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

【小題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?
【小題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.
【小題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.
【小題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.
【小題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

【小題1】F
【小題2】B
【小題3】D
【小題4】E
【小題5】A

解析試題分析：
【小題1】從第一段的句子：the divorce rate is also disturbingly on the rise (one divorce for every three marriages last year).可知這段講的是離婚是美國的社會問題。選 F
【小題2】從這段的最后一句話：Released from these household chores, many wives have found jobs outside the home. Women are achieving economic independence.可知美國婦女的生活更輕松更便利了，選B
【小題3】從這段的第一句話Families, too, are simpler today.可知現在的美國家庭變小了，選 D
【小題4】從這段的第一句話Young adult women have new freedom, too.可知美國的女性自由更多了，選 E
【小題5】從這段的第一句話But all this freedom and affluence have had an unforeseen and in some respects a devastating effect on marriage. 可知是獨立使家庭破裂。選A
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