阅读理解 More American mothers than ever are working, and more workers are mothers. Yet their march into the world of paid work continues to cause suspicion. One recent survey found that 48 percent of Americans believe that preschoolers suffer if their mothers work, while another found that 42 percent of employed parents think that working mothers care more about succeeding at work than meeting their children's needs.
The kids are all right. Studies conducted by the University of Michigan have consistently demonstrated that a child's social or academic competence does not depend on whether a mother is employed. In my research four out of five children told me that having a working mother was their preferred arrangement. My study found that children with working mothers are no more likely to drop out, take drugs, break the law, or experiment with sex prematurely than children with non-employed mothers. Children have taken their mothers' example to heart. Ninety percent of the young women I interviewed said they hoped to combine work with motherhood, while two-thirds of the men said they wanted to share parenting and work.
Sadly, children support working mothers more than we do as a society. Parental leave and child-care benefits in the United States remain inadequate, particularly when compared to what's offered in other countries. Children thrive when their mothers have satisfying, well-paid jobs when they can count on other caretakers to share the load. The challenge facing us is thus not whether good workers can also be good mothers, but whether we can create the conditions that enable working mothers and fathers to be good parents.

单选题 6.From the first paragraph, we can see that______.

A、 now more American mothers are working than any time in American history and anywhere else in the world
B、 more than half Americans think that before going to school, children need their mothers'whole-hearted care
C、 a majority of Americans believe that once working outside home mothers think of their own work more than their children
D、 more American mothers work than ever before, but this problem of working mothers has not been solved satisfactorily

单选题 7.From the passage, we can not find the proof of the fact that______.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】细节题。第二段说“My study found that children with working mothers are no more likelyto drop out，take drugs，break the law，or experiment with sex prematurely than childrenwith non—employed mothers．”根据他自己的研究，青少年辍学、吸毒以及违反法律等情况的发生率，在母亲外出工作的家庭中与母亲不外出工作的家庭中相同。故选C。

单选题 8.In the last paragraph, "Parental leave and child-care benefits in the United States remain inadequate" actually refers to______.

单选题 9.What do the Americans need in solving the problem of working mothers?

单选题 10.What is the main idea of the passage?

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】主旨大意题。文章最后一段提到美国社会对工作的母亲支持不够的问题。最后一句说“The challenge facing us is thus not whether good workers can also be good mothers，butwhether we can create the conditions that enable working mothers and fathers to be goodparents．”意为，我们现在面临的挑战不是好的工作人员能否成为好母亲的问题，而是我们能否创造条件使工作的父母成为好父母的问题。故选A。