答案及解析：來源：考試大
文章標(biāo)題分析：Mother knows the best?
（第1段：跳讀)Once while being prepped for a television interview, I was chatting with the host about stay-at-home fathers. …….Many families now take earning power into account when deciding which parent will stay home.
因此推測文章是關(guān)于“誰（父親？母親？）應(yīng)該留在家里照顧家庭？”
直接解題：
1.Which of the following does the first paragraph imply?
A.Men are no longer given the opportunity to stay at home.
B.In more and more families the wife is earning more than the husband.
C.The author works at a TV station
D.More and more men choose to stay at home to look after their children.
1．B．分析：結(jié)合剛才了解到的文章的主題判斷A（段落最后都沒有提到誰應(yīng)該留在家里）和C（原文提到“我和主持人交談”，因此判斷作者不是電視臺的人）都與文章內(nèi)容不一致，段落中間（第2句)提到了“money”因此推測B是答案。答案相關(guān)句：I made the point that one reason we’re seeing more stay-at-home dads may be that it’s no longer a given that a man makes more money than his wife. （越來越多的爸爸留在家里可能是因為男人不一定比女人賺錢多)
2.The author decided to stay at home to look after their son eight years ago because ___.
A.he thought ha was the better parent來源：考試大
B.it was easier for his wife to find a job
C.their son Ry liked him better
D.he was earning less than his wife.
2. B。分析：利用題干中的their son和eight years ago作為答案線索，這樣發(fā)現(xiàn)答案相關(guān)句：（第3段)I was a stay-at-home father for eight years, so his declaration made me bristle. （It implied that our family’s choice could only have been correct if I was a better “parent” than my wife. （第4段)….I suppose an argument could have been made that when I began staying home my wife was the “better”parent: She had spent more time with Ry, could read him better and calm him down quickly.） …But as she was more employable one, my wife went out to work and I looked after our son.
該劃線句直接揭示答案B（他的妻子找工作更容易）
3.Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a thing that a good parent should do with his or her child?
A.spending more time with him
B.taking him to school來源：考試大
C.reading stories to him
D.being able to calm him down
3. B/C。分析：借助被選項中的核心詞/結(jié)構(gòu)（spending more time， school， reading stories， calm him down）作為答案線索，這樣發(fā)現(xiàn)這些結(jié)構(gòu)大部分都集中在以下的句子中：I suppose an argument could have been made that when I began staying home my wife was the “better”parent: She had spent more time with Ry, could read him better and calm him down quickly.對比被選項判斷B/C沒有出現(xiàn)，所以B/C是答案。
4.Women generally are better than men at taking children because
A.they were born with the ability
B.they just enjoy doing it來源：考試大
C.they spend more time with them
D.they have learned to do it at school
4. C。 分析：借助常識猜測答案可能是C。也可以借助原文：注意文章中提到“婦女擅長../good at”的結(jié)構(gòu)，這樣發(fā)現(xiàn)答案相關(guān)句：（第5段）Women are good at looking after their children because they do it. It is not because of any innate female aptitude or a mother’s instinct – which I think is mostly learned anyway. It’s because they put in the time and attention required to be good at the job.劃線句內(nèi)容直接揭示了C（婦女花了更多的時間和孩子在一起）是答案。
5.Which of the following is the conclusion the author draws at the end of the article?
A.he is better than his wife at taking care of children
B.he is as good as his wife at taking care of children
C.anyone can take good care of children as far as he has the experience來源：考試大
D.children prefer to be taken care of by their mother than by anyone else
5.C.分析：在文章的結(jié)尾處發(fā)現(xiàn)句子： Women obviously get a biological head start from giving birth and nursing, but over the long term experience is more important. （該劃線句的內(nèi)容與C一致：長期照顧孩子的經(jīng)驗更為重要) I was good, too. As good? I don’t know, who cares? Children are not made of glasses. Other people are capable of looking after them besides Mom.
