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1、专业英语八级改错练习题及答案解析(20)Thirty or forty years ago, when most mothers in the United States didnt have jobs, homes were busier places. Children went to school from 9 A.M to 3 P.M. and spent the most of the time in the house under their mothers watchful eyes. Children played, watched TV, and did homework,
2、and while they werent in the house, they were outside in the front or backyard or playing nearly with other neighborhood children. Though this situation still exists in some communities today, it is becoming rarer and rarer as more and more mothers have work inside the home. These two-income familie
3、s create a different kind of home - one that is a place to stop temporarily in the midst of a busy schedule of activities. Because working parents often leave the house by 8 A.M and return at 5 or 6 P.M, children go to school and then a series of highly-programmed after-school activities. So when sc
4、hool lets out for two or three weeks at New Years time, many parents may face with a troubling situation. Some researches show the kind of child-care problem the holidays can have for busy parents. Even in those families in which the mother is home, there is often many active neighborhood full of ch
5、ildren playing since most of the other children are involved in activities. This results from the irony of both parents and children anxiously look forward to the end of their vacation.1 _2 _3 _4 _5 _6 _7 _8 _9 _10 _参考答案及解析:1. most rest:根据上下文,应表达“除了上学以外的时间”。 2. while when / if :逻辑分析,此处应为假设的时间关系,不是简单
6、的同步时间关系。3. inside outside:根据上下文的意思,应该是“越来越多的母亲在外面工作” 。4. 在stop后加by:stop by表示途中短暂的访问,歇脚,休息等;符合下文的 temporarily in the midst of a busy schedule of activities。5. 在then和a之间加to:与上文的go to关联,实际为 children go to school and then (go to) a series of highly-programmed after-school activities.6. 删除face后的with:此处face为及物动词。7. have create:have表示“拥有,存在”,create强调“出现,产生,引起”。此处是指因为假期而引起和出现照料孩子的问题。8. many no/ few:根据上下文逻辑分析,几乎没有可以供孩子到处玩乐的街区存在。9. from in:result from意思是“起因于”,result in意思是“其结果是.” 。10. look looking:现在分词短语做定语,修饰both parents and children。