Although most families in the United States enjoy a high living standard, many American women have to work (35)________ at home and in their offices. Despite their husbands’ (36)________ of the housework, women have to do most of the housekeeping tasks. In single-parent families, the mothers may not have (37)________ children to take care of, but they have to raise their families alone and have to provide for all the housekeeping money. Therefore, the (38)________ mothers have to work very hard to earn their living. Moreover, in spite of the fact that the single mothers have all the modern conveniences at their homes, they find that (39) ________ up their teenage children alone is not easy. 35. A. fast B. hardly C. equally D. hard 36. A. responsibility B. share C. need D. refusal 37. A. few B. some C. much D. many 38. A. single B. lonely C. alone D. dependent 39. A. getting B. bringing C. taking D. making