文章標(biāo)題分析：Mother knows the best?
（第1段：跳讀)Once while being prepped for a television interview, I was chatting with the host about stay-at-home fathers. …….Many families now take earning power into account when deciding which parent will stay home.
因此推測文章是關(guān)于“誰（父親？母親？）應(yīng)該留在家里照顧家庭？”
直接解題：
1.Which of the following does the first paragraph imply?
A.Men are no longer given the opportunity to stay at home.
B.In more and more families the wife is earning more than the husband.
C.The author works at a TV station
D.More and more men choose to stay at home to look after their children.
1．B．分析：結(jié)合剛才了解到的文章的主題判斷A（段落最后都沒有提到誰應(yīng)該留在家里）和C（原文提到“我和主持人交談”，因此判斷作者不是電視臺的人）都與文章內(nèi)容不一致，段落中間（第2句)提到了“money”因此推測B是答案。答案相關(guān)句：I made the point that one reason we’re seeing more stay-at-home dads may be that it’s no longer a given that a man makes more money than his wife. （越來越多的爸爸留在家里可能是因為男人不一定比女人賺錢多)
2.The author decided to stay at home to look after their son eight years ago because ___.
A.he thought ha was the better parent來源：考試大
B.it was easier for his wife to find a job
C.their son Ry liked him better
D.he was earning less than his wife.
2. B。分析：利用題干中的their son和eight years ago作為答案線索，這樣發(fā)現(xiàn)答案相關(guān)句：（第3段)I was a stay-at-home father for eight years, so his declaration made me bristle. （It implied that our family’s choice could only have been correct if I was a better “parent” than my wife. （第4段)….I suppose an argument could have been made that when I began staying home my wife was the “better”parent: She had spent more time with Ry, could read him better and calm him down quickly.） …But as she was more employable one, my wife went out to work and I looked after our son.
該劃線句直接揭示答案B（他的妻子找工作更容易）
3.Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a thing that a good parent should do with his or her child?
A.spending more time with him
B.taking him to school來源：考試大
C.reading stories to him
D.being able to calm him down
3. B/C。分析：借助被選項中的核心詞/結(jié)構(gòu)（spending more time， school， reading stories， calm him down）作為答案線索，這樣發(fā)現(xiàn)這些結(jié)構(gòu)大部分都集中在以下的句子中：I suppose an argument could have been made that when I began staying home my wife was the “better”parent: She had spent more time with Ry, could read him better and calm him down quickly.對比被選項判斷B/C沒有出現(xiàn)，所以B/C是答案。
4.Women generally are better than men at taking children because
A.they were born with the ability
B.they just enjoy doing it來源：考試大
C.they spend more time with them
D.they have learned to do it at school
4. C。 分析：借助常識猜測答案可能是C。也可以借助原文：注意文章中提到“婦女擅長../good at”的結(jié)構(gòu)，這樣發(fā)現(xiàn)答案相關(guān)句：（第5段）Women are good at looking after their children because they do it. It is not because of any innate female aptitude or a mother’s instinct – which I think is mostly learned anyway. It’s because they put in the time and attention required to be good at the job.劃線句內(nèi)容直接揭示了C（婦女花了更多的時間和孩子在一起）是答案。
5.Which of the following is the conclusion the author draws at the end of the article?
A.he is better than his wife at taking care of children
B.he is as good as his wife at taking care of children
C.anyone can take good care of children as far as he has the experience來源：考試大
D.children prefer to be taken care of by their mother than by anyone else
5.C.分析：在文章的結(jié)尾處發(fā)現(xiàn)句子： Women obviously get a biological head start from giving birth and nursing, but over the long term experience is more important. （該劃線句的內(nèi)容與C一致：長期照顧孩子的經(jīng)驗更為重要) I was good, too. As good? I don’t know, who cares? Children are not made of glasses. Other people are capable of looking after them besides Mom.