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【題目】根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項(xiàng)中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。選項(xiàng)中有兩項(xiàng)為多余選項(xiàng)。

More American Fathers Stay Home to Raise Kids

Families in the U. S. are changing. 【1】 This number is twice that of 25 years ago. In 2012, 16 percent of all parents in the U. S. were stay-at-home dads. Gretchen Livingston is with the Pew Research Center. She says in the last 25 years there have been changes as far as dads taking on more caregiving responsibilities and mothers taking on more bread-winner responsibilities. 【2】 That is a huge change. The study finds that disability, sickness and unemployment are among the reasons that fathers stay home. 【3】 For example, Blake Humphreys has also been a stay-at-home dad for the past ten years. Blake and his partner have two kids. Blake is a big, muscular man. He is well over six feet tall, with a beard and long hair tucked under his baseball cap. He looks like the kind of man that would be hard to frighten. 【4】 "I am a stay-at-home dad for ten years. And I know that just saying it sounds scary to me right now." Blake became a stay-at-home parent for the same reason many women do – he made less money than his partner. Even thought the number of stay-at-home fathers is growing in the U. S., such men can still face worries about their self-worth. 【5】 To help solve this problem, he volunteers at his children’s school partly to battle that isolation and to build up his sense of self-worth.

A. But, some fathers do so simply to spend more time with their children.

B. Blake shared his feeling of anxiety.

C. A new study finds that in the U. S. more than two million fathers are staying home to take care of the house and family.

D. A lot of men lost their jobs

E. However, he says he does feel fearful when he counts the years he has been out of the workforce.

F. She adds that the number of hours a day that dads spend caring for their kids has tripled in the past decades.

G. Black expressed his true feeling towards being a stay-at-home dad.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】F

【3】A

【4】E

【5】B

【解析】

試題分析：本文說明了現(xiàn)在美國越來越多的父親選擇在家?guī)Ш⒆?/span>，作者在文章中分析了這種現(xiàn)象的原因。

【1】C 根據(jù)本文標(biāo)題More American Fathers Stay Home to Raise Kids.更多的美國父親選擇在家里帶孩子。再根據(jù)第一句Families in the U. S. are changing.美國的家庭真正發(fā)生著變化。那么本句應(yīng)該開門見山提出越來越多的美國父親選擇在家?guī)Ш⒆�。所以C項(xiàng)符合上下文串聯(lián)。

【2】F 根據(jù)前句She says in the last 25 years....... responsibilities可知越來越多的父親承擔(dān)起照顧孩子的責(zé)任，越來越多的妻子承擔(dān)起掙錢養(yǎng)家的責(zé)任。本句應(yīng)該繼續(xù)說明這一現(xiàn)象越來越普遍，選項(xiàng)中只有F項(xiàng)：一天中父親花在照顧孩子上的時(shí)間在過去的幾十年里已經(jīng)增加了三倍以上。該項(xiàng)與前面一句相呼應(yīng)。故F項(xiàng)正確。

【3】A 根據(jù)前句The study finds that disability.... fathers stay home.可知很多父親在家?guī)Ш⒆邮且驗(yàn)樗麄冇袣埣�。他們沒有辦法外出工作，只能在家照顧孩子。但在下面一句中所列舉的Blake Humphreys的例子告訴我，有些父親并不殘疾，他們?cè)诩規(guī)Ш⒆又皇且驗(yàn)閽赍X不多，只能在家照顧孩子。所以A項(xiàng)“some fathers do so simply to spend more time with their children.”符合上下文串聯(lián)。

【4】E 根據(jù)后一句"I am a stay-at-home dad for ten years. And I know that just saying it sounds scary to me right now." Blake Humphreys也認(rèn)為自己在家里帶孩子的時(shí)間太長了，讓他自己都感覺害怕了。認(rèn)為自己離工作很長時(shí)間了，不主動(dòng)是否還能適應(yīng)工作的需要了。所以E項(xiàng)“However, he says he does feel fearful when he counts the years he has been out of the workforce.”符合上下文串聯(lián)。

【5】B 根據(jù)前句Even thought.....worries about their self-worth.這些在家?guī)Ш⒆拥母赣H有很多關(guān)于自我價(jià)值的擔(dān)憂。Black也不例外，他也會(huì)有這樣的擔(dān)憂。B項(xiàng)“Blake shared his feeling of anxiety”的內(nèi)容恰好與此一致。故B正確。