阅读下面的短文，文章中有5处空白，文章后有6组文字，请根据文章的内容选择5组文字，将其分别放会文章原有位置，以恢复文章原貌。请将答案涂在答题卡相应的位置。 Single—parent Families Today we tell about the major change in the American family．It is the increase in the number of families with only one parent． (1)——One of the reasons for this is the increasing number of women who have children without being married．The United States Census Bureau recently released a new report on the situation．——(2)．It said 24 percent of them had at least one child．Almost 4 million unmarried women in the United States are mothers．This is an increase of almost 60 percent in the past 10 years．把职称英语页面加入收藏 (3)In the past，women were expected to marry and remain home with their children．They depended on their husbands to eam money to suppon the family．Expels say women were pushed into marriage by many parts of Ameficas society．——(4)． (5)．Thev say American women have fewer economic reasons for marrying than they did years ago．This isbecause more women work Outside the home today than in the past，and there is less of difference between the earnings of men and women in the United States．Other experts believe there is social and cultural explanation for the increase in unmarried mothers in America．One explanation is that the woman’s rights movement gave many women a new teeling of indeDendence．Another explanation is the society is more willing to accept unmarried mothers than it did in the past． Unmatried mothers and their children no longer live in shame． A．About 22 percent of American children now live with only one parent． B．Experts have tried to explain the reasons：for the increase． C．The report included women between the ages of l 8 and 44 who have never been married． D．Experts say this is not true today． E．A Woman’s family expected her to be married，so did religious groups，customs and laws． F．There has been much debate in the United States about the single—parent family． 1．A．空格后面在解释原因(出现这种情况的一个原因是有越来越多的未婚妈妈)，由此判断空格前很可能是对某种现象(“未婚妈妈越来越多”造成的现象)，因此A(在美国大约有22%的孩子生活在单亲家庭里)是答案。 2．C．选项C中的the report正好与空格前的a report呼应，选项C(报告涉及到年龄再l8岁到44岁之间从未结过婚的妇女)在句意上也与空格前句内容衔接。 3．B，选项B中的the increase与空格前句(上一段最后一句)中的all increase呼应，空格后面的句子是在分析原因，因此B(专家们一直在试图解释造成这种增加的原因)是答案。 4．E．空格前句说“专家们说在过去美国社会的很多因素迫使妇女结婚”，这是一个观点句，因此其后面很 可能应该出现解释性的话语，而E正好是在解释，E说“在过去，美国妇女的家庭希望她结婚，社会上的宗教群体，习俗和法律也希望妇女结婚”。而且E与空格前句的时态也一致。 5．D．空格所在的段落是在讲述现在的情况，从过去情况的讲述转变到对现在情况的描述，这两者之间需要出现一个起着承上启下的过渡句，D正好起着这样的作用。