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In the following text, some sentences have been removed. For Questions 41-45, choose the most suitable one from the list (A、B、C、
In the following text, some sentences have been removed. For Questions 41-45, choose the most suitable one from the list (A、B、C、
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2010-05-05
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In the following text, some sentences have been removed. For Questions 41-45, choose the most suitable one from the list (A、B、C、D、E、F、G……) to fit into each of the numbered blank. There are several extra choices, which do not fit in any of the gaps. (10 points)
It’s not just an American phenomenon: Across the globe, single-parent homes are on the rise. Numbers for one-parent families increased from England to Australia during the 1990s, mirroring demographic shifts reflected in the U.S. census.
Just as in America, those shifts raised new questions about how involved government should be in helping single-parent families, which often are less well-off financially than those led by a married mom and dad.
(41)______
Annie Oliver, a 32-year-old single mother from Bristol, England, thinks so. "You wouldn’t believe how becoming a single parent suddenly made me a second-class citizen," said Oliver, who struggles to keep a full-time job and give the extra care her disabled son needs.
(42)______
By comparison, 9.8 million house-holds, or 9 percent of all U.S. households were headed by an adult raising a child alone or without a spouse. The 1990 census showed 26 percent of homes were led by a married mother and father, and 8 percent of homes were led by a single parent.
Similar increases occurred in other countries, though data from those countries are not directly comparable to U.S. census figures because of methodology differences.
(43)______
Single parent households in Australia rose from 5.8 percent in 1990 to 7.6 percent in 1999.
Other countries that saw large increases, according to the Organization:
—Belgium, 1.8 percent of households in 1990 to 2.7 percent in 1999;
—Ireland, 1.8 percent to 2.8 percent;
—Luxembourg, 1.3 percent to 2.2pereent.
(44)______
Those countries tend to have greater acceptance of single parenting because there are fewer nearby family members to disapprove, Riche said.
Lone-parent family households in Japan increased from 5.1 percent in 1990 to just 5.2 percent in 1999.
(45)______
"The position of one-parent families in any given country is very much a gender issue—women’s opportunities, especially working-class women on low income," said Sue Cohen, coordinator of the Single Action Parents Network in England.
A. In the United States, the 2000 census showed 24.8 million, or nearly 24 percent of the nation’s 105:5 million house-holds, were traditional two-parent homes.
B. Should single parents be afforded tax breaks to help pay for child care? Should employers be monitored to make sure flexible work-hours are offered?
C. Countries with increases in single-parent homes are often those where the nuclear family structure—just Mom, Dad and the kids—is more common than an extended, multigenerational family living under one roof, said demographer Martha Farnsworth Riche, a former Census Bureau director.
D. In the United Kingdom, lone-parent family homes increased from 3.3 percent of all households in 1990 to 5.5 percent in 1999, according to data compiled by the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. It did not specify whether children in those homes were younger than 18.
E. Some research suggests children raised in two-parent families are better off than those who rely on one.
F. Rates were relatively unchanged during the same period in Greece, Italy and Portugal. These countries tend to think more conservatively about family makeup, and there is more pressure to avoid divorce or unmarried parenthood, Riche said.
G. "Most of the research linking single-parenthood to children’s school performance has been done with single nations," says Dr. Suet-ling Pong, associate professor of education and sociology and demography. "We do not know much about the impact of single parenthood across cultures and countries."
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答案
C
解析
空白处下文说那些国家更能接受单亲家庭,因为少有近亲干涉。可以看出Those countries就是指空白处谈论的国家。C项谈的是在单亲家庭数量增长的国家,其家庭结构经常是三口之家,而不是几世同堂的大家庭。这里提出了一种现象,然后在下文通过Riche的话作了解释。同时空白下文的"Those countries"与C项的"countries"相呼应。所以C项正确。
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