YOU CAN STAY IN THE FLAT FOR FREE AS LONG AS YOU PAY THE BILLS.A. WHE...

Câu 35: You can stay in the flat for free as long as you pay the bills.

A. Whether you pay the bills or stay in the flat, it is free.

B. Without the bills paid, you can stay in the free flat.

C. Unless the flat is free of bills, you cannot stay in it.

D. Provided you pay the bills, you can stay in the flat for free.

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 below.

FAMILY LIFE IN THE UNITED STATES

Family life in the United States is changing. Fifty or sixty years ago, the wife was called a

“housewife”. She cleaned, cooked, and cared for the children. The husband earned the mo ney for the

family.

He was usually out working all day. He came home tired in the evening, so he did not do much

housework. And he did not see the children very much, except on weekends.

These days, however, more and more women work outside the home. They cannot stay with the

children all day. They, too, come home tired in the evening. They do not want to spend the evening

cooking dinner and cleaning up. They do not have time to clean the house and do the laundry. So

who is going to do the housework now? Who is going to take care of the children?

Many families solve the problem of housework by sharing it. In these families, the husband and wife

agree to do different jobs around the house, or they take turns doing each job. For example, the

husband always cooks dinner and the wife always does the

laundry. Or the wife cooks dinner on

some nights and the husband cooks dinner on other nights.

Then there is the question of the children. In the past, many families got help with child care from

grandparents. Now families usually do not live near their relatives. The grandparents are often too far

away to help in a regular way. More often, parents have to pay for child care help. The help may be a

babysitter or a day-care center. The problem with t his kind of help is the high cost. It is possible

only for couples with jobs that pay well.

Parents may get another kind of help form the companies they work for. Many companies now let

people with children work part-time. That way, parents can spend mo re time with their children.

Some husbands may even stop working for a while to stay with the children. For these men there is a

new word:

they

are called “househusbands”. In the USA more and more men are becoming

househusbands every year.

These changes in the home mean changes in the family. Fathers can learn to understand their

children better, and the children can get to know their fathers better. Husbands and wives may also

find changes in their marriage. They, too, may have a better understanding of each other.