Now some women are spending a weekend at Mother’s Camp（營地）. There, husbands and children are not allowed. Why would a woman want to take a vacation without her family? Some women say they need time to be alone.
At Mother’s Camp a woman has room to herself. She can sleep, read or watch TV, and no one will bother her. No children will ask,“Mom, what’s for dinner?” No husband will say, “Oh, dear, I can’t find any clean socks.”In fact almost 50% of women in the United States work outside the home. Many of them work full-time and then come home to a second job-taking care of their homes and families. These working women say one of their biggest problems is housework.
In the United States, working wives do about 75% of the housework. Many of their husbands say they want to help. But then they burn the rice or they can’t find the pans. They ask so many questions that their wives decide it is easier to do the job themselves.
Some women go to Mother’s Camp just to get a break from housework. For two days they don’t cook, they don’t clean, they don’t look after their children and husbands. What do they do? They enjoy warm, sunny weather, walking, swimming or boating in a clear blue lake and sing songs around the campfire. They relax away from home. They have a really wonderful vacation at Mother’s Camp.
小題1:From this passage we can see      in the United States.
A．women want to work outside the home
B．working wives do most of the housework
C．hushands do as much housework as their wives
D．women do not like to stay at home with their families
小題2:At Mother’s Camp, women can’t        .
A．watch TVB．read newspapers
C．swirn in the lakeD．bring their husbands and children
小題3:Why would some mothers like to be alone? Because        .
A．they don’t like their husbands and children
B．they have to work full-time
C．they are too busy to relax themselves
D．they want a new life
小題4:      is one of the biggest troubles for working wives in the United States.
A．HouseworkB．Working outside the home
C．When to take a vacationD．Looking after their children
小題5:What’s the best title（標(biāo)題）for this passage?
A．Busy Working MothersB．Welcome to Mother’s Camp
C．Mothers Relax Away from HomeD．Mothers in the US

小題1:B
小題2:D
小題3:C
小題4:A
小題5:C

試題分析：短文大意：現(xiàn)在一些婦女在母親營地度過一個(gè)周末。在那里，丈夫和孩子是不允許的。為什么一個(gè)女人想去度假而沒有她的家人呢？一些女性說她們需要獨(dú)處的時(shí)間。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段第一句In the United States, working wives do about 75% of the housework.可知該選B。
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段開頭Now some women are spending a weekend at Mother’s Camp（營地）. There, husbands and children are not allowed.和第二段開頭At Mother’s Camp a woman has room to herself. She can sleep, read or watch TV, and no one will bother her.以及第四段中They enjoy warm, sunny weather, walking, swimming or boating in a clear blue lake and sing songs around the campfire.可知該選D。
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段中In fact almost 50% of women in the United States work outside the home. Many of them work full-time and then come home to a second job-taking care of their homes and families.可知一些媽媽忙得不能放松自己，所以該選C。
小題4:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段末These working women say one of their biggest problems is housework.可知該選A。
小題5:標(biāo)題歸納題。根據(jù)短文末They relax away from home. They have a really wonderful vacation at Mother’s Camp.及全文內(nèi)容可知該選C。
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