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  3. The family is changing. In the past, grandparents, parents and children used to live together; in other words, they had an "exte

The family is changing. In the past, grandparents, parents and children used to live together; in other words, they had an "exte

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问题     The family is changing. In the past, grandparents, parents and children used to live together; in other words, they had an "extended family". But family structure is changing throughout the world. The "nuclear family" consists of only one father, one mother and children; it is becoming the main family structure everywhere.
    The nuclear family offers married women some advantages: they have freedom from their relatives, and the husband does not have all the power of the family. Family structure in most parts of the world is still "patriarchal”; that is, the father is the head of the family and makes most of the important decisions. Studies show, however, that in nuclear families, men and women usually make an equal number of decisions about family life. Also, well-educated husbands and wives often prefer to share the power.
    But wives usually have to "pay" for the benefits of freedom and power. When women lived in extended families, sisters, grandmothers and aunts helped one another with housework and childcare. In addition, older women in a large family group had important positions. Wives in nuclear families do not enjoy this benefit, and they have another disadvantage, too. Women generally live longer than their husbands, so older women from nuclear families often have to live alone.
    Studies show that women are generally less satisfied with marriage than men are. In the past, men worked outside the home and women inside. Housework and childcare were a full-time job, and there was no time for anything else. Of course, this situation is changing. Women now work outside the home and seem to have more freedom than they did in the past. Why, then, are some women still discontent?
    In most parts of world today, women work because the family needs more money. However, their outside jobs often give them less freedom, not more, because they still have to do most of the housework. The women actually have two full-time jobs — one outside the home and another inside — and not much free time.
Living in a nuclear family is ________.
选项 A、bad for a woman
B、good for a woman
C、both good and bad for a woman
D、wonderful for a woman
答案C
解析 主旨大意题。文章第二段的中心内容是讲生活在核心家庭的妇女有利的一面，文章第三段的中心内容是讲生活在核心家庭的妇女不利的一面。故选C。
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