Question

“Who does the cooking in your home?” I’m often asked by my colleagues. “My wife and I share it 50/50,” I usually say without hesitation.

It’s a lie, of course. We’re pretty much even（相等的）when it comes to the children and the elderly. But the paying of bills isn’t 50/50-my wife pays all sorts of household expenses, so I never even have to set eyes on them. And the cooking isn’t 50/50, either.

The truth is that I am the cook. On my recent 40th birthday, I received the following gifts from my children: a new pot, two mini bottles of truffle oil, a decorative salad-dressing pourer, and a juice-making machine. For a moment I longed for something more manly, a cricket bat, perhaps, and then had to admit that all these things would be useful for me.

It’s not that my wife can’t or doesn’t like to cook (she makes delicious Welsh cakes). Nor has it always been this way. In the early years of our marriage I’d be relaxing with a glass of wine while my wife prepared for dinner after work.

But at some point that changed and I became the cook. Ten years with my wife gave me the rewards-I can throw together a roast, and I can make much foreign food. But I have truly become a monster(怪物) in the kitchen, unable to keep myself away from cooking. “You have to add Dijon to the sauce; it brings out the taste of the cheese,” I volunteer, as my wife is cooking. “Quick, stir in the butter so the dish becomes delicious.”

Is it any wonder that my wife has given up coming into the kitchen while I find the whole process of chopping, mixing, and adding things deeply satisfying?

1.What do the writer and his wife probably share evenly at home?

a. Cooking in the kitchen.

b. Taking care of the children.

c. Paying household expenses.

d. Taking care of the elderly at home.

A. ab B. bc C. bd D. ac

2.The gifts that the writer received on his 40th birthday show that .

A. his children don’t know him at all

B. he is in charge of the cooking at home

C. he doesn’t get along well with his children

D. his children have made wrong choices

3.What do we know about the writer’s wife?

A. She can’t cook.

B. She doesn’t like cooking.

C. She used to cook for the family.

D. She only knows how to make Welsh cakes.

4.From Paragraph 5 we learn that the writer .

A. likes sticking his nose into other people’s business

B. doesn’t think his wife is good at cooking

C. studies very hard in order to cook well

D. enjoys cooking in the kitchen

Answer 1

1.C

2.B

3.C

4.D

【解析】

试题分析：文章主要讲的是作者的家庭生活。刚结婚的时候，作者的妻子负责做饭。但是，作者经常给妻子提建议，久而久之，做饭这项家务就由作者全权负责了。

1.We’re pretty much even（相等的）when it comes to the children and the elderly.”可知，在照顾孩子和老人方面，作者和妻子的任务是均等的，故选C。

2.had to admit that all these things would be useful for me”可知，孩子们送的新锅、榨汁机等对作者来说很有用，排除A、D；根据第三段“I received the following gifts from my children”可知，孩子们送给了作者生日礼物，说明他们相处得很好，排除C；从孩子们送的生日礼物可以看出，锅、油、榨汁机等都是厨房用具，说明作者在家里负责做饭，故选B。

3.It’s not that my wife can’t or doesn’t like to cook”可知，作者的妻子不是不会做饭，也不是不喜欢做饭，排除A、B；根据第四段“while my wife prepared for dinner after work”排除D，故选C。

4.But I have truly become a monster(怪物) in the kitchen, unable to keep myself away from cooking...I volunteer, as my wife is cooking.”可知，作者逐渐变得非常喜欢做饭，甚至到了无法离开厨房的程度，作者太爱做饭了，以至于经常给妻子提建议，作者并未多管闲事，排除A；作者只是给妻子提建议，文章并未提到妻子不擅长做饭，排除B；文章没有提到作者研究厨艺，排除C，故选D。

考点：生活类短文阅读