Reading – Family Life

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It is a common belief in Britain that nowadays men do more housework than they did in (1) _____  generations. But is this really so? A recent survey has (2) _____ some interesting discoveries. When men help out, they enjoy cooking and shopping but most are (3) _____ to do the washing. A quarter of men think that women are better suitable for after (4) _____ the home than men and 19% admit to making no (5) _____to housework.

The average man says that he does a third of the housework, (6) _____the average woman says she does three-quarters of it, so someone isn’t (7) _____the truth! It was impossible to find any men who shared housework (8) _____ with their partners. Perhaps it isn’t so (9) _____that there are some politicians who want a new law forcing men to do their (10) _____.

Question 1:

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Giải thích

old (adj): già                                       

last (adj): cuối cùng, gần đây nhất                 

first (adj): đầu tiên                             

previous (adj): trước

=>It is a common belief in Britain that nowadays men do more housework than they did in previous  generations.

Tạm dịch: Đó là một niềm tin phổ biến ở Anh rằng ngày nay đàn ông làm việc nhà nhiều hơn so với những thế hệ trước.

Đáp án cần chọn là: D