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1、2019-2020学年高二英语下学期期末考试试题(III)第一部分阅读理解(共两节,满分60分)第一节(共15小题;每小题3分,满分45分)阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项中,选出最佳选项AHouseworkisafrequentsourceofdisputes(争论)betweenlazyhusbandsandtheirhard-workingwives,butwomenhavebeenwarnednottoexpectmentopulltheirweightanytimesoon.AstudyfromOxfordUnive
2、rsityhasfoundthatmenareunlikelytobedoinganequalshareofhouseworkbefore2050.Mothers,theresearcherswarned,willcontinuetoshouldertheburdenofchildcareandhouseworkforthenextfourdecades,largelybecausehouseworksuchascleaningandcookingisstillregardedas“women’swork”.Thegapbetw
3、eentheamountoftimemenandwomenspendonhouseworkhasnarrowedslowlyoverthepast40years.Butitwilltakeanotherfourdecadesbeforetruehouseworkequality(平等)isachieved,thestudyconcluded.TheresearchfoundthatintheNordiccountries,theburdenofhouseworkissharedmoreequallybetweenmenandwo
4、men.IntheUK,womenspendanaverageoffourhoursandfortyminuteseachdayonhousework,paredwithtwohoursandtwenty-eightminutesformen.Thisisanimprovementfromthe1960s,whenBritishwomentypicallyspentsixhoursadayonhousework,whilemenspentjust90minuteseveryday.Butprogresstowardshousew
5、orkequalityappearstobeslowinginsomecountries.Dr.OrielSullivan,aresearchreaderfromOxford’sDepartmentofSociology,said,“We’velookedatwhatisaffectingtheequalityinthehome,andwehavefoundthatcertaintasksseemtobegivenaccordingtowhethertheyareviewedas‘men’swork’or‘women’swork
6、’.”Dr.Sullivansaidculturalattitudestaughtatschoolmayberesponsiblefortheviewsofhousework.“Atschoolitismucheasierforagirltobeatomboy,butitismuchmoredifficultforaboytoenjoybakinganddancing,”shesaid.1.Theunderlinedpart“pulltheirweight”inParagraph1probablyrefersto“”.A.los
7、eweightB.belazyC.earnmoneyD.doequalhousework2.Womenwillcontinuetodomorehouseworkbefore2050mainlybecause.A.menaretoobusytohelpB.theywouldliketodosoC.theycandobetterinhouseworkD.houseworkwillstillbeconsideredaswomen’swork3.FromParagraph4weknowthatintheUK.A.mennowspendj
8、ust90minutesadayonhouseworkonaverageB.womennowaretoobusywiththeirworktodohouseworkC.womennowspendlesstimeonhouseworkthanbeforeD.hou