2. 外语
  3. Today men are facing new expectations and new choices about their commitments to society, family, and work. No longer what goals

Today men are facing new expectations and new choices about their commitments to society, family, and work. No longer what goals

admin2011-03-01  42
问题    Today men are facing new expectations and new choices about their commitments to society, family, and work. No longer what goals they should pursue, much less how they should pursue them, many men have found themselves in a no-man’s land, searching for new meanings and definitions of maturity. In interviews I conducted with 138 men from diverse social and economic background. 36 percent defined their family and work commitments in terms of primary breadwinning, and 30 percent chose to eschew parenthood or to avoid involvement with children they had brought into the world.
   However, about 33 percent had moved toward more rather than less family involvement over the course of their lives. These men develop an outlook on parenthood that included caretaking as well as economic support. They represent a growing group of fathers, most of whom arc married to work-committed women and have an egalitarian approach toward marriage and family commitments. Such men ,whom I call "involved fathers",  are demonstrating a capacity, a willingness, and an enthusiasm for parenting not seen in their fathers’ and grandfathers’ generations.
   An involved lather, however, is not necessarily an equal father. Though men’s domestic participation has increased in recent year, his involvement has not kept in pace with women’s rapidly rising commitment to paid employment. A persistent" housework gap" has left most women with more work and less leisure time than their male counterparts.
   It may be tempting to focus on the fact that, even among men who support equality, their involvement as fathers remains a far distance from what most women want and most children need. Yet it is also important to acknowledge how far and how fast many men have moved toward a pattern that not long ago virtually all men considered anathema. One recent survey found that 73 percent of a group of randomly selected fathers agreed that "their families are the most important facet of their lives"; 87 percent agreed that "dad is as vital as mom in raising kids. "The cballenge is to create the social and cultural arrangements that would enable men to uphold these beliefs more easily.
Involved fathers are those who______.
选项 A、have nothing in common with traditional fathers
B、involve themselves in what a father should do
C、follow their fathers and grandfathers’ footsteps
D、hold that husband and wife have; equal rights and responsibility
答案D
解析 由involved father可定位到第二段第三句，意思是，介入家庭的父亲人数越来越多，妻子大部分有工作，他们对婚姻和家务具有平等的观念，因此选[D]。[A]与传统的父亲毫无相同之处，从本段最后一句可以看出，involved father表现出做父亲的能力、意愿和热情在父辈和祖父辈身上看不到，但并不意味着完全有别于父辈；[B]做一个父亲应该做的事，与原文不符，一个父亲应该做什么的观念过去和现在不一样；[C]沿着父辈和祖父辈的脚印走，也即沿袭父辈的传统，与原文意思相悖。   
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/L2jd777K
本试题收录于： 公共英语三级笔试题库公共英语（PETS）分类
0

公共英语三级笔试

公共英语（PETS）

相关试题推荐
随机试题
最新回复(0)