly?

A. Career. B. Education.

C. Gender. D. Family networks.

【2】The US study finds that _______.

A. sons are twice likely as daughters to care for parents in old age

B. having a sister makes men less likely to do their fair share

C. sons and daughters seem to give equal care to their parents

D. sons are unwilling to leave care-giving responsibilities to female family members

【3】What does the author stress in the last paragraph?

A. People should give up their jobs to care for the elderly.

B. Many care providers work longer hours than others.

C. People shouldn’t pass on caring responsibilities to others.

D. Many care providers have potential health problems.

【4】The author develops the text by _______.

A. analyzing various research and data

B. describing people’s experiences

C. explaining social networks of careers

D. comparing different gender behavior

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】D

【4】A

【解析】

試題分析：本文是一篇研究類文章。研究表明，在照顧年邁的父母方面，性別差異影響著子女照顧父母時間的長短。其中，女兒比兒子更愿意付出時間照料年邁的父母。家中有姐妹的男士常常將照看老人的責任推給其姐妹。

【1】C 細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段Americans concluded that gender(性別) is the most important predictor(預示物) of whether or not people will actively care for elderly parents.可知，性別最重要。故選C。

【2】B 推理判斷題。根據(jù)第四段中的“she concludes that simply having a sister makes men statistically likely provide less care. ”可知，家中有姐妹的男士對父母的照顧可能會更少。故選B。

【3】D 推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段的主題句“But many are doing so at the risk of their own health.”可知，作者在最后一段中著重指出很多護理提供者有潛在的健康問題。故選D。

【4】A 寫作手法題。文章通過分析各種研究及數(shù)據(jù)得出相關(guān)結(jié)論，所以A項正確。故選A。