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1、任务型阅读考前训练3请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。注意：请将答案写在答题卡上相应题号的横线上。每个空格只填1个单词。Atthebeginningofthetwentiethcentury,manypeoplethoughtthattheAmericanfamilywasfallingapart.Acenturylater,weknowthatthiswasnotthecase.However,althoughthefamilyisstillaliveintheUnitedStates,itssiz
2、eandshapewereverydifferent100yearsago.Inthelate1800sandearly1900s,thereweremainlytwotypesoffamiliesintheUnitedStates:theextendedandthenuclear.Theextendedfamilyusuallyincludesgrandparents,parents,andchildrenlivingunderthesameroof.Thenuclearfamilyconsistsofonlyparentsandchildr
3、en.Todaytherearemanydifferentkindsoffamilies.Somepeoplelivein“traditional”families,thatis,astay-homemother,aworkingfather,andtheirownbiologicalchildren.Othersliveintwo-paycheckfamilies,single-parentfamilies,adoptiveorfoster,families,blendedfamilies(wheremenandwomenwhoweremar
4、riedbeforemarryagainandcombinethechildrenfrompreviousmarriagesintothenewfamilies),childlessfamilies,andsoon.Whatcausedthestructureofthefamilytochange?Inthe1930sand1940s,manyfamiliesfacedseriousfinancial,ormoneyproblemsduringtheGreatDepressionandwomenwerechoosingtogotocollege
5、andtakejobsoutsidethehome.Asaresult,thebirthratebegantofallandthedivorceratebegantorise.DuringWorldWarII(1939-1945)，5millionwomenwereleftalonetotakecareoftheirhomesandtheirchildren.Becausemanymenwereatwar,thousandsofthese"warwidows"hadtogotoworkoutsidetheirhome.Duringthenext
6、tenyears,thesituationchanged.Therewerefewerdivorces,andpeoplemarriedatayoungerageandhadmorechildrenthanthepreviousgeneration.Itwasunusualforamothertoworkoutsidethehomeduringtheyearswhenherchildrenweregrowingup.Familiesbeganleavingcitiesandmovingintosingle-familyhomesinthesub
7、urbs.Thetraditionalfamilyseemedtobereturning.Intheyearsbetween1960sand1990s,thereweremanyimportantchangesinthestructureofthefamily.Fromthe1960stotheearly1970s,thedivorceratedoubledandthebirthratefellbyhalf.Thenumberofsingle-parentfamiliestripled,andthenumberofcoupleslivingto
8、getherwithoutbeingmarrieddoubledagain.Infact,thesingle-parenthousehold,once
