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【题目】根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

More American Fathers Stay Home to Raise Kids

Families in the U. S. are changing. 【1】 This number is twice that of 25 years ago. In 2012, 16 percent of all parents in the U. S. were stay-at-home dads. Gretchen Livingston is with the Pew Research Center. She says in the last 25 years there have been changes as far as dads taking on more caregiving responsibilities and mothers taking on more bread-winner responsibilities. 【2】 That is a huge change. The study finds that disability, sickness and unemployment are among the reasons that fathers stay home. 【3】 For example, Blake Humphreys has also been a stay-at-home dad for the past ten years. Blake and his partner have two kids. Blake is a big, muscular man. He is well over six feet tall, with a beard and long hair tucked under his baseball cap. He looks like the kind of man that would be hard to frighten. 【4】 "I am a stay-at-home dad for ten years. And I know that just saying it sounds scary to me right now." Blake became a stay-at-home parent for the same reason many women do – he made less money than his partner. Even thought the number of stay-at-home fathers is growing in the U. S., such men can still face worries about their self-worth. 【5】 To help solve this problem, he volunteers at his children’s school partly to battle that isolation and to build up his sense of self-worth.

A. But, some fathers do so simply to spend more time with their children.

B. Blake shared his feeling of anxiety.

C. A new study finds that in the U. S. more than two million fathers are staying home to take care of the house and family.

D. A lot of men lost their jobs

E. However, he says he does feel fearful when he counts the years he has been out of the workforce.

F. She adds that the number of hours a day that dads spend caring for their kids has tripled in the past decades.

G. Black expressed his true feeling towards being a stay-at-home dad.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】F

【3】A

【4】E

【5】B

【解析】

试题分析：本文说明了现在美国越来越多的父亲选择在家带孩子，作者在文章中分析了这种现象的原因。

【1】C 根据本文标题More American Fathers Stay Home to Raise Kids.更多的美国父亲选择在家里带孩子。再根据第一句Families in the U. S. are changing.美国的家庭真正发生着变化。那么本句应该开门见山提出越来越多的美国父亲选择在家带孩子。所以C项符合上下文串联。

【2】F 根据前句She says in the last 25 years....... responsibilities可知越来越多的父亲承担起照顾孩子的责任，越来越多的妻子承担起挣钱养家的责任。本句应该继续说明这一现象越来越普遍，选项中只有F项：一天中父亲花在照顾孩子上的时间在过去的几十年里已经增加了三倍以上。该项与前面一句相呼应。故F项正确。

【3】A 根据前句The study finds that disability.... fathers stay home.可知很多父亲在家带孩子是因为他们有残疾。他们没有办法外出工作，只能在家照顾孩子。但在下面一句中所列举的Blake Humphreys的例子告诉我，有些父亲并不残疾，他们在家带孩子只是因为挣钱不多，只能在家照顾孩子。所以A项“some fathers do so simply to spend more time with their children.”符合上下文串联。

【4】E 根据后一句"I am a stay-at-home dad for ten years. And I know that just saying it sounds scary to me right now." Blake Humphreys也认为自己在家里带孩子的时间太长了，让他自己都感觉害怕了。认为自己离工作很长时间了，不主动是否还能适应工作的需要了。所以E项“However, he says he does feel fearful when he counts the years he has been out of the workforce.”符合上下文串联。

【5】B 根据前句Even thought.....worries about their self-worth.这些在家带孩子的父亲有很多关于自我价值的担忧。Black也不例外，他也会有这样的担忧。B项“Blake shared his feeling of anxiety”的内容恰好与此一致。故B正确。