For questions (1-10) choose the correct answer (A-D)
Making time for the Children
According (1) D to a recent government (2) B research twenty-five per cent of British parents have reduced their working life over the last ten years to spend more time with their family. Some work part-time, others have changed their career (3) C path
for example by choosing small family-friendly employers. Working mothers and fathers often take turns looking (4) C after their children. As a result, even though they are spending more time with them, especially taking (5) B part in educational activities, time shared by the whole family -- both parents and the children - is increasingly scarce. Children see less of their parents as a couple and this (6) A puts
a strain on the relationships.
However, even with the (7) B pressure of juggling work and home life, parents
who work are more likely to stay together, because financial problems are one of
the worst strains a relationship can experience, and can sometimes cause couples
to (8) B fall out. It is also found that while most parents now declare they wish to
share the workload of child (9) A bringing-up many fail to achieve the ideal. Women
still (10) C shoulder the bulk of the housework.
II. True-false statements:
1. Half of British parents have started working less to spend more time with their
family. false
2. Working mothers and fathers often take a babysitter to look after their children. false
3. Financial problems are one of the biggest challenge for family relationship. true
