2009职称英语考前每日一练(综合类第40期－C级)职称英语考试

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　　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．
　　_____(3)．In the past，women were expected to marry and remain home with their children．They depended on their husbands to earn money to support the family．Expels say women were pushed into marriage by many parts of American society．_____(4)．
　　_____(5)．They say American women have fewer economic。reasons for marrying than they did years ago．This is because 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 in crease in unmarried mothers in America．One explanation is that，the woman’s rights movement gave many women a new feeling of independence．Another explanation is the society is more willing to accept unmarried mothers than it did in the past．Unmarried 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 18 and 44 who have never been married．
　　D．Expels say this is no!true today．
　　E．A woman’s family expected her to be,named，so did religious groups，customs and laws．
　　F．There has been much debate in the United States about the single—parent family．
　　参考答案:
　　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)在旬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an 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”，这是一个观点旬，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。