Men do not help enough around the house. An American university says men don’t do much housework at home. The university looked at working couples after they became parents. Men did five hours a week less housework after they had a baby, even though both parents had jobs. 

    Becoming a parent added 21 hours a week to a mother's work, mostly looking after her baby. New fathers did not do extra work. They did not know the mother was doing more. After a couple has a baby, men let the mother look after the baby. This happens even when the mother is doing the same number of hours in her job.    

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1.Men don’t do much housework________.

A at school

B in the hospital

C at home

D at office

解析：选C。C 判断推理题。既为“housework（家务）”，应在家里做，故选C。

2.When people become parents, it means they______.

A are old enough

B have babies

C married

D become rich

解析：选B。B 综合理解题。成为了父母，当然是因为有了孩子，故选B。

3.How many hours work will a new mother add?

A 5

B 15

C 20

D 21

解析：选D。D 细节理解题。根据第2段第1句Becoming a parent added 21 hours a week to a mother's work,可知，故选D。

4.Which is RIGHT?

A Men don’t do housework at home.

B Men don’t do much housework because they have to look after their babies.

C Women don’t work when they have babies.

D Women usually do a lot of housework but men don’t know it.

解析：选D。D 内容理解题。根据第2段第3句They did not know the mother was doing more.可知，故选D。

5.The writer thinks______.

A women should not marry

B women are lucky to have babies

C new fathers should help around the house

D husbands should help look after babies

解析：选C。C 态度观点题。文章第一句Men do not help enough around the house.即点出了文章所要陈述的内容，所以从情感上来说男人应该主动帮助妻子承担家务，故选C。