英语阅读理解
As working women continue to receive better and better wages,housewives still work at home without receiving paychecks.Should a woman who works at home,doing the housework and caring for children,be paid for her services?In a 1986 study at Cornell University,it was found that the value of the services of a housewife averaged $11,600 a year.This rate was based on a family composed of a husband,wife,and three young children.The $11,600 is what the husband would have to pay if he hired others to take over his wife’s household work.The researchers concluded that it would be fair for husbands to pay wives according to government guidelines for least amounts of wages.
Another plan for rewarding women who work at home has been suggested by Dr.Johnson,a former Secretary of Health and Human Services.He says that full-time housewives should be allowed to pay social security taxes,with their employers (that is,their husbands) offering part of the payment.He feels that the present system is unfair.He said,“If you work in a store you can qualify for Social Security,but if you stay at home and raise a family,you can’t quality for it.”
31.Now in the U.S.the woman working outside home can get______.
A) an average payment of $11,600 a year
B) more and more money
C) the same pay as those doing housework
D) as much as their husbands
32.The researchers at Cornell University suggest that______.
A) policies be worked out on women’s wages
B) women go out to work instead of working at home
C) husbands hire others to do their housework
D) husbands pay their wives for their work at home
33.The expression “full-time house wives” in Paragraph 2 means______.
A) wives who don’t like to stay at home
B) wives working outside home sometimes
C) wives who can’t do any housework
D) wives staying at home doing housework
34.Why do some people feel that husbands should pay their wives for their housework?
A) Because wives’ work at home has its value.
B) Because wives can’t qualify for Social Security.
C) Because husbands are employers.
D) Because raising a family needs money.
35.Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A) Bosses refuse to pay wages for female employees.
B) Full-time housewives are required to pay social security taxes.
C) Husbands are paying the social security taxes for their wives.
D) Women working at home can’t get social security.
英语阅读理解
As working women continue to receive better and better wages,housewives still work at home without receiving paychecks.Should a woman who works at home,doing the housework and caring for children,be paid for her services?In a 1986 study at Cornell University,it was found that the value of the services of a housewife averaged $11,600 a year.This rate was based on a family composed of a husband,wife,and three young children.The $11,600 is what the husband would have to pay if he hired others to take over his wife’s household work.The researchers concluded that it would be fair for husbands to pay wives according to government guidelines for least amounts of wages.
Another plan for rewarding women who work at home has been suggested by Dr.Johnson,a former Secretary of Health and Human Services.He says that full-time housewives should be allowed to pay social security taxes,with their employers (that is,their husbands) offering part of the payment.He feels that the present system is unfair.He said,“If you work in a store you can qualify for Social Security,but if you stay at home and raise a family,you can’t quality for it.”
31.Now in the U.S.the woman working outside home can get______.
A) an average payment of $11,600 a year
B) more and more money
C) the same pay as those doing housework
D) as much as their husbands
32.The researchers at Cornell University suggest that______.
A) policies be worked out on women’s wages
B) women go out to work instead of working at home
C) husbands hire others to do their housework
D) husbands pay their wives for their work at home
33.The expression “full-time house wives” in Paragraph 2 means______.
A) wives who don’t like to stay at home
B) wives working outside home sometimes
C) wives who can’t do any housework
D) wives staying at home doing housework
34.Why do some people feel that husbands should pay their wives for their housework?
A) Because wives’ work at home has its value.
B) Because wives can’t qualify for Social Security.
C) Because husbands are employers.
D) Because raising a family needs money.
35.Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A) Bosses refuse to pay wages for female employees.
B) Full-time housewives are required to pay social security taxes.
C) Husbands are paying the social security taxes for their wives.
D) Women working at home can’t get social security.