In this age of equality, sameness between the sexes is emphasized as if differences have to mean problems. Well, differences can

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问题    In this age of equality, sameness between the sexes is emphasized as if differences have to mean problems. Well, differences can mean problems, but only when they are not properly understood.
   Imagine Adam alone in the Garden of Eden and you will have an idea about the way many men feel today. If the major issue for women is overload in their life - - balancing career , relationships, children, home - the crisis for men is loneliness and the loss of women . Twenty - five years ago , most men came home from work to a warm meal, a clean house, the devotion of a gentle wife. Now the majority of women work outside, they are no longer the full - time housewives as before, so men are feeling deserted and easily hurt.
   Women get emotional support through a network of friends and family. Most men don’ t have such relationships: they are intimate only with their wives or lovers. As a result, any lessening of their partner’ s attention may be thought of as rejection or abandonment.
   Bobs wife Sandy has a full -time job, and he really prefers her bringing home extra income. Yet he also feels uneasy and troubled . " when I get home at the end of the day , wanting to have a talk with Sandy, "he said, "she puts me off, First she makes dinner, then the kids need something, or a friends calls her, She talks with her sister, her girlfriends, her workmates, but not with me. I sometimes do feel abandoned and annoyed.
   Since most men have difficulty admitting loneliness and hurt, they tend to become angry instead. Bob’ s constant complaints and criticism made Sandy confused and irritated . Eventually, they came up with a simple solution that met both Bob’ s need for time and Sandy’ s sense of responsibility to others. The first half - hour after Bob arrived home from work was "theirs" , they would sit together and just talk to each other about everything they want to say.
Why do men care a lot about their couple’ s attitude towards them?

选项 A、Because their differences can mean problems.
B、Because they don’t have a network of friends and family.
C、Because they only want to have an intimate relation with their wives.
D、Because men lack confidence nowadays.

答案C

解析 题干:为什么男士很在乎配偶对他们的态度?寻找定位词时发现没有具体找到,可以带入四个选项,C因为他们只想和他们的妻子有一个亲密的关系,在第三段第二行,后面接着有as a result,因此,他们配偶注意力的减少被看作是反对和抛弃。和本题题干对应,所以选C。
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