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More Americans are cohabiting—living together out of wedlock—than ever. Some experts applaud the practice, but others warn playi

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问题     More Americans are cohabiting—living together out of wedlock—than ever. Some experts applaud the practice, but others warn playing house does not always lead to marital bliss. At one time in America* living together out of wedlock was scandalous. Unmarried spouses who "shacked up" were said to be "living in sin". Indeed, cohabitation was illegal throughout the country until about 1970. Today, statistics tell a different tale. The number of unwed couples living together has risen to a new high—more than 4. 1 million as of March 1997, according to the Census Bureau. That figure was up from 3. 96 million couples the previous year and represents a quantum leap from the 430,000 cohabiting couples counted in 1960.
    The bureau found that cohabiting is most prevailing in the 24-35 age group, accounting for 1. 6 million such couples. Cohabitants claim they live together primarily to solidify their love and commitment to each other. Most intend to marry; only 13％ of cohabitants do not anticipate to legalize their relationship. But the reality for many couples is different: Moving in does not lead to "happily ever after". Forty percent of cohabitants never make it to the altar. Of the 60％ who do marry, more than half divorce within 10 years (compared with 30％ of married couples who did not live together first).
    Cohabiting partners are more unfaithful and fight more often than married couples, according to research by the Howard Center for Family, Religion and Society. Other studies have come to equally similar conclusions.
    Still, experts predict the number of cohabiting couples is likely to increase. As the offspring of the baby boomers come of age, they are inclined to defer marriages, as did their parents. This will lead to more cohabitation and nontraditional families. Until people unearth that living together has pitfalls, it won’t wane in popularity. Cohabiting has been portrayed with "careful neutrality" in the media, and Hollywood celebrities who move in and out of each other’s homes set the standard.
    But Warren Farrell, the San Diego-based author of Why Men Are the Way They Are, argues that living together is a good idea for a short period. "To make the jump from dating, when we put our best foot forward, to being married" —without showing each other the "shadow side of ourselves" —is to treat marriage frivolously, he says.
What do the statistics of the Census Bureau indicate?
选项 A、Playing house does not guarantee a happy marriage.
B、It is still illegal for unmarried couples to live together now.
C、More and more unmarried couples live together now than before.
D、There is a quantum leap in the number of illegal unmarried couples.
答案C
解析 事实细节题。根据Census. Bureau定位至第一段倒数第二句。该句指出，根据美国人口普查局的数据，未婚同居情侣的数量升至新高，达到410多万对。下一句指出，这一数字高于上一年的396万对，相比1960年的43万对，更是有了飞跃。由此可知，越来越多的情侣未婚同居，C项表述与原文相符，故为答案。本段第二句讲到，部分专家认为，过家家不一定能使婚姻幸福。这是部分专家的看法，与美国人口普查的统计数据无关，故排除A项。本段第五句明确提到，同居在1970年之前是非法行为。由此可知，1970年之后，同居就不再是非法的。B项和D项的表述与原文不符，故排除。
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