Question

Now some women are spending a weekend at Mother’s Camp. There, husbands and children are not allowed. Why would a woman want to take a vacation without her family? Some women say they need time to be alone.

   At Mother’s Camp a woman has room to herself. She can sleep, read or watch TV, and no one will bother her. No children will ask, ”Mom, what’s for dinner?” No husband will say, “Oh, dear, I can’t find any clean socks.” In fact almost 50% of women in the United States work outside the home. Many of them work full- time and then come home to a second job – taking care of their homes and families. These working women say one of their biggest problems is housework.

   In the United States, working wives do about 75% of the housework. Many of their husbands say they want to help. But then they burn the rice or they can’t find the pans. They ask so many questions that their wives decide it is easier to do the job themselves.

   Some women go to Mother’s Camp just to get a break from housework. For two days they don’t cook, they don’t clean, they don’t look after their children and husbands. What do they do? They enjoy warm, sunny weather, walking, swimming or boating in a clear blue lake and sing songs around the camp-fire. They relax away from home. They have a really wonderful vacation at Mother’s Camp.

1. From this passage we can see ________ in the United States.

A. women want to work outside the home

B. working wives do most of the housework

C. husbands do as much housework as their wives

D. women like being bothered by their families

2.At Mother’s Camp, women can’t _______.

A. watch TV                       B. read newspapers  

C. swim in the lake                  D. bring their husbands and children

3.Why would some mothers like to be alone? Because _________.

A. they don’t like their husbands and children

B. they have to work full – time

C. they are too busy to relax themselves

D. they want a new life

4.________ is one of the biggest trouble for working wives in the United States.

A. Housework                      B. Working outside the home   

C. When to take a vacation            D. Looking after their children 

5.What’s the best title for this passage?

A. Busy Working Mothers            B. Welcome to Mother’s Camp

C. Mothers Relax Away from Home    D. Mothers in the U.S.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.B

2.D

3.C

4.A

5.A

【解析】

試題分析：本文敘述了一些參加工作的母親們去母親營地度假，放松，休息。在美國，工作的妻子做大部分家務勞動。平時沒有時間休息。在母親營地，母親們不允許帶孩子和丈夫，不用做家務，他們可以度過一個愉快的假期。

1.細節理解題。根據第三段的In the United States, working wives do about 75% of the housework.可知在美國，工作的妻子做大部分家務勞動。故選B。

2.細節理解題。根據第一段的There, husbands and children are not allowed.可知在母親的營地，不允許帶孩子和丈夫。故選D。

3.細節理解題。根據最后一段的Some women go to Mother’s Camp just to get a break from housework.和They relax away from home.可知去母親營地的母親們不用做家務，可以放松一下。故選C。

4.細節理解題。根據第二段的These working women say one of their biggest problems is housework.可知工作婦女的最大的問題之一是家務勞動。故選A。

5.標題歸納題。全文圍繞著工作婦女因為平時忙于家務勞動，沒時間放松，而去參加母親營地，休息和放松的事，因此本文的標題是忙碌工作的母親們。故選A。

考點：日常生活類短文閱讀。