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They are regarded as chores by both sexes, but fall(1)_____ on only one. The latest survey of time use in America suggests women
They are regarded as chores by both sexes, but fall(1)_____ on only one. The latest survey of time use in America suggests women
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2013-11-10
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They are regarded as chores by both sexes, but fall(1)_____ on only one. The latest survey of time use in America suggests women still(2)_____ most of the housework, spending on average an hour a day scrubbing, hoovering and shopping,(3)_____ barely 20 minutes for the unfairer sex.
Standard(4)_____ for this division of labour (5)_____ the pay gap between the sexes. A recent report shows women(6)_____ earn about 20% less than men in America. Couples can maximise earnings(7)_____ the lower-paid(usually female)partner does the(8)_____ work at home. But in a new paper Leslie Stratton of Virginia Commonwealth University asks(9)_____different attitudes to housework also play a(10)_____ in sharing the dusting.
Mr Stratton draws on data from the Time Use Survey in Britain,(11)_____ shows how people spent their day and which tasks they enjoyed. Attitudes(12)_____ differed: women disliked laundry less than men. Ironing was generally dreaded; weirdly large numbers of both sexes liked shopping for food.
Mr Stratton found some(13)_____ for the pay-gap hypothesis. Women with higher wages did a little less work at home. A woman who earned 10% more than(14)_____ ducked out of two minutes’ housework per weekday. Her partner heroically (15)_____ this time at the weekend.(16)_____ his wages made no difference(17)_____ the extent of his efforts around the house.
There is truth in the idea(18)_____ chores go to the lower-paid partner. But cause and effect are (19)______. Do women do more(20)_____ lower pay, or might their careers suffer from a disproportionate burden at home?
(16)
选项
A、But
B、So
C、Consequently
D、Similarly
答案
A
解析
这句话说男性收入与他干家务的多少无关,这与上文的女性收入较高就会少干家务的情况相反,因此选But。So和Consequently表示因果,Similarly表示类比。
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