Question

Now some women are spending a weekend at Mother’s Camp（营地）. There, husbands and children are not allowed. Why would a woman want to take a vacation without her family? Some women say they need time to be alone.

At Mother’s Camp a woman has room to herself. She can sleep, read or watch TV, and no one will bother her. No children will ask, “Mom, what’s for dinner?” No husband will say, “Oh, dear, I can’t find any clean socks.” In fact almost 50% of women in the United States work outside the home. Many of them work full-time and then come home to a second job----taking care of their homes and families. These working women say one of their biggest problems is housework.

In the United States, working wives do about 75% of the housework. Many of their husbands say they want to help. But then they burn the rice or they can’t find the pans. They ask so many questions that their wives decide it is easier to do the job themselves.

Some women go to Mother’s Camp just to get a break from housework. For two days they don’t cook, they don’t clean, they don’t look after their children and husbands. What do they do? They enjoy warm, sunny weather, walking, swimming or boating in a clear blue lake and sing songs around the campfire. They relax away from home. They have a really wonderful vacation at Mother’s Camp.

1. From this passage we can see      in the United States.

A．women want to work outside the home

B．working wives do most of the housework

C．husbands do as much housework as their wives

D．women do not like to stay at home with their families

2.At Mother’s Camp, women can’t         .

A．watch TV                              B．read newspapers

C．swim in the lake                        D．bring their husbands and children

3.Why would some mothers like to be alone? Because        .

A． they don’t like their husbands and children

B． they have to work full-time

C． they are too busy to relax themselves

D． they want a new life

4.        is one of the biggest troubles for working wives in the United States.

A．Housework                            B． Working outside the home

C．When to take a vacation                  D． Looking after their children

5.What’s the best title for this passage?

A．Busy Working Mothers                   B．Welcome to Mother’s Camp

C．Mothers Relax Away from Home            D．Mothers in the US

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.B

2.D

3.C

4.A

5.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文叙述了美国的职业母亲由于平时工作很辛苦，平时回到家还需照看孩子做家务，所以到周末时她们为了放松一下，就去母亲营地，在那里不用照看孩子，不用做家务，可以做自己想做的事情来使自己放松心情。

1.细节理解题。根据In the United States, working wives do about 75% of the housework.故选B。

2.细节理解题。根据There, husbands and children are not allowed. Why would a woman want to take a vacation without her family?母亲不带着家属区营地，故选D。

3.细节理解题。根据They relax away from home.母亲可以放松一下，故选C。

4.细节理解题。根据These working women say one of their biggest problems is housework.

最大的问题之一就是家务活，故选A。

5.标题归纳题。根据全文的内容可知母亲在周末去营地来放松一下，故选C。

考点：日常生活类短文阅读。

点评：标题是文章中心思想的精炼表达，多为词组或短语，涵盖性强。做这类题目时，要在阅读全文的基础上，以文章话题为核心，通过比较选项的概括性或 覆盖面，得出正确的标题。正确标题的归纳范围要恰如其分，避免过于具体或断章取义。错误的干扰往往是局部信息，以事实细节替代概括大意。