请阅读短文,完成此题。 WhenIreadlastweekthatAngelaAhrendtswasgettingupto$6

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请阅读短文,完成此题。 WhenIreadlastweekthatAngelaAhrendtswasgettingupto$68masawelcomegiftforjoiningApple,mymindskippedatoncetoherhusband.ThislatestadditiontohervaststashofmoneymustcatapultherspouseGreggtotheverytopoftheglobalmy-wife-earns-more-than-meleaguetable. Itisquiteanachievement.Ihavenoideaifthetwoofthemlikeeachother,buttheyhavestuckitoutforalongtime.TheymetatschoolandhechuckedhisjobtofollowhertotheUKwhenshebecameheadofBurberry;heseemstohavespentthelasteightyearsmainlylookingaftertheirthreechildren,revampingtheirhomeandputtingsupperonthetableforherwhenshefinallystaggeredinonherfive-inchheels.IsuspecttherealgeniusofMsAhrendtslieslessinthewayshepersuadedpeopletobuy22,000raincoatswithpeacockfeathertrimsthaninpersuadingGreggtomarryher--andtostickwithhereversince. Itisnolongerparticularlyrareforwomentobethemainbreadwinner--intheUSaquarterofwivesnowearnmorethantheirhusbands--butwhatisrarerisforsucharelationshiptowork.A bookpublishedlastweekbythejournalistFarnooshTorabidrawstogetherdatashowingjusthowharditis:high-earningwomenhavedifficultyfindingahusband,andwhentheydo,heisfivetimesaslikelytobeunfaithfulasotherhusbands.Thewomanwillprobablydomorethanhershareofchores;thoughintheunusualeventthathestartsironingandcooking,heislikelytoendupfeelingsounmanly.Eitherway,divorcebeckons. IfIthinkofmymanyfemalefriendswhohaveout-earnedtheirhusbands,asuspiciouslylargenumberaredivorced.Onefriendcomplainedthatshenolongerknewwhatherhusbandwasforasheneithermademuchmoneynorshowedanydesiretohelpoutathome.Hardlysurprisingly,hisversionofeventswasdifferent:assheinsistedondominatingbothatworkandathome,he'dbeenleftun-mannedandwithoutarole. !knowofonlytwosetsofgoodfriendswherethewomanearnsmoreandwherethemarriageseemssolid.Inonetherearenochildren,sothetwospendtheirsparetimebeingnicetoeachother.Inthesecond,themanissogoodatchild-rearingandcookingwhilethewomanissohopelessaroundthehouse,soeveryoneseemshappy. Themajorityofcolleagues,evenveryyoungones,stillseemtobeinrelationshipswherethemanmakesmore.Onefiercelycleveryoungmalecolleaguesayshisequallycleverfeministgirlfriendhastoldhimshecouldnevermarryamanwhoearnedlessasshedidn'tfancyalifespentproppinguphisego. Whichofthefollowingisnottheproblemwhenthewifeearnsmorethanherhusband? 查看材料

A.The man may be more likely to be unfaithful than other husbands.

B.The woman will probably do more than her share of housework.

C.The man will feel that he is badly in need of manliness.

D.The wife may look down on her husband.

正确答案是D