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   Across Britain, burnt toast will be served to mothers in bed this morning as older sons and daughters rush to deliver their supermarket bunches of flowers. But, according to a new study, we should be placing a higher value on motherhood all year.
Mothers have long known that their home workload was just as heavy as paid work. Now, the new study has shown that if they were paid for their parental labours, they would earn as much as $ 172,000 a year.
The study looked at the range of jobs mothers do, as well as the hours they are working, to determine the figure. This would make their yearly income $ 30,000 more than the Prime Minister earns.
By analysing the numbers, it found the average mother works 119 hours a week, 40 of which would usually be paid at a standard rate and 79 hours as overtime. After questioning 1,000 mothers with children under 18, it found that, on most days, mums started their routine work at 7am and finished at around 11pm.
To calculate just how much mothers would earn from that labour, it suggested some of the roles that mums could take on, including housekeeper, part-time lawyer, personal trainer and entertainer. Being a part-time lawyer, at £ 48.98 an hour, would prove to be the most profitable of the “mum jobs”, with psychologist (心理学家) a close second.
It also asked mothers about the challenges they face, with 80 percent making emotional demand as the hardest thing about motherhood.
Over a third of .mums felt they needed more training and around half said they missed going out with friends.
The study shows mothers matter all year long and not just on Mother’s Day. The emotional, physical and mental energy mothers devote to their, children can be never-ending, but children are also sources of great joy and happiness. Investing (投入) in time for parenting and raising relationships is money well spent.
【小题1】How much would a mother earn a year if working as the Prime Minister?
A.£ 30,000.B.£ 142,000.
C.£ 172,000.D.£ 202,000.
【小题2】The biggest challenge for most mothers is from .
A.emotional demandB.low pay for work
C.heavy workloadD.lack of training
【小题3】What is stressed in the last paragraph?
A.Mothers’ importance shows in family all year long.
B.The sacrifices mothers make are huge but worthwhile.
C.Mothers’ devotion to children can hardly be calculated.
D.Investing time in parenting would bring a financial return.
【小题4】What can we conclude from the study?
A.Mothers,working hours should be largely reduced.
B.Mothers should balance their time for work and rest.
C.Mothers’ labour is of a higher value than it is realised.
D.Mothers should be freed from housework for social life.
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同类题1

   Sarah grew up on a fishing boat. Her father, _____ to make enough money to buy a house, had _____ her within their only small boat since his wife died.

One morning, Sarah saw a _____ above the sea, which was close to them, and the boat began to rock as waves grew. ____  the mountain of clouds approaching from the south, she rushed below deck (甲板) ,“Dad, _____!”

“What?” her drunken father asked _____.

“Dad, a big storm is coming. We need to get out of here.” She grabbed his shoulders and _____ him.

He got angry, shouting, “What are you doing?”

“Dad, we have to _____ the boat. There’s a big storm coming.”

Her father _____ her at last. He walked to the deck, saw the ______ and fired up the engine.

“Dad, what are you doing?”

“Sarah, ______ we stay here, we will die. We need to go out to the sea. We must ride the waves; that’s our only ______.”

Their boat headed into the storm ______. Above them were black clouds and in front of them were dark waves. It was so ______.

Hours passed. The dark day turned into darkness totally. They held each other for ______, but the experienced fisherman needed no ______ because he had fought many such battles.

Eventually, the waves ______ and the sky brightened. Sarah was ______ and hugged her father, “You did it, Dad.”

They sailed back into the port. Other boats had been destroyed. Their boat was the only one to ______ the storm. Sarah hugged her father again. “Dad, you made it. You ______ us.”

“No, Sarah,” he held her by his arms, “we did it together.”

【小题1】
A.unwillingB.unlikelyC.unfitD.unable
【小题2】
A.raisedB.keptC.educatedD.protected
【小题3】
A.fishermanB.boatC.stormD.light
【小题4】
A.ImaginingB.WatchingC.SensingD.Guessing
【小题5】
A.come upB.cheer upC.stand upD.wake up
【小题6】
A.unclearlyB.angrilyC.patientlyD.peacefully
【小题7】
A.hitB.huggedC.shookD.supported
【小题8】
A.take awayB.get onC.leave outD.get off
【小题9】
A.trustedB.refusedC.acceptedD.doubted
【小题10】
A.rainB.cloudsC.nightD.horizon
【小题11】
A.whileB.thoughC.ifD.as
【小题12】
A.challengeB.choiceC.taskD.trouble
【小题13】
A.successfullyB.secretlyC.quietlyD.bravely
【小题14】
A.amazingB.strangeC.horribleD.noisy
【小题15】
A.comfortB.energyC.funD.peace
【小题16】
A.mercyB.kindnessC.helpD.encouragement
【小题17】
A.calmedB.sankC.gatheredD.melted
【小题18】
A.surprisedB.frightenedC.excitedD.puzzled
【小题19】
A.faceB.avoidC.preventD.survive
【小题20】
A.controlledB.savedC.guidedD.moved

