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Thecohesiveness(内聚力)ofafamilyseemstorelyonmemberssharingcertainroutineprac-ticesandevents.ForagrowingshareoftheAmericanlaborforce,however,workingshiftsbeyondthenormaldaylighthours--whatweherecall"shiftwork"--makesthelivesoffamiliesdifficult.

Existingre.searchshowsthatbothmaleandfemaleshiftworkersexpresshighlevelsofstressandasenseofconflictbetweenthedemandsofworkandfamilylife.Butshiftworkcouplesstillmaintainatraditionalattitudetothemeaningofmarriageandtheindividualrolesofhusbandandwife.Theyexpressedawillingnesstodo"whateverittakes"toapproximatetheirviewofapropermarriage,in-cludingsacrificingsleepanddoingconventionalthingsatunconventionalhours.Forthemajorityofcouplesinterviewed,evenwhenwivesworkedoutsidetheirhomes,apropermarriageischaracter-izedbyaverycleardivisionofroles:husbandsare"providers"whosemajorresponsibilityistosup-portthefamily;wivesarc"homemakers"whoclean,cook,andcareforhusbandsandchildren.

Thewomen'sdefinitionsofa"goodhusband"aretypifiedbythefollowingwife'sresponse:

Iexpecthimtobeagoodprovider,andbetherewhenIneedhim,loyalaboutthesamethingsashewouldexpectoutofme,expectthatIexpecthimtodominateoverme.Butinamannerofspeak-ing,wbenit'stimetobeamanIexpecthimtostandupinsteadofsittingbackexpectingmetodoeverything.Tohusbands,agoodwifeissomeonewhois:

UnderstandingofwhatIfeelgothroughatwork.Ineedthatrespectatwork,IhopeIgetitalwork.IwantmywifetorealizewhatIexpectatwork.Idon'twanthertogivemealotofshilwhenIcomehomefromworkbecauseIdon'tknowifthismakesmuchsense.

Theseviewsseemedcriticaltomaintainthefamiliesoftheshiftworkers.

31.Despite,shiftworkcouplesstillhopedtomaintainastablelife.

[A]traditionalbeliefsaboutmarriage

[B]Jackofcontrolovertime

[C]averycleardivisionofroles

[D]thedemandsofwork

32.Fromtheselection,wecanconcludethatfemaleshiftworkerswereNOTsatisfiedwith

[A]theirwork

[B]theirchildren

[C]theirhusbands'inabilitytoprotectthefamilyandprovidecompanionship

[D]leisureactivities

33.Whatisimpliedbytheauthor?

[A1Shiftworkhadadirecteffectontheattitudesandbehavioroffamilymembers.

[B]Shiftworkerscouldliveanormallife.

[C]Shiftworkcoupleshadunconventionalideasaboutmarriage.

[D]Femaleshiftworkersweresatisfiedwiththetimespenttogetherwiththeirfamilies.

34.Inordertocontinuethemarriagesoftheshiftworkers,

[A]wivesmustlearntocareforthechildrenwhentheirhusbandsareabsent

[B]shiftworkcouplesmustadministertheirtimeandactivities

[C]wivesmustn'tadapttheirownfeelingsofboredomtotheirhusbands'

[D]allofthesework

35.Thebesttitleforthisparagraphis

[A]ConstructingFamilyLife

[B]ManagingTimeandActivities

[C]TheMeaningofMarriage

[D]LivingaNormalLife

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参考译文

一个家庭的内聚力似乎要依靠家庭成员们一起做一些常规的事情来维系。然而由于美国劳动力人数的增多，在非正常工作时间的轮班工作，也就是我们通常所说的换班工作"，使家庭生活面临困境。

现有的调查表明男性和女性的倒班工人都承认压力很大，工作和家庭生活的需求相互冲突。但是，从事换班工作的夫妇们仍然保持着对婚姻的意义和夫妻各自责任的传统观念。他们表示仍然愿意不惜一切代价"实现他们认为正常的婚姻生活，譬如牺牲睡眠时间或是在非常规的时间去做一些惯例的事情。大多数接受采访的夫妇，甚至是那些妻子在外工作的家庭都认为，正常家庭生活的显著特点还是清楚的分工：丈夫是家庭的支撑者"，他们主要的责任是养活全家，而妻子仍然是主妇"。她们负责打扫、做饭、照顾丈夫和孩子。

以下是一个妻子对好丈夫"的定义，这代表了所有女人的看法：

我希望他能养家。在我需要的时候陪在我身边，和我热衷于相同的事物。希望他也愿意支配我，就像我期望的那样。这么说吧，在需要他表现得像个男人的时候，我希望他挺身而出，而不是坐视不管，却想让我去处理一切。

丈夫们眼中的好妻子是这样的：

她要理解我在工作中的感受。我需要在工作时受尊重，我希望能在工作中找到受尊重的感觉。我要我的妻子明白我对工作的期望。我可不想每天下班回家的时候，她唠叨个没完洇为我也不知道这是否有意义。以上的观点对于维护那些轮班工作的夫妻家庭是至关重要的。

答案及解析

31.B【解析】shiftwork"意为workingshiftsbeyondthenormaldaylighthours"。而A、C选项中traditionalbeliefsaboutmarmge"，averycleardivisionofroles"均为astablelife"的一部分，不符合题意。

32.c【解析】由文中thewomen'Sdefinitionsofagoodhusband"可以看出C为正确答案。

33.A【解析】由文章主旨句shiftworkmakesthelivesoffamiliesdifficult"可知选A。

34.D【解析】联系全文，知A、B、c三项均正确。

35.C【解析】先排除D项，因全文围绕shiftwork展开，B项则太具体,A项则涵义过广,全文切入点为marriage。