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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【C1】______in the United States — about 9 new marriages for every 1000 people— is【C2】______higher than it is in other industrialized countries. However, marriage is【C3】______as widespread as it was several decades ago. 【C4】______of American adults who are married【C5】______from 72 percent in 1970 to 60 percent in 2002. This does not mean that large numbers of people will remain unmarried【C6】______their lives. Throughout the 20th century, about 90 percent of Americans married at some 【C7】______in their lives. Experts【C8】______that about the same proportion of today’s young adults will【C9】______marry. The timing of marriage has varied【C10】______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【C11】______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【C12】______in the 1950s. 【C13】______young adults of the 1950s married younger than did any previous【C14】______in US history. Today’s later age of marriage is【C15】______the age of marriage between 1890 and 1940. Moreover, a greater【C16】______of the population was married(95 percent)during the 1950s than at any time before 【C17】______. Experts do not agree【C18】______why the "marriage rush" of the late 1940s and 1950s occurred, but most social scientists believe it represented a【C19】______to the return of peaceful and prosperity after 15 years of severe economic【C20】______and war.
【C3】
选项 A、not any longer
B、no more
C、no longer
D、not any more
答案C
解析 本题为固定搭配题。A、B和D选项均为“不再”，放在被修饰词之后；C项意为“不再”，放在被修饰词的前面。因此，C项为正确选项。
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