答案及解析：来源：考试大
　　文章标题分析：Mother knows the best?
　　（第1段：跳读)Once while being prepped for a television interview, I was chatting with the host about stay-at-home fathers. …….Many families now take earning power into account when deciding which parent will stay home.
　　因此推测文章是关于“谁（父亲？母亲？）应该留在家里照顾家庭？”
 
直接解题：
1.Which of the following does the first paragraph imply?
A.Men are no longer given the opportunity to stay at home.
B.In more and more families the wife is earning more than the husband.
C.The author works at a TV station
D.More and more men choose to stay at home to look after their children.
　　1．B．分析：结合刚才了解到的文章的主题判断A（段落最后都没有提到谁应该留在家里）和C（原文提到“我和主持人交谈”，因此判断作者不是电视台的人）都与文章内容不一致，段落中间（第2句)提到了“money”因此推测B是答案。答案相关句：I made the point that one reason we’re seeing more stay-at-home dads may be that it’s no longer a given that a man makes more money than his wife. （越来越多的爸爸留在家里可能是因为男人不一定比女人赚钱多)
 
2.The author decided to stay at home to look after their son eight years ago because ___.
A.he thought ha was the better parent来源：考试大
B.it was easier for his wife to find a job
C.their son Ry liked him better
D.he was earning less than his wife.
　　2. B。分析：利用题干中的their son和eight years ago作为答案线索，这样发现答案相关句：（第3段)I was a stay-at-home father for eight years, so his declaration made me bristle. （It implied that our family’s choice could only have been correct if I was a better “parent” than my wife. （第4段)….I suppose an argument could have been made that when I began staying home my wife was the “better”parent: She had spent more time with Ry, could read him better and calm him down quickly.） …But as she was more employable one, my wife went out to work and I looked after our son.
该划线句直接揭示答案B（他的妻子找工作更容易）
 
3.Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a thing that a good parent should do with his or her child?
A.spending more time with him
B.taking him to school来源：考试大
C.reading stories to him
D.being able to calm him down
　　3. B/C。分析：借助被选项中的核心词/结构（spending more time， school， reading stories， calm him down）作为答案线索，这样发现这些结构大部分都集中在以下的句子中：I suppose an argument could have been made that when I began staying home my wife was the “better”parent: She had spent more time with Ry, could read him better and calm him down quickly.对比被选项判断B/C没有出现，所以B/C是答案。
 
4.Women generally are better than men at taking children because
A.they were born with the ability
B.they just enjoy doing it来源：考试大
C.they spend more time with them
D.they have learned to do it at school
　　4. C。 分析：借助常识猜测答案可能是C。也可以借助原文：注意文章中提到“妇女擅长../good at”的结构，这样发现答案相关句：（第5段）Women are good at looking after their children because they do it. It is not because of any innate female aptitude or a mother’s instinct – which I think is mostly learned anyway. It’s because they put in the time and attention required to be good at the job.划线句内容直接揭示了C（妇女花了更多的时间和孩子在一起）是答案。
 
5.Which of the following is the conclusion the author draws at the end of the article?
A.he is better than his wife at taking care of children
B.he is as good as his wife at taking care of children
C.anyone can take good care of children as far as he has the experience来源：考试大
D.children prefer to be taken care of by their mother than by anyone else
　　5.C.分析：在文章的结尾处发现句子： Women obviously get a biological head start from giving birth and nursing, but over the long term experience is more important. （该划线句的内容与C一致：长期照顾孩子的经验更为重要) I was good, too. As good? I don’t know, who cares? Children are not made of glasses. Other people are capable of looking after them besides Mom.