Mother stayed at home cooking and cleaning while Father left for work. Two or more children took the bus to school. In the evening, all the family members got together at home again. This is what a traditional family was like twenty years ago. But now great changes have happened in British families.
As many as 2 out of 3 marriages now end in divorce(離婚), and many children have to live with one parent and only see the other at weekends or during holidays.
There has been a great increase in the number of working women with children. Many women have to work to support themselves and their children. Even in the family where there is no divorce, both parents have to work in order to survive.
Also women are no longer happy to stay at home taking care of children. Many of them have jobs and some of them can even make more money than men, the traditional breadwinners.
What’s more, the increasing number of single-parent families have caused an increase in the crime rate (犯罪率) among children in a way. It is thought that if a child doesn’t have a father, he or she will be harmed.
However the changes may be good for some people. For women it’s now much easier to have well-paid jobs. Although it is difficult to be a working mother, it is no longer seen as a bad thing for children.
As for some children, they learn how to solve problems by themselves at an early age.
小題1:Which of the following statements is TRUE about a traditional family in Britain twenty years ago?
A．Both the mother and the father had to work to support the family.
B．The father stayed at home taking care of the children.
C．The mother didn’t need to work.
D．A family had only one child.
小題2:Which of the following things is NOT mentioned in the passage ? 
A．The increasing number of divorces.
B．The increasing number of fathers who stay at home.
C．The increasing number of working mothers.
D．The increasing crime rate among children.
小題3:According to the passage, a “breadwinner” refers to a person who ________.
A．has got some breadB．is good at making bread
C．stays at home raising childrenD．works to support the family
小題4:From the passage we can learn that ________.
A．In a family where the parents are not divorced in Britain，the mother doesn’t have to work.
B．Children whose parents are divorced have to start working early.
C．The father is very important to a child’s growth.
D．The changes in British families do no good to people.

小題1:C
小題2:B
小題3:D
小題4:C

試題分析：二十年前的英國家庭是女性在家相夫教子，男性外出掙錢養(yǎng)家。但是今天情況大變。離婚率增高、單親媽媽工作的多，就是不離婚，為了生存，女性也要和男人一樣出去工作。孩子們只好孤獨(dú)地在家呆著，父親的教育缺少，導(dǎo)致兒童犯罪率提高。但是女性有更高報(bào)酬的工作的機(jī)會(huì)多了，孩子的自我管理能力提高了。這是好的一面。 。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段可知，二十年前，媽媽在家做飯打掃，與C項(xiàng)（媽媽不用上班。）意思一致。
小題2:推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章的第2、3、5段的段落大意可知，二十年后的英國家庭，離婚率高、單親上班的媽媽多、孩子犯罪率高了。沒提B項(xiàng)（越來越多的父親呆在家。）。
小題3:詞義推測(cè)題。根據(jù)全文第一句話可知，男人二十年前要出門掙錢養(yǎng)家，女人在家做飯管孩子。所以這里是對(duì)這一作用的形象的解釋。breadwinners根據(jù)構(gòu)詞法解釋是掙面包的人。與D項(xiàng)（工作養(yǎng)家的人）意思一致。
小題4:推理判斷題。根據(jù)It is thought that if a child doesn’t have a father, he or she will be harmed.可知，父親對(duì)于孩子的重要性。與C項(xiàng)（父親對(duì)孩子的成長(zhǎng)很重要。）意思一致。
考點(diǎn): 生活百態(tài)類閱讀。
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D．For or Against?--- That Is the Question

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