同类题2

   I was surprised when I received a short message from my father wishing me a happy birthday.

I had _____ to hear from my mother,my grandmother and my other relatives,but never from my father. Lying in bed,_____ of my father flooded back.

When I was a little boy,I regarded my father as a(n)_____  able to do anything. _____ ,things slowly began to _____ .The more I learned,the more I doubted what he said. The gap between us _____ and,at last,I didn't even like communicating with him.

My father,in my mind,had no _____ in talking with me. Dinner was the only time we were together. He had no time to watch TV with me. He would tell me to ask my mother _____ I needed something. He even refused to answer my _____ when I phoned from school. I got ______ the changes. I thought that perhaps my father no longer ______ me.

Over time, however, I began to wonder whether my ______ was right. One day, my mother told me that each time I called, my father was always ______ beside her. Suddenly, I hated myself for my ______ behavior toward him.

I planned thousands of times to ______ to my father. In the end, however, I was always too embarrassed about what I had done.

But that Saturday, I was so ______ by his short message. I ______ then that my father's love for me had never disappeared. I decided to send a ______ “Thank you, my dear father.”

Two days later, when I returned home, my mother told me that my father had been so ______ when he received my reply. She said he had ______ from morning till night. At that moment, I felt truly happy.

【小题1】
A.expectedB.intendedC.plannedD.wanted
【小题2】
A.opinionsB.memoriesC.remarksD.responses
【小题3】
A.instructorB.teacherC.heroD.friend
【小题4】
A.HoweverB.OtherwiseC.ThereforeD.Besides
【小题5】
A.improveB.changeC.developD.appear
【小题6】
A.disappearedB.declinedC.remainedD.grew
【小题7】
A.interestB.effortC.chanceD.courage
【小题8】
A.becauseB.ifC.whyD.unless
【小题9】
A.lettersB.e-mailsC.questionsD.calls
【小题10】
A.fond ofB.ashamed ofC.familiar withD.accustomed to
【小题11】
A.helpedB.supportedC.lovedD.missed
【小题12】
A.behaviorB.attitudeC.mannerD.idea
【小题13】
A.complainingB.listeningC.objectingD.bothering
【小题14】
A.casualB.reasonableC.coldD.compulsory
【小题15】
A.apologizeB.writeC.explainD.agree
【小题16】
A.surprisedB.confusedC.touchedD.pleased
【小题17】
A.imaginedB.wonderedC.realizedD.relieved
【小题18】
A.wishB.cardC.giftD.reply
【小题19】
A.upsetB.happyC.satisfiedD.nervous
【小题20】
A.waitedB.sighedC.hesitatedD.smiled

同类题3

   I’m a woman, whose colleagues are nearly all women as well. So having a son can be a strange experience. I sometimes tell my husband that raising our 3-year-old boy _____ someone dropped me off on another _____ where I didn’t know the language and had no map.

My son makes me laugh, but his desires and _____ sometimes do feel as _____ to me as another galaxy (星系). He has taught me so much about the bigger man (my husband) in my life and even _____ about men in general.

When I get _____ at my husband now, I look at our son and stop. He was once as sweet and precious as my son, _____ he is so annoying now.

My mother-in-law’s attitude used to be puzzling to me, but now I _____ it. I love my son so much. If some woman ever _____ him, she’d be punished for that.

______ my daughter can’t find something, she will search. But my son is ______ calling, “Mommy ! Daddy! Where is my toy?” It’s so much like my husband. He will also spend 0.1 second ______ for it before calling out to me and ______ where the butter, cheese, or coat is. My son has taught me it’s a man’s thing.______, that doesn’t mean I won’t make him stop having the bad habit. I ______ will. Isn’t that what all moms say?

