These days, the custom that wives should cook has changed in Japan, especially people in their 20’s and 30’s tend to think so. Among 41 in that age group, both husbands and wives have 42 and they are very busy, so they tend to think that sharing the housework is 43 .
But not everyone 44 because husbands do not have enough chance to know how to 45 . Up to now, they have been used to seeing two 46 : their mothers cook every day and their fathers 47 those dishes. Recently some cooking schools for 48 have opened. I have read several articles about the schools. Students of the cooking schools are mostly middle-aged men who are 49 of their retirement, because they work from morning to night at their 50 , so they do not know how to cook. 51 , their wives cook 52 ; they have many hobbies, and they know how to enjoy their spare time. After these men retire, they tend to do nothing in their 53 hours. So these men are 54 to cook not only as a hobby, but also because it is necessary to them.
In Japan, the famous cooks are almost all male, 55 the famous cooking teachers are almost all 56 . I think that this tendency also 57 our true beliefs: being a cook is considered a business and being a cooking teacher is considered a(n) 58 of cooking as housework. I believe this tendency will 59 in the future. We will have many chances to cook without 60 whether we are husbands or wives.
41. A. lines B. teams C. classes D. couples
42. A. chances B. cars C. jobs D. houses
43. A. normal B. unfair C. lucky D. strange
44. A. comes B. agrees C. helps D. cares
45. A. cook B. pay C. design D. wash
46. A. suggestions B. roles C. thoughts D. ideas
47. A. keep B. buy C. eat D. deliver
48. A. women B. lawyers C. students D. men
49. A. proud B. certain C. afraid D. convinced
50. A. office B. table C. college D. corner
51. A. By the way B. On the other hand C. At first D. As a result
52. A. peacefully B. selflessly C. alone D. well
53. A. exact B. difficult C. free D. last
54. A. learning B. affording C. promising D. hating
55. A. because B. while C. if D. as
56. A. female B. young C. professors D. adults
57. A. reacts with B. helps with C. leads to D. comes from
58. A. education B. fashion C. skill D. extension
59. A. begin B. change C. continue D. stop
60. A. reporting B. proving C. imagining D. considering
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