Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.
Family life in the United States is changing. Thirty or forty years ago, the wife was called a "housewife". She cleaned, cooked, and cared for the children. The husband earned the money for the family. He was usually out working all day. He came home tired in the evening, so he did not do much housework. And he did not see the children very much, except on weekends.
These days, however, more and more wemen work outside the home. They cannot stay with the children all day. They, too, come home tired in the evening. They do not want to spend the evening cooking dinner and cleaning up. They do not have time to clean the house and do the laundry. So who is going to do the housework now? Who is going to take care of the children?
Many families solve the problem of housework by sharing it. In these families, the husband and wife agree to do different jobs around the house, or they take turns doing each job. For example, the husband always cooks dinner and the wife always does the laundry. Or the wife cooks dinner on some nights and the husband cooks dinner on other nights.
Then there is a question of the children. In the past, many families got help with child care from grandparents. Now families usually do not live near their relatives. The grandparents often are too far away to help in a regular way.
More often, parents have to pay for child care help. The help may be a babysister or a day-care center. The problem with this kind of help is the high cost. It is possible only for couples with jobs that pay well. Parents may get another kind of help from the companies they work for. Many companies now let people with children work part-time. That way, parents can spend more time with their children. Some husbands may even stop working for a while to stay with the children. For these men there is a new word: They are called "househusband". In the United States more ans more men are becoming househusband every year.
These changes in the home mean changes in the family. Fathers can learn to understand their children better, and the children can get to know their fathers better. Husbands and wives may also find changes in their marriage. They, too, may have a better understanding of each other
It can be inferred from paragraph 4 that__________.
A. couples with low-paid jobs can’t afford the cost of a babysitter or a day-care center.
B. in the past, grandparents did not help the couples with child care.
C. all couples with jobs can pay for help from a babysitter or a day-care center.
D. grandparents can help care the children in a regular way.
Đáp án B
Có thể được suy ra từ đoạn 4 rằng:
A. Những cặp vợ chồng có thu nhập thấp không thể chi trả nổi chi phí cho người trông trẻ hoặc trung tâm trông giữ trẻ.
B. Trong quá khứ, ông bà đã không giúp được các cặp vợ chồng chăm sóc bọn trẻ.
C. Tất cả các cặp vợ chồng có việc làm đều có thể chi trả chi phí cho người trông trẻ hoặc các trung tâm trông giữ trẻ.
D. Ông bà có thể giúp trông giữ bọn trẻ thường xuyên.
Dịch đoạn 4: “In the past, many families got help with child care from grandparents. Now families usually do not live near their relatives. The grandparents often are too far away to help in a regular way.”- (Trong quá khứ, nhiều gia đình thường nhờ ông bà chăm sóc lũ trẻ. Bây giờ, họ không còn sống gần với nhau nữa. Nhà ông bà cũng thường là quá xa để có thể giúp trông nom con cháu thường xuyên).