2018年公共英语考试《三级》阅读理解_无锡市贝尔教育培训中心

　　Thecohesiveness(内聚力)ofafamilyseemstorelyonmemberssharingcertainroutineprac-ticesandevents.ForagrowingshareoftheAmericanlaborforce,however,workingshiftsbeyondthenormaldaylighthours--whatweherecall"shiftwork"--makesthelivesoffamiliesdifficult.

　　Existingre.searchshowsthatbothmaleandfemaleshiftworkersexpresshighlevelsofstressandasenseofconflictbetweenthedemandsofworkandfamilylife.Butshiftworkcouplesstillmaintainatraditionalattitudetothemeaningofmarriageandtheindividualrolesofhusbandandwife.Theyexpressedawillingnesstodo"whateverittakes"toapproximatetheirviewofapropermarriage,in-cludingsacrificingsleepanddoingconventionalthingsatunconventionalhours.Forthemajorityofcouplesinterviewed,evenwhenwivesworkedoutsidetheirhomes,apropermarriageischaracter-izedbyaverycleardivisionofroles:husbandsare"providers"whosemajorresponsibilityistosup-portthefamily;wivesarc"homemakers"whoclean,cook,andcareforhusbandsandchildren.

　　Thewomen'sdefinitionsofa"goodhusband"aretypifiedbythefollowingwife'sresponse:

　　Iexpecthimtobeagoodprovider,andbetherewhenIneedhim,loyalaboutthesamethingsashewouldexpectoutofme,expectthatIexpecthimtodominateoverme.Butinamannerofspeak-ing,wbenit'stimetobeamanIexpecthimtostandupinsteadofsittingbackexpectingmetodoeverything.Tohusbands,agoodwifeissomeonewhois:

　　UnderstandingofwhatIfeelgothroughatwork.Ineedthatrespectatwork,IhopeIgetitalwork.IwantmywifetorealizewhatIexpectatwork.Idon'twanthertogivemealotofshilwhenIcomehomefromworkbecauseIdon'tknowifthismakesmuchsense.

　　Theseviewsseemedcriticaltomaintainthefamiliesoftheshiftworkers.

　　31.Despite,shiftworkcouplesstillhopedtomaintainastablelife.

　　[A]traditionalbeliefsaboutmarriage

　　[B]Jackofcontrolovertime

　　[C]averycleardivisionofroles

　　[D]thedemandsofwork

　　32.Fromtheselection,wecanconcludethatfemaleshiftworkerswereNOTsatisfiedwith

　　[A]theirwork

　　[B]theirchildren

　　[C]theirhusbands'inabilitytoprotectthefamilyandprovidecompanionship

　　[D]leisureactivities

　　33.Whatisimpliedbytheauthor?

　　[A1Shiftworkhadadirecteffectontheattitudesandbehavioroffamilymembers.

　　[B]Shiftworkerscouldliveanormallife.

　　[C]Shiftworkcoupleshadunconventionalideasaboutmarriage.

　　[D]Femaleshiftworkersweresatisfiedwiththetimespenttogetherwiththeirfamilies.

　　34.Inordertocontinuethemarriagesoftheshiftworkers,

　　[A]wivesmustlearntocareforthechildrenwhentheirhusbandsareabsent

　　[B]shiftworkcouplesmustadministertheirtimeandactivities

　　[C]wivesmustn'tadapttheirownfeelingsofboredomtotheirhusbands'

　　[D]allofthesework

　　35.Thebesttitleforthisparagraphis

　　[A]ConstructingFamilyLife

　　[B]ManagingTimeandActivities

　　[C]TheMeaningofMarriage

　　[D]LivingaNormalLife

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