A. SAW B. WAS SEEING C. WAS SEEN D. IS SEENREAD THE FOLLOWING PASS...

27. A. saw B. was seeing C. was seen D. is seenRead the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheetto indicate the correct answer to each of the questionsFamily life in the United States is changing. Fifty or sixty years ago, the wife was calleda "housewife". She cleaned, cooked, and cared for the children. The husband earned themoney for the family. He was usually out working all day. He came home tired in theevening, 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 staywith the children all day. They, too, come home tired in the evening. They do not want tospend the evening cooking dinner and cleaning up. They do not have time to clean thehouse and do the laundry. So who is going to do the housework now? Who is going totake care of the children?Many families solve the problem of housework by sharing it. In these families, thehusband and wife agree to do different jobs around the house, or they take turns doingeach job. For example, the husband always cooks dinner and the wife always does thelaundry. Or the wife cooks dinner on some nights and the husband cooks dinner on othernights.Then there is a question of the children. In the past, many families got help with childcare from grandparents. Now families usually do not live near their relatives. Thegrandparents often are to far away to help in a regular way. More often, parents have topay for child care help. The help may be a babysitter or a day-care center. The problemwith this kind of help is the high cost. It is possible only for couples with jobs that paywell.Parents may get another kind of help from the companies they work for. Many companiesnow let people with children work part-time. That way, parents can spend more time withtheir children. Some husbands may even stop working for a while to stay with thechildren. For these men there is a new word: They are called "househusband". In theUnited States more ans more men are becoming househusband every year.These changes in the home mean changes in the family. Fathers can learn to understandtheir children better, and the children can get to know their fathers better. Husbands andwives may also find changes in their marriage. They, too, may have a betterunderstanding of each other.