Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.In American, although most men still do less housework than their wives, that gap has been halved since the 1960s. Today, 41 per cent of couples say they share childcare equally, compared with 25 percent in 1985. Men's greater involvement at home is good for their relationships with their spouses, and also good for their children. Hands-on fathers make better parents than men who...
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Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.
In American, although most men still do less housework than their wives, that gap has been halved since the 1960s. Today, 41 per cent of couples say they share childcare equally, compared with 25 percent in 1985. Men's greater involvement at home is good for their relationships with their spouses, and also good for their children. Hands-on fathers make better parents than men who let their wives do all the nurturing and childcare. They raise sons who are more expressive and daughters who are more likely to do well in school - especially in math and science.
In 1900, life expectancy in the United States was 47 years, and only four per cent of the population was 65 or older. Today, life expectancy is 76 years, and by 2025, it is estimated about 20 per cent of the U.S. population will be 65 or older. For the first time, a generation of adults must plan for the needs of both their parents and their children. Most Americans are responding with remarkable grace. One in four households gives the equivalent of a full day a week or more in unpaid care to an aging relative, and more than half say they expect to do so in the next 10 years. Older people are less likely to be impoverished or incapacitated by illness than in the past, and have more opportunity to develop a relationship with their grandchildren.
Even some of the choices that worry people the most are turning out to be manageable. Divorce rates are likely to remain high, and in many cases marital breakdown causes serious problems for both adults and kids. Yet when parents minimize conflict, family bonds can be maintained. And many families are doing this. More non-custodial parents are staying in touch with their children. Child-support receipts are rising. A lower proportion of children from divorced families are exhibiting problems than in earlier decades. And stepfamilies are learning to maximize children's access to supportive adults rather than cutting them off from one side of the family.
Question 3. According to the writer, old people in the USA ____.
A. are experiencing a shorter life expectancy
B. receive less care from their children than they used to
C. have better relationships with their children and grandchildren
D. may live in worst living conditions
Vaccinating many people against SARS-CoV-2 could stall infection rates even among unvaccinated children in the same community. Last December, Israel launched one of the fastest vaccination schemes in the world, reaching 50% of the population in 9 weeks. (16) ________ ,only people aged 16 and over were eligible for the jab.
To test the ripple effects of widespread vaccination, Tal Patalon at Maccabi Healthcare Services in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel, Roy Kishony at the Technion — Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa and their colleagues analysed COVID-19 vaccinations and test results (17) ________ between January and March 2021 for people in 223 Israeli communities. In (18) ________ community, the authors examined the relationship between the vaccination rate in adults over three 3-week intervals and the rate of positive results for a COVID-19 test in children 35 days later.
The authors found that, in the weeks after older people had received the Pfizer–BioNTech vaccine, the infection risk among children under 16 dropped proportionally to the percentage of adults (19) ________ had been vaccinated. The authors warn that their results might be influenced by children who had previously been infected, even though the study included communities with low (20) ________ rates. The findings have not yet been peer reviewed.
Question 16: A. Because B. Although C. Before D. However
Question 17: A. recorded B. intended C. depended D. afforded
Question 18: A. neither B. any C. each D. some
Question 19: A. which B. who C. where D. when
Question 20: A. infection B. transmission C. defilement D. insanitation
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33. He and his wife took the ____________ decision to switch off their son’s life support machine.
A. painful B. hurt C. aching D. sore
34. The sale will recoup a small portion of the money ____________ from company pension funds by the publisher.
A. burgled B. thieved C. stolen D. robbed
35. These plants produce flowers from __________ spring to late summer.
A. soon B. beginning C. starting D. early
36. The legal arrangements for the sale are a(an) ___________ for negotiation.
A. trouble B. problem C. matter D. issue
37. The death ___________ among the homeless is three times higher than the rest of the population.
A. percentage B. rate C. proportion D. ratio
38. By the end of the seventeenth century the industrial ___________ was much more evident.
A. scene B. landscape C. scenery D. sight
39. The witness tried to give a(an) _____________ description of what she had seen.
A. accurate B. exact C. precise D. correct
40. If they lose their jobs, instead of going on the ____________ they have to leave the country.
A. wage B. salary C. pension D. dole