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1、2016高考英语阅读理解一轮选练（4）阅读理解Moresurprising,perhaps,thanthecurrentdifficultiesoftraditionalmarriageisthefactthatmarriageitselfisaliveandincreasing.AsSkolnicknotes,Americansareamarryingpeople:relativetoEuropeans,moreofusmarryatyoungerage.Moreover,afterfallingintheearly1970s,
2、therateofmarriageintheUnitedStatesisnowincreasing.Eventhedivorceratesneedtobetakeninthispro-marriagecontext:some80percentofdivorcedindividualsremarry.Thus,marriageremains,byfar,thepreferredwayoflifeforthevastmajorityofpeopleinoursociety. Whathaschangedmorethanmarriag
3、eisthenuclearfamily.Twenty-fiveyearsago,thetypicalAmericanfamilyconsistedofahusband,awife,andtwoorthreechildren.Now,therearemanymarriagesinwhichcoupleshavedecidednottohaveanychildren.Andtherearemanymarriageswhereatleastsomeofthechildrenarefromthewife'spreviousmarriage
4、,orthehusband's,orboth,sometimesthesechildrenspendalloftheirtimewithoneparentfromtheformermarriage;sometimestheyaresharedbetweentwoformerspouses. Thus,onecanfindeverytypeoffamilyarrangement.Therearemarriageswithoutchildren;marriageswithchildrenforonlythepresentmarria
5、ge;marriageswith“full-time”childrenfromboththepresentandformermarriages;marriageswith“full-time”childrenfromthepresentmarriageand“part-time”childrenfromformermarriages.Therearestepfathers,stepmothers,half-brothers,andhalf-sisters.Itisnotallthatunusualforachildtohavefo
6、urparentsandeightgrandparents!Theseareenormouschangesfromthetraditionalnuclearfamily.Butevenso,eveninthemidstofallthis,thereremainsoneconstant:mostAmericansspendmostoftheiradultlivesmarried.1.BycallingAmericansmarryingpeopletheauthormeansthat__________. A.Americansare
7、moretraditionalthanEuropeans B.AmericansexpectmoreoutofmarriagethanEuropeans C.therearemoremarriedcouplesintheUSAthaninEurope D.moreofAmericansascomparedwithEuropeans,prefermarriageandtheyacceptitatayoungerage2.Whichofthefollowingcanbepresentedasthepictureoftoday'sAme
8、ricanfamilies? A.AtypicalAmericanfamilyconsistsofonlyahusbandandawife. B.Manytypesoffamilyarrangementshavebecomesociallyacce
