阅读理解OncewhilebeingpreparedforatelevisioninterviewIwaschattingwiththehostaboutstay-at-homefathers．Imadethepointthatonereasonwhywe’reseeingmorestay-at-homedads

　　阅读理解

　　OncewhilebeingpreparedforatelevisioninterviewIwaschattingwiththehostaboutstay-at-homefathers．Imadethepointthatonereasonwhywe’reseeingmorestay-at-homedadsmaybethatmanyfamiliesnowtakeearningpowerintoaccountwhendecidingwhichparentwillstayhome．

　　Atthatpointoneofthemalecrewmemberscommented“Itshouldbethebetterparentwhostayshome．”Alotofguyssaythingslikethat．Iwasastay-at-homefatherforeightyearssohisdeclarationmademeexited．Itimpliedthatourfamily’schoicecouldonlyhavebeencorrectifIwasa“better”parentthanmywife．

　　IsupposeanargumentcouldhavebeenmadethatwhenIbeganstayinghomemywifewasthe“better”parent：ShespentmoretimewithRaycouldreadhimbetterandcalmhimmorequickly．Andgivenachoicehe’dhavepickedheroverme．ButasshewasthemoreemployableonemywifewentouttoworkandIlookedafterourson．

　　BecauseoftheincreasedtimeIspentwithhimIsoonknewRaywellandcouldlookafterhimmoreorlessaswellasmywife．Actuallytheexperiencehelpedmeunlockoneoftheworld’sgreatsecrets：Womenaregoodatlookingafterchildrenbecausetheydoit．It’snotbecauseofanyinnate(先天的)femalegiftoramother’sinstinct．It’sbecausetheyputinthetimeandattentionrequiredtobecomegoodatthejob．

　　Womenobviouslygetabiologicalheadstartfromgivingbirthandnursingbutoverthelongtermexperienceismoreimportant．WhenIgottheexperiencemyselfIwasgoodtoo．Asgood?Idon’tknow．Whocares?

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　　Whichofthefollowingdoesthefirstparagraphimply?

　　[]A．

　　Actuallymoremenlikestayingathome．

　　B．

　　TheauthorhasfoundajobataTVstation．

　　C．

　　Thewifeearnsmoreinmoreandmorefamilies．

　　D．

　　Thehusbandprovestobethebetterparents．