My husband showers every day on most ______ days. But on weekends or on vacation? Forget it. Now I understand that. My son ______ bath time and screams the whole time. I have to bribe (诱哄) him to get ______.

Nothing is sweeter for a mom than her baby boy. My daughter and I are equally ______, but in a different way. He tells me he loves me and how beautiful I am. I wish I could bottle that sweetness and ______ it for his teen years.

【小题1】
A.sounds likeB.finds outC.feels likeD.turns out
【小题2】
A.destinationB.planetC.mountainD.river
【小题3】
A.interestsB.existenceC.jokesD.comprehension
【小题4】
A.gracefulB.culturalC.foreignD.likely
【小题5】
A.muchB.manyC.lessD.more
【小题6】
A.angryB.pleasedC.amazedD.addicted
【小题7】
A.as ifB.in caseC.now thatD.even if
【小题8】
A.setB.getC.makeD.take
【小题9】
A.approachesB.hurtsC.recognizesD.grasps
【小题10】
A.BeforeB.BecauseC.IfD.Unless
【小题11】
A.occasionallyB.immediatelyC.fortunatelyD.traditionally
【小题12】
A.sighingB.payingC.respondingD.looking
【小题13】
A.thinkingB.tellingC.askingD.discussing
【小题14】
A.StillB.ButC.OtherwiseD.Therefore
【小题15】
A.frequentlyB.probablyC.mainlyD.definitely
【小题16】
A.coldB.rainyC.meetingD.working
【小题17】
A.lovesB.appreciatesC.hatesD.realizes
【小题18】
A.weakB.dirtyC.cleanD.clever
【小题19】
A.closeB.welcomeC.strangeD.similar
【小题20】
A.remindB.exchangeC.saveD.operate

同类题4

   When Dekalb Walcott Ш was just 8 years old, his father, a Chicago fire chief, let him tag along on a call. Dekalb says a lot of kids idolized (崇拜) basketball player Michael Jordan when he was growing up in Chicago in the1990s. Not him.

“I wanted to be like Dekalb Walcott Jr, ”he says of his father. So when his dad asked if he wanted to go on that call with him when he was 8, Dekalb was excited. “I'm jumping up and down, saying, ‘Mom, can I go? Can I go?’”

The experience changed Dekalb's life, and he told his dad on a visit to StoryCorps. “My eyes got big the moment the alarm went off, ” the younger Dekalb says. “This is the life that I want to live someday. ”

Now 27, the younger Dekalb is living that life. He became a firefighter at 21 and went to work alongside his dad at the Chicago Fire Department. Before his father retired, the pair even went out on a call together-father supervising (监督)son.

“You know, it's everything for me to watch young row, ”his father says. But he also recalls worrying about one particular fire that his son faced.

“I received a phone call that night. And they said, ‘Well, your son was at this fire. ' I said, ‘OK, which way is this conversation going to go?'”Dekalb Walcott Jr. recalls.

“And they said, ‘But he's OK. And he put it out all by himself. Everybody here was proud of him. ’”

“And the word went around, ‘Who was out there managing that fire? Oh, that’s Walcott!That's Walcott up there!’So, you know, moments like that, it's heaven on earth for a dad. ”

Dekalb Walcott Jr. has retired. The younger Dekalb says he's proud of being a second-generation firefighter. “You know, it makes me look forward to fatherhood as well, because I'm definitely looking forward to passing that torch (火把) down  to my son. ”

【小题1】The underlined phrase “tag along” in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to“____________”.
A.put out fire
B.watch basketball
C.follow his father
D.ask his mother's permission
【小题2】Dekalb Walcott Ш determined to become a firefighter at the age of ____________ .
A.8B.21
C.27D.35
【小题3】What can we learn from the last paragraph?
A.Dekalb Walcott Jr. is proud to be a second-generation firefighter.
B.Dekalb Walcott ШI wants his son to become a firefighter, too.
C.Dekalb Walcott Jr. wants to pass the torch to Dekalb Walcott Ш.
D.Dekalb Walcott Ш is proud that his son has become an excellent firefighter.
【小题4】Which of the following is the best title of the passage?
A.Passing The Torch: A Firefighter Dad's Legacy
B.Putting Out Fire: A Challenging Job For Father And Son
C.Dekalb Walcott Ш: A Second-generation Firefighter
D.Dekalb Walcott Jr. : A Chicago Fire