6．Men are spending more and more time in the kitchen encouraged by celebrity （名人） chefs like Gordon Ramsay and Jamie Oliver，according to a report from Oxford University．
The effect of the celebrity role models，who have given cooking a more manly picture，has combined with a more general drive towards sexual equality and men now spend more than twice the amount of time preparing meals than they did in 1961．
According to the research by Prof．Jonatahn Gershuny，who runs the Centre for Time Research at Oxford，men now spend more than half an hour a day cooking，up from just 12 minutes a day in 1961．
Prof．Gershuny said，"The man in the kitchen is part of a much wider social trend．There has been 40 years of sexual equality，but there is another 40 years probably to come．"
Women，who a generation ago spent nearly two hours a day cooking，now spend just one hour and seven minutes-a great fall，but they still spend far more time in the kitchen than men．
Some experts have named these men in aprons as"Gastrosexuals （men using cooking skills to impress friends）"，who have been inspired to pick up a kitchen knife by the success of Ramsay，Oliver as well as other male celebrity chefs such as Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall，Marco Pierre White and Keith Floyd．
"I was married in 1974．When my father came to visit me a few weeks later，I was wearing an apron when I opened the door．He laughed，"said Prof．Gershuny．"That would never happen now．"
Two-thirds of adults say that they come together to share at least three times a week，even if it is not necessarily around a kitchen or dining room table．Prof．Gershuny pointed out that the family meal was now rarely eaten by all of its members around a table-with many"family meals"in fact taken on the sofa in the sitting room，and shared by family members．"The family meal has changed a lot，and few of us eat-as I did when I was a child-at least two meals a day together as a family．But it has survived in a different format．"
8．What is one reason behind the trend that men spend more time cooking than before？A
A．The development of sexual equality campaign．
B．The influence of popular female chefs．
C．The change of female's view on cooking．
D．The improvement of cooks'status．
9．What does the author think about the time men and women spend on cooking？C
A．Men spend more time cooking than women nowadays．
B．It will take 40 years before men spend more time at the stove than women．
C．Women spend much less time on cooking than before．
D．There is a sharp decline in the time men spend on cooking compared with 1961．
10．How did Prof．Gershuny see the family meal according to the passage？C
A．It has become a thing of the past．
B．It shouldn't be advocated in modern times．
C．It is very different from what it used to be．
D．It is beneficial to the stability of the family．
11．Which is the best title for the passage？D
A．The Changes of Family Meals．
B．Equality between Men and Women．
C．Cooking-a Thing of the Past for Women．
D．Cooking into a New Trend for Men．
分析 本文为科教类阅读，因受名厨的激励，再加上性别平等问题变得普遍，如今男性下厨的时间越来越多．
解答 8．A．细节理解题：从文章第二段的句子"The effect of the celebrity role models，who have given cooking a more manly picture，has combined with a more general drive towards sexual equality and men now spend more than twice the amount of time preparing meals than they did in 1961"可知，越来越多男性下厨房的一个原因是性别平等问题变得越来越普遍，选A．
9．C．细节理解题：从文章第五段的句子"Women，who a generation ago spent nearly two hours a day cooking，now spend just one hour and seven minutes-a great fall，but they still spend far more time in the kitchen than men"可知，作者认为女子花在做饭上的时间比过去少了，选C．
10．C．细节理解题：从文章最后一段的句子"The family meal has changed a lot，and few of us eat-as I did when I was a child-at least two meals a day together as a family．But it has survived in a different format．"可知，Prof．Gershuny 认为家庭的聚餐和过去不一样了，选C．
11．D．主旨大意题：从全篇文章和第一段的句子"Men are spending more and more time in the kitchen encouraged by celebrity （名人） chefs like Gordon Ramsay and Jamie Oliver"可知，这篇文章讲的是男性下厨成新潮流，选D．
点评 本文是一个科教类阅读理解，题目涉及多道细节理解题，做题时结合原文和题目有针对性的找出相关语句进行仔细分析，结合选项选出正确答案．推理判断题也是要在抓住关键句子的基础上合理的分析才能得出正确答案，切忌胡乱猜测，一定要做到有理有据．
