20．Men are spending more and more time in the kitchen encouraged by celebrity （名人） chefs like Gordon Ramsay and Jamie Oliver，according to a report from Oxford University．
The effect of the celebrity role models，who have given cooking a ore manly picture，has combined with a more general drive towards sexual equality and men now spendmore than twice the amount of time preparing meals than they did in 1961．
According to the research by Prof．Jonatahn Gershny，who runs the Centre for Time Research at Oxford，men now spend more than half an hour a day cooking，up from just 12minutes a day in 1961．
Prof．Gershuny said，"The man in the kitchen is part of a much wider social trend．There has been 40years of sexual equality，but there is another 40years probably to come．"
Women，who a generation ago spent nearly two hours a day cooking，now spend just one hour and seven mnutes-a great fall，but they still spend far more time in the kitchen than men．
Some experts have named these men in aprons as"Gastrosexuals （men using cooking skills to impress friends）"，who have been inspired to pick up a kitchen knife by the success of Ramsay，Oliver as well as other male celebrity chefs such as Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall，Marco Pierre White and Keith Floyd．
"I was married in 1974．When my father came to visit me a few weeks later，I was wearing an apron when I opened the door．He laughed，"said Prof．Gershuny．"That would never happen now．"
Two-thirds of adults say that they come together to share at least three times a week，even if it is not necessarily around a kitchen or dining room table．Prof．Gershuny pointed out that the family meal was now rarely eaten by all of its members around a table-with many"family meals"in fact taken on the sofa in the sitting room，and shared by family members．"The family meal has changed a lot，and few of us eat-as I did when I was a child-at least two meals a day together as a family．But it has survived in a different format．"
21．What is one reason behind the trend that men spend more time cooking than before？D
A．The improvement of coks'status．
B．The influence of popular female chefs．
C．The change of female's view on cooking．
D．The development of sexual equality campaign．
22．What does the author think about the time men and women spend on cooking？B
A．Men spend more time cooking than women nowadays．
B．Women spend much less time on cooking than before．
C．It will take 40years before men spend more time at the stove than women．
D．There is a sharp decline in the time men spend on cooking compared with 1961．
23．How did Prof．Gershuny see the family meal according to the passage？B
A．It has become a thing of the past．
B．It is very different from what it used to be．
C．It shouldn't be advocated in modern times．
D．It is beneficial to the stability of the family．
24．Which is the best title for the passage？C
A．The Changes of Family Meals
B．Equality between Men and Women
C．Cooking into a New Trend for Men
D．Cooking-a Thing of the Past for Women．
分析 本文为科教类阅读，因受名厨的激励，再加上性别平等问题变得普遍，如今男性下厨的时间越来越多．
解答 21-24 DBBC
21 D．细节理解题：从文章第二段的句子"The effect of the celebrity role models，who have given cooking a more manly picture，has combined with a more general drive towards sexual equality and men now spend more than twice the amount of time preparing meals than they did in 1961"可知，越来越多男性下厨房的一个原因是性别平等问题变得越来越普遍，选D．
22 B．细节理解题：从文章第五段的句子"Women，who a generation ago spent nearly two hours a day cooking，now spend just one hour and seven minutes-a great fall，but they still spend far more time in the kitchen than men"可知，作者认为女子花在做饭上的时间比过去少了，选B．
23 B．细节理解题：从文章最后一段的句子"The family meal has changed a lot，and few of us eat-as I did when I was a child-at least two meals a day together as a family．But it has survived in a different format．"可知，Prof．Gershuny 认为家庭的聚餐和过去不一样了，选B．
24 C．主旨大意题：从全篇文章和第一段的句子"Men are spending more and more time in the kitchen encouraged by celebrity （名人） chefs like Gordon Ramsay and Jamie Oliver"可知，这篇文章讲的是男性下厨成新潮流，选C．
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