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Research says that husbands do not help enough around the house. A study from an American university says it
is 36 for men to do an equal share of housework. Researchers looked at 182 working couples. Both partners
worked the same number of hours in full-time jobs. Men did five hours a week 37 housework than their wives
after their baby was born, even though both parents worked the same number of hours in their job. They spent 16
hours or so a week 38 with the baby.
Becoming a parent added about 21 hours per week to a mother's work. Most of this was 39 her baby. New
fathers did not do extra work because they did not realize the mother was doing so much more. 40 reason is that
after a baby is born, fathers follow the traditional roles in society, where the mother takes care of the baby and the
father works. This happens even when the mother is working the same number of hours in her job.
【題組】39. (A)making up (B)looking after (C)showing off (D)cheering up