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{{B}}Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.{{/B}}
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[听力原文]29-31 Most single-parent families result when a marriage ends in divorce. (29)In most cases the divorced parents decide who will have the children. (30)About 85 percent of the children live with their mother after divorce. However. more divorced men want their children to live with them. Sometimes a divorce causes a dispute about who will care for the children. In these cases a judge decides. In an increasing number of disputes, a judge orders that both parents share the children. Usually the children will live with one parent, and both the mother and father will take part in decisions affecting them. In other cases the children will live with the mother part of the time, and with the father part of the time. Frank and his divorced wife, for example, share responsibility for caring for their 6-year old daughter. The little girl lives with Frank for 10 days, then she lives with her mother for 10 days. In other eases men care for their children alone. Tony, for example, was 18 when his girlfriend had a baby. His girlfriend disappeared and left the baby behind. Tony decided he wanted to care for his son by himself. Yet he was not sure he knew bow to do it. So he joined a group in Boston called Fathers Incorporated. The group offers advice and skills to help. (31)Tony take care of his son. Tony believes he can be a good parent. He says women have been doing the job for a long time. "So," he says, "why not men?" 29.What is the main topic of this passage? [听前预测] 四个选项均为名词性短语,而且都是跟离婚、单亲家庭相关,推测此题跟孩子的抚养问题有关。 [答案详解] 综合理解题[考频:14]。文章开头表明,当离婚的时候,单亲家庭就产生了。在大多数的离婚案件中关键就是孩子归谁抚养的问题(In most cases the divorced parents decide who will have the children)。所以正确答案为D)。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[听力原文] Whom will most children live with after their parents are divorced? [听前预测] 四个选项都含有与某人在一起的意思,因此关键是听在一起的人都是谁。 [答案详解] 事实细节题[考频:83]。文中第一段第三句提到About 85 percent of the children live with their mother after divorce.“离婚后,大约85%的孩子都会跟母亲住在一起”,因此正确答案为B)。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[听力原文] What does Tom mean by saying "Why not men"? [听前预测] 四个选项均为陈述句,而且都是以“Men”开头,推测本题是考查男性观点或看法。 [答案详解] 语意理解题[考频:3]。文章最后举了个例子,Tony的女友在生下孩子之后就消失了,因此他就担负起了抚养孩子的任务,因此男人也能跟女人一样抚养孩子。故正确答案为B)。