Many years ago I was travelling on an overnight train.The man sitting opposite me struck up a conversation asking where I was travelling, what part of India I was from, what I did.Then he asked me: "What does your husband do?"I had not even told him that I was married. 

It was not the first time I was asked this question, nor was it the last. A number of my friends complain they are often asked this by acquaintances.

So I decided to stop men on the streets of Delhi and pop this question to them: "What does your wife do?"But I was surprised by how most men were willing to answer the question.

Mohammad Mohsin, 27, smiles shyly and says he's still single. Mr Mohsin has been asked "lots of questions by lots of people" in the past, but he's "never been asked this question before".He is "not angry" when I pop the question to him, "just a little embarrassed"."Let me first get settled in my business and then I'll think about getting married," he says.

"My wife looks after the home, our land and cattle," says auto-rickshaw driver Sandeep Yadav.

Mr Yadav, 53, is from a village in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh and has been living and working in Delhi for the past eight years.

His wife, he says, lives in the village and "takes care of our four children, three cows, a buffalo and a calf".

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1.How did the writer travel many years ago?

A By plane

B By train

C By bus

D By ship

解析：选B。B 细节理解题。根据文章第1段第1句“Many years ago I was travelling on an overnight train”可知。

2.Why did the writer ask the question “What does your wife do”?

A Because she wanted to make a survey.

B Because she didn’t like the others to ask her the personal question.

C Because she wanted to write a passage about it.

D Because she wanted to know the culture of the India.

解析：选B。B 细节理解题。根据文章第2段“It was not the first time I was asked this question, nor was it the last. A number of my friends complain they are often asked this by acquaintances.”可知。

3.How old is Mohammad Mohsin?

A 25

B 27

C 43

D 53

解析：选B。B 细节理解题。根据文章第4段第1句“Mohammad Mohsin, 27, smiles shyly”可知。

4.What does Sandeep Yadav do ?

A A teacher .

B A driver

C A tourist

D A doctor

解析：选B。B 细节理解题。根据文章第5段“ "My wife looks after the home, our land and cattle," says auto-rickshaw driver”可知。

5.What does the passage mainly write about?

A The education in India

B The food in India

C The environment in India

D The culture in India.

解析：选D。D 推理判断题。根据第2段第1句“It was not the first time I was asked this question, nor was it the last.”可知。这是一篇有关文化的篇章。