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1、江西景德镇市2016高考英语(二轮)阅读理解编练(3)及答案2016高考英语阅读理解一一人物传记/故事类Moresurprising,perhaps,thanthecurrentdifficultiesoftraditionalmarriageisthefactthatmarriageitselfisaliveandthriving(兴盛}•AsSkolnicknotes,Americansaremarryingpeople—relativetoEuropeans,moreofusmarryandwe
2、marryatayoungerage.Moreover,afteradeclineintheearly1970s,therateofmarriageintheUnitedStatesisnowincreasing.Eventhedivorcerateneedstobetakeninthispro-marriagecontext:some80percentofdivorcedindividualsremarry.Thus,marriageremains,byfar,thepreferredwayofli
3、feforthevastmajorityofpeopleinoursociety.Whathaschangedmorethanmarriageisthenuclearfamily.Twenty-fiveyearsago,thetypicalAmericanfamilyconsistedofahusband,awifeandtwoorthreechildren.Now,therearemanymarriagesinwhichcoupleshavedecidednottohaveanychildren.A
4、ndtherearemanymarriageswhereatleastsomeofthechildrenarefromthewife'spreviousmarriage,orthehusband's,orboth.Sometimesthesechildrenspendalloftheirtimewithoneparentfromtheformermarriage;sometimestheyaresharedbetweenthetwoformerspouses.Thus,onecanfindthever
5、ytypeoffamilyarrangement.Therearemarriageswithoutchildren;marriageswithchildrenfromonlythepresentmarriage;marriageswith"fulltime"childrenfromthepresentmarriageand"part-time"childrenfromformermarriages.Therearestepfathers,stepmothers,half-brothers,andhal
6、f-sisters.Itisnotalltheunusualforachildtohavefourparentsandeightgrandparents!Thereareenormouschangesfromthetraditionalnuclearfamily.Butevenso,eveninthemidstofallthis,onethingremainsconstant:mostAmericansspendmostoftheiradultlivesmarried.【小题1】BycallingAm
7、ericansmarryingpeopletheauthormeansthat.A.moreofAmericans,ascomparedwithEuropeans,prefermarriageandtheyacceptitatayoungerageB.AmericansexpectmoreoutofmarriagethanEuropeansC.therearemoremarriedcouplesinUSAthaninEuropeD.AmericansaremoretraditionalthanEuro
8、peans【小题2】Whichofthefollowingcanbepresentedasthepictureoftoday'sAmericanfamilies?A.AtypicalAmericanfamilyconsistsofonlyahusbandandawife.B.Manytypesoffamilyarrangementshavebecomesociallyacceptable.C.Americansprefertohavemorekidsth