Housework Gets You Down - Ready for Use of English

C1 Advanced · Open Cloze · Ready for C1 Advanced 4th Edition, Macmillan Education

For questions 1–8, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap.

It probably won't come (0) ___ a surprise to learn that household chores can make us miserable. In fact, (1) ___ to a recent survey, when it comes to couples sharing domestic chores, women still take more responsibility for keeping things reasonably clean and tidy (2) ___ their male partners. And with an increasing number of women in full-time jobs, many (3) ___ longer have the will or the energy to keep their homes in the spotless state their grandmothers might have done. Finding themselves (4) ___ constant pressure, many women must wonder when the housework will end. There is even evidence (5) ___ suggest that the more housework people of any gender do, the more likely they are to suffer mood swings. This (6) ___ sense as any form of repetitive, open-ended work tends to be depressing. People prefer the type of task they can complete, and (7) ___ a satisfactory conclusion they become stressed. The fact that family members rarely appreciate just (8) ___ much work has gone into making an evening meal or making the bathroom shine intensifies those negative feelings.

Housework Gets You Down

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