专业英语八级改错练习题及答案解析.doc

专业英语八级改错练****题及答案解析(20) Thirty or forty years ago, when most mothers in the United States didn ’t have jobs, homes were busier places. Children went to school from 9 to3 . and spent the most of the time in the house under their mothers ’ watchful eyes. Children played, watched TV, and did homework, and while they weren ’t in the house, they were outside in the front or backyard or playing nearly with other neighborhood children. Though this situation still exists in munities today, it is ing rarer and rarer as more and more mothers have work inside the home. These "two-e families" create a different kind of home --one that isa place to stop temporarily in the midst ofa busy schedule of activities. Because working parents often leave the house by8 and return at5or6 , children go to school and then a series of highly-programmed after-school activities. So when school 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 children 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________