Directions:The following passage contains
10 errors. In each case only one word is involved. You should proofread the
passage and correct it in the following way:
Women are a force for change in Australian society. The pride of place
given to men as almost the sole shapers of Australian history is being
challenged. Today husbands more often than no share household
chores, and more 79.
______ men are finding women alongside them in the workplace. It
may be some time before there is a woman prime minister of
Australia, but the need of women at the top--and their to be
there--is now widely recognized. 80.
______ The growing role of men in the Australian work force is a
cause and 81. ______
consequence of change attitudes and lifestyles in Australian society.
82. ______ In offices,
laboratories and factories, in social and
political organizations, women are making their presence feel.
There are almost no 83. ______
remaining legal barriers against women in Australia in jobs,
commercial contracts, politics and social life. The barriers
that mainly stem from modem 84. ______ attitudes built
into society. They are not easily changed by new laws. Women
have brought out the most significant change in the Australian
85. ______ work force simply by
entering it in thousands, and by seeking jobs which before were
assumed to be suitable with men only. There are now women in
86. ______ Australia drive buses, taxis, racing
cars and 50-ton trucks. They are 87.
______ racehorse jockeys (职业赛马骑手). They are apprentice
electricians and mechanics. They are air-traffic controllers.
They shear sheep and worked as 88. ______
laborers. They are judges members of parliament.