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  3. The United States has historically had higher rates of marriage than those of other industrialized countries. The current annual

The United States has historically had higher rates of marriage than those of other industrialized countries. The current annual

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问题     The United States has historically had higher rates of marriage than those of other industrialized countries. The current annual marriage 【B1】______ in the United States--about 9 new marriages for every 1,000 people--is 【B2】______ higher than it is in other industrialized countries. However, marriage is 【B3】______ as widespread as it was several decades ago. 【B4】______ of American adults who are married 【B5】______ from 72 percent in 1970 to 60 percent in 2002. This does not mean that large numbers of people will remain unmarried 【B6】______ their lives. Throughout the 20th century, about 90 percent of Americans married at some 【B7】______ in their lives. Experts 【B8】______ that about the same proportion of today’s young adults will eventually marry.
    The timing of marriage has varied 【B9】______ over the past century. In 1995 the average age of women in the United States at the time of their first marriage was 25. The average age of men was about 27. Men and women in the United States marry for the first time an average of five years later than people did in the 1950s. 【B10】______ , young adults of the 1950s married younger than did any previous 【B11】______ in U.S. history. Today’s later age of marriage is 【B12】______ the age of marriage between 1890 and 1940. Moreover, a greater proportion of the population was married (95 percent) during the 1950s than at any time before 【B13】______ . Experts do not agree on why the "marriage rush" of the late 1940s and 1950s occurred, but most social scientists believe it represented a 【B14】______ to the return of peaceful and prosperity after 15 years of severe economic 【B15】______ and war.
选项 A、rate
B、ratio
C、percentage
D、poll
答案A
解析 指美国的结婚率。
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