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1、专业英语八级分类模拟题改错(-)TESTONEThere1sadirtylittlesecretinmanyAmericanhomes—couplesfightaboutthehousework,It1saNo.1issuemyhusbandandIargueabout.Weargueoverwhoisdoingmore,whoshouldbedoingwhichchores,andwhymystandardsareunrealistic.Thereisalwaystoomuchtotakecarewitha
2、nd,withtwokids,neitheroneofushastheenergytokeeptopofitall.Whenthelaundry,dirtydishes,anddustpileout,Ifeelstressedandresentfulandthefightingbegins.Mostcouplesaretryingtosplitthreefull-timejobs—his,her,andmanagingthehouse—betweentwopeople.Therejustaren1tenoug
3、hhoursintheday.Thecurrentarrangementisleadingtoanationoftired,angrycoupleswithnotimetorelaxwitheachotherandtheirchildren.Itisestimatedthatthefirstchildtriggersanincreaseof21hoursofchoresperweek,notincludedchildrearing,whileeachadditionalchildadds6hoursofcho
4、res.TheaverageAmericanmother,whethersheworksoutofthehomeornot,spends35hoursaweekdoinghousework.Whenyouthinkaboutthetimehasspentoncleaning,cooking,groceryshopping,theyardwork,andlaundry,it1sclearthatmanagingahomeisnosmallfeat.Somanyofourparentsgotalongwithou
5、thouseholdhelp,theamountofhands-onparentingtimeathomehasincreaseddramaticinthepast20years•It1snolongersafeinmostareastoletchildrenplayinthefrontyardoroutintheneighborhoodunsupervised.1>2、3、4、5、6、7、8、9、10>TESTTWOOneofthestrangestthingsaboutdisputeoveradverti
6、singisthatthegreaterthefussthemuchofamysterytheindustryitselfseemstobecome.Advertisingisapassionatearea.Itseemstoaffectthosewhoattackitandthosewhodefenditinremarksblesimilarways•Beforelongbothareexhibitingthesamecompulsiveurgetooverstatetheircasetothatitisd
7、ifficulttobelievethatthecriticsandthedefendersofadvertisingareevenarguingforthesamething.Butjustasitseemedsensibleforustoregardadvertisingwithoutgotoeitherextreme,soitalsoseemedlogicaltotryandfindascold-bloodedlyasifwecould,whatadvertisingintheBritainofthes
8、ixtiesreallywas.Weknewthattheyconsumedaround$950millionayear,orroughly2percentofthenationalincome.Weknewthatitemployedsomethingover200,000individuals,themajorityofwhichwerepaidsalariesconsiderablyabove
