How many men do housework? Recently a European commission(委员会) tried to find out people’s ideas and reactions to the women’s movement. As part of their survey(调查), they asked many men and women the question, “Who does the housework?” The men answered very differently from the women!
The housework they asked people about was: preparing meals, washing dishes, cleaning the house and babysitting. 48% of British husbands said they did these things. 37% of Danish(丹麦的) men helped in the house. But only 15% of Italian men said they did the housework; many of them said they never helped at all!
But there was an interesting point of view from the wives. According to British wives, only 38% of their husbands helped in the house. And Italian wives said that their husbands hardly ever helped. The Italian and British men did not tell the truth! The Commission found that Danish men were the most truthful husbands; their answers were the same as their wives’ answers.
Do the men you know help in the house? Do you think the survey gives a true picture in your experience? Write and tell us what you think.
小题1: The survey was carried out in _______.
| A．Britain | B．Italy | C．Denmark | D．Europe |
小题2:The subject for the survey is_______.
| A．how many boys do the housework? | B．who does the housework at home |
| C．how many women do the housework? |
| D．who are more diligent, wives or husbands |
小题3: From the passage we can see that _______.
| A．there are more husbands who did the housework than wives |
| B．husbands do half of the housework all the time |
| C．there are more wives who do the housework than husbands |
| D．wives do almost all the housework at home |
小题4:More _______ husbands help in the house than _______ husbands.
| A．British; Danish | B．Italian; Danish |
| C．Danish; British | D．Italian; British |
