Question

 

Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits each blank in the following passage.

Men are lazy in the home, according to an official survey (71) _______ today. They have about six hours' a week more free time than wives, but play a very little (72) _______ in cooking, cleaning, washing, and ironing, according to the Social Trends Survey by the Central (73) _______ Office.

Nearly three quarters of married women (74) _______ to do all or most of the housework, and among married men the proportion who admitted that their wives did all or most of the housework was only slightly lower. The survey (75) _______ that washing and ironing was the least popular task among men, with only one per cent (76) _______ this duty, compared with 89 per cent of women, and 10 per cent sharing equally.Only 5 per cent of men (77) _______ the evening meal, 3 percent carry out household cleaning duties, 5 per cent do household shopping, and 17 per cent wash the evening dishes.

But when household gadgets break down, (78) _______ are carried out by 82 per cent of husbands. The survey says that, despite our economic problems, the majority of Britons are substantially better (79) _______ than a decade ago. We're healthier, too - eating healthier foods and smoking less.The (80) _______ Briton, not surprisingly, is more widely-traveled than a decade ago. More people are going abroad for holidays, with Spain the favorite destination.

71. A. furnished                     B. emerged                   C. published                 D. edited           

72. A. work                             B. role                           C. section                      D. part

73. A. Statistical                     B. Cardinal                   C. Ordinal                     D. Numerical

74. A. emitted                         B. pronounced             C. claimed                     D. uttered         

75. A. pointed                         B. evolved                    C. planned                     D. showed

76. A. burdening                    B. forming                    C. performing               D. formulating 

77. A. prepare                         B. undertake                 C. process                     D. fit

78. A. fittings                          B. fixings                      C. amendments             D. repairs         

79. A. on                                  B. through                     C. over                           D. off    

80. A. medium                        B. average                     C. popular                     D. normal

 

Answer 1

71.C

72.D

73.A

74.C

75.D

76.C

77.A

78.D

79.D

80.B