大学英语四级讲座---张小花.ppt

(3) The pattern was observed by political scientist Andrew Hacker in the late 1970s. Sociologist Catherine Kohler Riessman reports in her new book Divorce Talk that most of the women she interviewed—but only a few of the men—gave lack of communication as the reason for their divorces. Given the current divorce rate of nearly 50 percent, that amounts to millions of cases in the United States every year —a virtual epidemic of failed conversation. (4) In my own research complaints from women about their husbands most often focused not on tangible inequities such as having given up the chance for a career to accompany a husband to his or doing far more than their share of daily life-support work like cleaning, cooking, social arrangements and errands. Instead they focused on communication: He doesnt listen to me. He doesnt talk to me. I found as Hacker observed years before that most wives want their husbands to be first and foremost conversational partners but few husbands share this expectation of their wives. (5) In short the image that best represents the current crisis is the stereotypical cartoon scene of a man sitting at the breakfast table with a newspaper held up in front of his face, while a woman glares at the back of it, wanting to talk. 6. What is most wives main expectation of their husbands? Talking to them. 　　 B. Trusting them. C. Supporting their careers. 　　 D. Sharing housework. 7. Judging from the context, the phrase “wreaking havoc”(Line 3,Para.2)most probably means ___ . generating motivation. B. exerting influence C. causing damage D. creating pressure 8. All of the following are true EXCEPT_______ 　　A. men tend to talk more in public than women 　　B. nearly 50 percent of recent divorces are caused by failed conversation 　　C. women attach much importance to communication between couples 　　D. a female tends to be more talkative at home than her spouse 9. Which of the following can best summarize the main idea o