Question

A. Independence leading to family breakup B. Women’s easy and convenient life in USA C. No marriage for many people nowadays D. Average American families getting small E. Full freedom for young women F. Divorce--- a social problem in USA

【小题1】_________
Marriage, like other social instructions, is showing the strains of modern life. While more Americans are getting married today than ever before, the divorce rate is also disturbingly on the rise (one divorce for every three marriages last year). Why should this be so, and what, if anything, can we do to reverse this trend?
【小题2】__________
For most people, life is easier and more comfortable than ever before. Convenience foods from the supermarket simplify shopping and cooking. Household appliances like the vacuum cleaner and the washing machine have made housework much easier to do. Released from these household chores, many wives have found jobs outside the home. Women are achieving economic independence.
【小题3】_______
Families, too, are simpler today. In American, it is not customary for parents to live with their married children. With our greater mobility, relatives have scattered, the parents retiring to Florida or Arizona and the young people, after they marry, going wherever their jobs or their interests take them.
【小题4】________
Young adult women have new freedom, too. While attending college, they often live away from home, sometimes far from their parents or their relatives. After college, they move to the city, find a job, and set up “bachelor” apartment. This is the era of women’s liberation.
【小题5】________
But all this freedom and affluence have had an unforeseen and in some respects a devastating effect on marriage. Men and women, no longer dependent on each other for food and maintenance, find it harder to accept the responsibilities and restraints or endurance the misunderstandings of married life. When happiness becomes misery, many couples decide to terminate their marriage through divorce. On the other hand, there is a growing trend today for couples in trouble to try to save their marriage by consulting a professional counselor. He listens patiently while they talk, knowing that only through self-understanding can they solve their problems.

Answer 1

【小题1】F
【小题2】B
【小题3】D
【小题4】E
【小题5】A

解析试题分析：
【小题1】从第一段的句子：the divorce rate is also disturbingly on the rise (one divorce for every three marriages last year).可知这段讲的是离婚是美国的社会问题。选 F
【小题2】从这段的最后一句话：Released from these household chores, many wives have found jobs outside the home. Women are achieving economic independence.可知美国妇女的生活更轻松更便利了，选B
【小题3】从这段的第一句话Families, too, are simpler today.可知现在的美国家庭变小了，选 D
【小题4】从这段的第一句话Young adult women have new freedom, too.可知美国的女性自由更多了，选 E
【小题5】从这段的第一句话But all this freedom and affluence have had an unforeseen and in some respects a devastating effect on marriage. 可知是独立使家庭破裂。选A
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