2026年6月英语四级听力真题 卷二 短文三

Passage Three

短文3

Women continue to spend more time than men taking care of children and doing chores around the house.

女性依旧要比男性花费更多时间照顾孩子、做家务。

This is generally attributed to backward thinking and conservative values, but new research shows that such differences could be linked to differences in the preferences of males and females.

人们通常将这种现象归因于落后观念与保守价值观，但新研究表明，这类差异可能和男女偏好不同有关。

The new study looked at how men and women were dividing work at home and why they divided it that way.

这项新研究探究了男女如何分配家务，以及他们这样分配的原因。

In general, both men and women took more responsibility for tasks they liked.

总体而言，男性和女性都会主动承担自己喜欢做的家务。

For example, men liked yard care and home maintenance more than women.

例如，相比女性，男性更喜欢庭院打理与房屋维修工作。

They leaned toward wanting primary responsibility for such tasks.

他们倾向于主动承担这类工作的主要责任。

The researchers stated that differences in enjoyment of household and childcare tasks matched how men and women chose to split tasks.

研究人员称，男女对家务、育儿事务喜好程度的差异，与他们分工方式相契合。

The researchers added that there was not a single childcare task that men liked more than women.

研究人员补充道：没有任何一项育儿工作是男性比女性更喜欢的。

Keep in mind, however, that as with any research on group differences, there were large within-group differences.

但我们要记住，和所有群体差异相关研究一样，群体内部同样存在巨大个体差异。

The study’s authors concluded that differences in men’s and women’s time spent on childcare and household tasks do not mean dissatisfaction.

该研究作者得出结论：男女在育儿、家务耗时上的差异，并不代表人们对此感到不满。

The authors noted that previous research revealed gender differences in attitudes towards family and career.

作者指出，以往研究发现，人们对待家庭与事业的态度存在性别差异。

These differences appear as early as six years old: girls that age already show more interest in helping and caring for others than boys do, and they already exhibit a greater orientation toward family versus career.

这类差异早在六岁时就会显现：这个年纪的女孩相比男孩，更乐于帮助和照顾他人；相较于事业，她们也更早表现出更强的家庭倾向。

Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.

第 22 至 25 小题基于你刚刚收听的这篇短文。

Question 22. How do people generally account for differences between men and women in the amount of time spent on housework?

22. 人们通常如何解释男女做家务时长上的差异？

Question 23. What did men lean toward doing according to the new study?

23. 根据这项新研究，男性倾向于做什么？

Question 24. What should we keep in mind as regards any research on group differences?

24. 针对任何有关群体差异的研究，我们应当记住什么？

Question 25. What did previous research reveal about gender differences in attitudes toward family and career?

25. 以往研究揭示人们对待家庭与事业的态度存在怎样的性别差异？

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