DIVORCED PORTUGUESE MEN GET INTTERNET SURVIVAL GUIDE
A. Change your bed sheets once a week, keep pans near the stove, and never wash white clothes with dark ones. That is just some of the advice you can find on a popular Internet site designed to help recently divorced Portuguese men to do the housework , which their wives always did for them when they were married.
B. Young men in Portugal usually live with their parents, and their mothers usually do most, if not all, of the cooking and cleaning. They often live at home until they get married. And, when they finally marry, most men leave the housework to their wives.
C. According to a recent study, married men in Portugal do less work around the house than in any other European Union country. But with the number of divorces rising rapidly in Portugal, thousands of men are having to iron their clothes and make dinner for the first time in their lives.
D. Many of these newly divorced men have turned to a website called Vida- On for advice on what for them were “women is worries”. On th website, they can find out which bathroom cleaner a stain from a white shirt.
E. The most popular feature is a section offering recipes for beginners in the kitchen. The recipes are divided into those that are easy, for “normal day”, and more difficult ones for “special day”.
F. In addition to domestic tips, the site gives advice for men who are worried about starting to date again. Other sections offter health and beauty tips as well as an entertainment guide for the newly single man. “These topiecs are not covered in traditional men is magazines write about them in a completely different way”, said the website founder, Jorge Oliveira.
1. The website is for men who have just gotten divorced.
a. True
b. False
c. Not given
2. In Portugal, the housework is usually done by the ..........
a. Women
b. Men
c. Mother in law
3. Which of the following is not true?
a. Portuguese couples usually share the housework.
b. Men never do housework before getting married
c. Most men usually live with their families until getting married.
4. Most Portugal men are good at doing things outside the house.
a. Not given
b. False
c. True
5. Portuguese men normally leave home..............
a. Until they have already found an ideal spouse
b. After they finish school
c. Before they get married
6. Which of the follwing is true according to the passage?
a. There are more and more divorces in Portugal these days.
b. It is not common for the man to leave all of the housework to his wife.
c. Some men have to do housework for the first time after getting divorced.
7. The word :stain” in paragraph D means a.......
a. Dirty spot
b. Big dot
c. Small tear
8. Which of the follwing is the best definition for “recipe” in paragraph E ?
a. Way of cooking
b. Set of menu
c. Portion
9. What other things can a newly single man find on this website?
a. Tips about how to date again and to entertain himself and how to be healthier and look better
b. Where to go on a first date
c. How to choose a spouse
10. Men is and women is magazines give different kinds of advice
a. True
b. False
c. No given
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