12．After watching my mother deal with our family of five，I can't understand why her answer to the question，"What do you do？"is always，"Oh，I'm just a housewife．"JUST a housewife？Anyone who spends most of her time in meal preparation and clean-up，keeping the house clean，attending PTA meetings，leading a scout troop，paying taxi driver to us kids when it's time for school，musical lessons or the dentist，doing volunteer work for her community is not just a housewife．She's the real Wonder Woman．
Why is it that so many mothers like mine regard themselves as second-class citizens or something similar？Where has this stereotype come from？Has our society made"going to work"outside the house more important than what a housewife must face each day？I would be curious to see what would happen if a housewife went on strike．Dishes would pile up and food in the house would run out．There would be no clean towels when needed．Walking and bus riding would increase．
I doubt if the man of the house would be able to take over．Oh，he would probably start out with the attitude that he can do just as good a job，but how long would that last？Not long，once he had to come home each night after work to more housework．There would be no coming home to a prepared meal； the kids would all be screaming for something to eat，clean clothes and more bus fare money．Once he quieted the kids，he'd have to clean the house，go shopping，make sure that kids got a bath，after cleaning out all the dog hairs from the bathtub．Once the kids were down for the night，he might be able to crawl into an unmade bed and try to read the morning newspaper．
32．What does the writer's mother NOT do according to the first paragraph？B
A．Cooking．
B．Driving a taxi
C．Tidying the house．
D．Some unpaid work．
33．The underlined word"stereotype"in the second paragraph can be replaced byB．
A．mother
B．thought
C．similarity
D．citizen
34．In the second paragraph，the writer suggests thatD．
A．doing housework is not important at all
B．our society looks down upon housewives
C．housewives should go on a strike
D．mothers are actually great women
35．The possible main idea of the third paragraph isC．
A．men should share housework with their wives
B．attitude is not the only thing needed to do a job well
C．men are unlikely to handle the work of a housewife
D．kids are the most challenging part of the housework．
分析 本文主要讲述了我的母亲是一个家庭主妇，她为我们做了很多事情，然而她却认为自己是一个二等公民，而我却觉得如果没有这些家庭主妇男人们并不能将家里打理的井井有条．作者通过这篇文章向我们说明了家庭主妇的重要性．
解答 32．B 细节理解题，由第一段Anyone who spends most of her time in meal preparation and clean-up，keeping the house clean，attending PTA meetings，leading a scout troop，paying taxi driver to us kids when it's time for school，musical lessons or the dentist，doing volunteer work for her community is not just a housewife．可知妈妈是为了他的孩子支付出租车的费用，不是开出租车，故选B．
33．B 理解推断题，由第二段Why is it that so many mothers like mine regard themselves as second-class citizens or something similar？Where has this stereotype come from？可知前面说我母亲认为自己是个二等公民这是个想法，故选B．
34．D 细节理解题，由第二段She's the real Wonder Woman．可知我认为母亲是一个伟大的完美的人，故选D．
35．C 细节理解题，由第三段Dishes would pile up and food in the house would run out．There would be no clean towels when needed．Walking and bus riding would increase．可知男人不太可能处理家庭主妇的工作，故选C．
点评 本文考察日常生活类阅读，要把握好人物的活动内容，时间和地点，根据题目中关键词寻找文中答案．
