A. ARRESTED B. MENDED C. RESERVED D. CROWDEDREAD THE FOLLOWING PAS...

40. A. arrested

B. mended

C. reserved

D. crowded

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.

Househusbands

Dear Editor,

I read with interest the article on American families. In general I agree with it, but there are

some important things it left out. It didn't tell the reader much about the life of a

househusband. It's not an easy life. I know, because I'm now a househusband myself. A

househusband has to change many of his ideas and his ways.

First of all, he has to change the way he thinks about time. Before I was a househusband, I

worked full-time for the New York Times. I was a reporter, and time was always important.

We had to finish our article quickly and give them to the editor. Everyone was always in a

hurry. This is the way, many other men work, too. Businessmen, lawyers, bankers, and

doctors all have to work quickly.

At home it's different. The househusband cannot be in a hurry all the time. If you

rush

around, you will make everyone unhappy! The children will be unhappy because they don't

understand. For them, time is not important. Your wife will be unhappy because the children

are unhappy. You will be unhappy, too, because they are all unhappy. So you have to learn

to slow down. That is the first and most important rule for a househusband.

There is something else the househusband must learn. You must learn to show how you feel

about things. At work, men usually do not talk about feelings. If

they

do, people think they

are strange. So, many men are not used to telling anyone about their feelings. They do not

know how to talk about their anger, worries, or love. But children need to know how you

feel. They need to know how much you love them. If you are angry, they need to know why.

Your wife also needs to know about your feelings. If you do not say anything, your family

may get the wrong idea. Then there may be serious problems.

People talk a lot about househusbands these days. Usually they talk about men doing the

housework, the cooking, cleaning, and shopping. But in my opinion, these are the easiest

things to learn. It was much harder for me to change the way I think and the way I act with

my family. I think, other men will also find this harder, but, like me, will find it necessary if

they want to have a happy family!

Ted Diamond