D
As working women continue to receive better and better wages, housewives still work at home without receiving paycheck. Should a woman who works at home, doing the housework and caring for children , be paid for her services? In a 1986 study at Cornell University, it was found that the value of the services of a housewife averaged $11,660 a year. This rate was based on a family composed of a husband, a wife, and three young children. The $11,660 was what the husband would have to pay if he hired others to take over his wife’s household work. The researchers concluded that it would be fair for husbands to pay wives according to government guidelines(指导方针) for least amounts of wages.
Another plan for rewarding women who work at home has been suggested by Dr. Johnson, a former Secretary of Health and Human Services. He says that full-time housewives should be allowed to pay social security taxes, with their employers (that is, their husbands) offering part of the payment. He feels that the present system is unfair. He said, “If you work in a store you can qualify for Social Security(社会保障), but if you stay at home and raise a family, you can’t qualify for if.”

36. Now in the U.S the women working outside home can get ______.
A. the same pay as those doing housework
B. as much as their husbands
C. an average payment of $11,660 a year
D. more and more money
37. The researchers at Cornell University suggest that _____.
A. husbands hire others to do their housework
B. husbands pay their wives for their work at home
C. policies be worked out on women’s wages
D. women go out to work instead of working at home
38. The expression “full-time housewives” in paragraph two means _______.
A. wives who can’t do any housework
B. wives who don’t like to stay at home
C. wives staying at home doing housework
D. wives working outside home sometimes
39. Why do some people feel that husbands should pay their wives for their housework?
A. Because husbands are employers.
B. Because raising a family needs money.
C. Because wives’ work at home has its value.
D. Because wives can’t quality for Social Security.
40. Why does Dr. Johnson think that the present system is unfair?
A. Husbands are paying the social security taxes for their wives.
B. Women working at home can’t get social security.
C. Bosses refuse to pay part of the taxes for female employees.
D. Full-time housewives are required to pay social security taxes.

36.D
文中continue to receive better and better wages工资越来越好，跟收到越来越多的钱是一个意思

37.B. husbands pay their wives for their work at home
文中提到the researchers concluded that it would be fair for husbands to pay wives调查者认为丈夫们发妻子工资比较合理

38.C
full-time是全职的意思，顾名思义选C

39.C
文中it was found that the value of the services of a housewife averaged $11,660 a year是说家庭主妇的所做的服务等值于11660美元,与C选项呼应

40.B
文中提到“If you work in a store you can qualify for Social Security(社会保障), but if you stay at home and raise a family, you can’t qualify for if.”所以选B