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1、山西省阳高县第一中学2016-2017学年高二英语下学期期末考试试题第I卷第一部分阅读理解（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,butwomenhavebeenwarnednottoexpectmentopulltheirweightanytimes
2、oon.AstudyfromOxfordUniversityhasfoundthatmenareunlikelytobedoinganequalshareofhouseworkbefore2050.Mothers,theresearcherswarned,willcontinuetoshouldertheburdenofchildcareandhouseworkforthenextfourdecades,largelybecausehouseworksuchascleaningandcookin
3、gisstillregardedas“women’swork”.Thegapbetweentheamountoftimemenandwomenspendonhouseworkhasnarrowedslowlyoverthepast40years.Butitwilltakeanotherfourdecadesbeforetruehouseworkequality(平等)isachieved,thestudyconcluded.TheresearchfoundthatintheNordiccount
4、ries,theburdenofhouseworkissharedmoreequallybetweenmenandwomen.IntheUK,womenspendanaverageoffourhoursandfortyminuteseachdayonhousework,comparedwithtwohoursandtwenty-eightminutesformen.Thisisanimprovementfromthe1960s,whenBritishwomentypicallyspentsixh
5、oursadayonhousework,whilemenspentjust90minuteseveryday.Butprogresstowardshouseworkequalityappearstobeslowinginsomecountries.Dr.OrielSullivan,aresearchreaderfromOxford’sDepartmentofSociology,said,“We’velookedatwhatisaffectingtheequalityinthehome,andwe
6、havefoundthatcertaintasksseemtobegivenaccordingtowhethertheyareviewedas‘men’swork’or‘women’swork’.”Dr.Sullivansaidculturalattitudestaughtatschoolmayberesponsiblefortheviewsofhousework.“Atschoolitismucheasierforagirltobeatomboy,butitismuchmoredifficul
7、tforaboytoenjoybakinganddancing,”shesaid.1.Theunderlinedpart“pulltheirweight”inParagraph1probablyrefersto“”.-12-A.loseweightB.belazyC.earnmoneyD.doequalhousework2.Womenwillcontinuetodomorehouseworkbefore2050mainlybecause.A.menaretoobusytohelpB.theywo
8、uldliketodosoC.theycandobetterinhouseworkD.houseworkwillstillbeconsideredaswomen’swork3.FromParagraph4weknowthatintheUK.A.mennowspendjust90minutesadayonhouseworkonaverageB.womennowaretoobusywiththeirworktodohouseworkC.womennowspendlesstimeonhousework
