Question

[Lê Quỳnh Anh]

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

  A recent study shows that an unequal share of household chores is still the norm in many households, despite the fact that many more women now have jobs. In a survey of 1,256 people ages between 18 and 65, men said they contributed an average of 37% of the total housework, while the women estimated their share to be nearly double that, at 70%. This ratio was not affected by whether the woman was working or not.

  When they were asked what they thought was a fair division of labour, women with jobs felt that housework should be shared equally between male and female partners. Women who did not work outside the home were satisfied to perform 80% - the majority of the household work - if their husbands did remainder. Research has shown that, if levels increase beyond these percentages, women become unhappy and anxious, and feel they are unimportant.

  After marriage, a woman is reported to increase her household workload by 14 hours per week, but for men the amount is just 90 minutes. So the division of labour becomes unbalanced, as a man's share increases much less than the woman's. It is the inequality and loss of respect, not the actual number of hours, which leads to anxiety and depression. The research describes housework as thankless and unfulfilling. Activities included in the study were cooking, cleaning, shopping, doing laundry, washing up and childcare. Women who have jobs report that they feel overworked by these chores in addition to their professional duties. In contrast, full-time homemakers frequently anticipate going back to work when the children grow up. Distress for this group is caused by losing the teamwork in the marriage.

According to the passage, a fair division of labour is that _________. 

A. women do 14 hours of housework 

B. men do more housework than women 

C. women do more than 80 percent of the housework 

D. women and men share the housework equally

Answer 1

[Dương Hoàn Anh]

Đáp Án D.

Theo như đoạn văn, lượng phân chia công việc công bằng là:

A. phụ nữ làm việc nhà trong 14 giờ

B. đàn ông làm việc nhiều hơn phụ nữ

C. phụ nữ làm hơn 80% lượng việc nhà

D. phụ nữ và đàn ông chia đều việc

“A fair division of labour” được nhắc đến ở đầu đoạn 2, với quan niệm “housework should be shared equally between male and female partners”. Tức là phụ nữ và đàn ông nên chia đều việc với nhau.