出自:河南科技大学大学英语3(专升本)
When I was a boy, children always objected 1 wearing school uniform but teachers were 2 on it because they said all of us looked 3 . Otherwise, they said children could compete with 4 and the poorer children would be unhappy because people would see how poor they were. In recent years, however, many schools have 5 the idea of making children wear uniform but funnily enough, now that children can wear 6 they like, they have adopted a uniform of their own. When some journalists visited a London school, they found that all the boys and girls were dressed in jeans. One girl said she would rather die than wear a coat instead of a jersey because 7 wants to look different 8 the other children in the class. Parents may not be as happy about this as children, but they 9 to be, because this new kind of uniform is one that the children like, not something they have forced to wear, and it is also 10 cheaper than school uniform used to be.
There are times when you find yourself unable to work out a problem. It is at this 1 that the way in which you use your teacher is important. With a good teachers such times should be less frequent than with a bad one, so the 2 the teacher, the more responsibility you have for your success! Whatever your luck in this 3 , one thing is most significant and stays the same, whatever the quality of teaching you 4 : if there is something you don.t understand, you must ask, again and again if necessary, until you do understand it fully. 5 as this may seem, it is almost unbelievable how many people would rather sit in silent ignorance than admit not understanding. To behave in such a way is the only truly 6 thing a student can do: it.s a false form of pride, which is the most useless, damaging quality anyone can have, to say 7 of a student! Therefore, regard your teacher as a guide or even a friend and do not sit 8 wondering what he.s going on about. You may also ask a friend or classmate for help. Remember, there.s always someone who is better than you in your class. And many newspapers and magazines set the special 9 for students, you can write to them and get replied in time. Listen to the radio, watch good TV 10 more often, maybe at a certain moment you.ll find your question is being explained there and then.
The relations between men and wives are changing too. A majority of working women remain 1 their home; they come back at night to the cleaning, washing, and cooking that 2 their second career. But more and more husbands are sharing the burden and willingly 3 chores that their fathers would have rejected as unmanly, and as too much mysteriously difficult anyway. 4 such cases, man and wife become equal partners, both working outside, both pushing their vacuum cleaner. 5 , the number of husbands who do help in that way is much smaller than the number of those who accept the idea in theory, 6 the equal partnership is a fact, it does not always work well. The marriage can be destroyed when the wife is more successful in her profession 7 her husband in his, particularly when she earns more than he does. Sociologists see in this situation one of the main reasons for the increase in divorce rate, another reason 8 the husband.s refusal to help with the housework or the care of children. A third reason could be the growing awareness of the professional women 9 she does not have to remain married 10 she is too unhappy.