MEN SAID THEY CONTRIBUTED AN AVERAGE OF 37% OF THE TOTAL HOUSEWORK...

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 labor, 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 labor 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.

In cases where men perform most of the housework, results were similar. The men also became depressed

by the imbalance of labor. The research showed that the least distressed people are those who have equal

share, implying that men could perform significantly more chores and even benefit from this. The

research concludes “Everybody benefits from sharing the housework. Even for women keeping house, a

share division of labor is important. If you decide to stay at home to raise the children, you don’t want to

become the servant of the house”.

Question 55. The word remainder in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ______ .

A. what is done

B. what is fulfilled

C. what is left

D. what is share

Question 56. Although women think men should share the housework, those who don’t have paid job

agree to share ______ of the chores.

A. 14%

B. 37%

C. 70%

D. 80%

Question 57. After getting married, ______ .

A. women have a bigger house

B. men do more housework

C. men do less housework

D. women do twice as much housework

Question 58. Working women ______ .

A. want their partners to do an equal share

B. are anxious and depressed

C. do 80% of the household

D. would prefer not to have a job

Question 59. Women who do not have a job become depressed ______ .

A. if they have to do more than half of the housework

B. because they have no respect

C. when their husbands do not help them

D. if their husbands do 20% of the chores

Question 60. The word norm in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ______ .

A. changing thing

B. strange thing

C. usual thing

D. unequal thing

Question 61. According to the passage, a good relationship is the one in which ______ .

A. men do more housework than women

B. women and men divide the housework equally

C. women do 80% of the housework

D. women do 14 hours of housework

Question 62. Objects of the survey were ______ .

A. people of a wide range of ages

B. married people

C. working people

D. unemployed people

Question 63. The word estimated in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ______ .

A. wanted

B. divided

C. hoped

D. guessed

Question 64. What is the most suitable heading for the passage?

A. Difficulties of working women

B. Unequal housework division

C. Reason for women to be distress

D. How to be happy couples

SECTION B (2 points)

I. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentence printed

before it. Write your answers on your answer sheet.

Question 1. The play started as soon as we arrived at the theatre.

Hardly____________________________________________________________________________

Question 2. The roses are so beautiful that everyone seeing them pays compliments.

They______________________________________________________________________________

Question 3. We could see the view of the ocean only after the rain stopped.

Not until___________________________________________________________________________

Question 4. It was wrong of you not to call the fire brigade at once.

You_______________________________________________________________________________

Question 5. “If I were in your shoes, I would try to finish the pre-lab report before carrying out the

experiment,” said the professor to his research student.

The professor advised________________________________________________________________

II. In about 140 words, write a paragraph about some typical features of Vietnamese culture. Write

your paragraph on your answer sheet.

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