小編給大家?guī)砉灿⒄Z考試三級閱讀理解沖刺卷(12),，希望對大家有所幫助。
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　　The cohesiveness(內聚力 ) of a family seems to rely on members sharing certain routine prac- tices and events. For a growing share of the American labor force, however, working shifts beyond the normal daylight hours--what we here call "shift work"--makes the lives of families difficult.
　　Existing re.search shows that both male and female shift workers express high levels of stress and a sense of conflict between the demands of work and family life. But shift work couples still maintain a traditional attitude to the meaning of marriage and the individual roles of husband and wife. They expressed a willingness to do "whatever it takes" to approximate their view of a proper marriage,in- cluding sacrificing sleep and doing conventional things at unconventional hours. For the majority of couples interviewed, even when wives worked outside their homes, a proper marriage is character- ized by a very clear division of roles: husbands are "providers" whose major responsibility is to sup- port the family ;wives arc "homemakers" who clean, cook, and care for husbands and children.
　　The women's definitions of a "good husband" are typified by the following wife's response:
　　I expect him to be a good provider, and be there when I need him, loyal about the same things as he would expect out of me,expect that I expect him to dominate over me. But in a manner of speak- ing, wben it' s time to be a man I expect him to stand up instead of sitting back expecting me to do everything.To husbands,a good wife is someone who is:
　　Understanding of what I feel go through at work. I need that respect at work,I hope I get it al work. I want my wife to realize what I expect at work. I don' t want her to give me a lot of shil when I come home from work because I don' t know if this makes much sense.
　　These views seemed critical to maintain the families of the shift workers.
　　31. Despite , shift work couples still hoped to maintain a stable life.
　　[ A ] traditional beliefs about marriage
　　[ B ] Jack of control over time
　　[ C ] a very clear division of roles
　　[ D ] the demands of work
　　32. From the selection, we can conclude that female shift workers were NOT satisfied with
　　[A] their work
　　[ B ] their children
　　[ C ] their husbands' inability to protect the family and provide companionship
　　[D] leisure activities
　　33. What is implied by the author?
　　[ A 1 Shift work had a direct effect on the attitudes and behavior of family members.
　　[ B ] Shift workers could live a normal life.
　　[ C] Shift work couples had unconventional ideas about marriage.
　　[ D ] Female shift workers were satisfied with the time spent together with their families.
　　34. In order to continue the marriages of the shift workers,
　　[ A] wives must learn to care for the children when their husbands are absent
　　[ B ] shift work couples must administer their time and activities
　　[ C ] wives mustn' t adapt their own feelings of boredom to their husbands'
　　[ D ] all of thesework
　　35. The best title for this paragraph is
　　[ A ] Constructing Family Life
　　[ B ] Managing Time and Activities
　　[ C ] The Meaning of Marriage
　　[ D ] Living a Normal Life
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　　參考譯文
　　一個家庭的內聚力似乎要依靠家庭成員們一起做一些常規(guī)的事情來維系,。然而由于美國勞動力人數(shù)的增多,，在非正常工作時間的輪班工作，也就是我們通常所說的“換班工作”,，使家庭生活面臨困境,。
　　現(xiàn)有的調查表明男性和女性的倒班工人都承認壓力很大，工作和家庭生活的需求相互沖突,。但是,，從事?lián)Q班工作的夫婦們仍然保持著對婚姻的意義和夫妻各自責任的傳統(tǒng)觀念。他們表示仍然愿意“不惜一切代價”實現(xiàn)他們認為正常的婚姻生活,，譬如犧牲睡眠時間或是在非常規(guī)的時間去做一些慣例的事情,。大多數(shù)接受采訪的夫婦，甚至是那些妻子在外工作的家庭都認為,，正常家庭生活的顯著特點還是清楚的分工：丈夫是家庭的“支撐者”,，他們主要的責任是養(yǎng)活全家，而妻子仍然是“主婦”,。她們負責打掃,、做飯、照顧丈夫和孩子,。
　　以下是一個妻子對“好丈夫”的定義,，這代表了所有女人的看法：
　　我希望他能養(yǎng)家。在我需要的時候陪在我身邊,，和我熱衷于相同的事物,。希望他也愿意支配我，就像我期望的那樣,。這么說吧,，在需要他表現(xiàn)得像個男人的時候，我希望他挺身而出,，而不是坐視不管,，卻想讓我去處理一切。
　　丈夫們眼中的好妻子是這樣的：
　　她要理解我在工作中的感受。我需要在工作時受尊重,，我希望能在工作中找到受尊重的感覺,。我要我的妻子明白我對工作的期望。我可不想每天下班回家的時候,，她嘮叨個沒完洇為我也不知道這是否有意義,。 以上的觀點對于維護那些輪班工作的夫妻家庭是至關重要的。
　　答案及解析
　　31.B【解析】“shiftwork”意為“working shifts beyond the normal daylighthours”,。而A,、C選項中“traditional beliefs about marmge”，“a veryclear division of roles”均為“a stable life”的一部分,，不符合題意,。
　　32.c【解析】由文中“the women'S definitions of a good husband”可以看出C為正確答案。
　　33.A【解析】由文章主旨句“shiftwork makes the lives of families difficult”可知選A,。
　　34.D【解析】聯(lián)系全文,，知A、B,、c三項均正確,。
　　35.C【解析】先排除D項，因全文圍繞shiftwork展開,，B項則太具體,A項則涵義過廣,全文切入點為marriage,。