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英语四级阅读理解模拟试题及答案详解:第14期

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The typical pre-industrial family not only had a good many children, but numerous other dependents as well---grandparents, uncles, aunts and cousions. Such "extended" families were suited for survival in slow paced __1__ societies. But such families are hard to __2__. They are immobile.Industrialism demanded masses of workers ready and able to move off the land in pursuit of jobs, and to move again whenever necessary. Thus the extended family __3__ shed its excess weight and the so-called "nuclear" family emerged---a stripped-down, portable family unit __4__ only of parents and a small set of children. This new style family, far more __5__ than the traditional extended family, became the standard model in all the industrial counties. Super-industrialism, however, the next stage of eco-technological development, __6__ even higher mobility. Thus we may expect many among the people of the future to carry the streamlinling process, a stePfurther by remaining children, cutting the family down to its more __7__ components, aman and a woman. Two people, perhaps with matched careers, will prove more efficient at navigating through education and social status, through job changes and geographic relocations, than teh ordinarily child-cluttered family.A __8__ may be the postponement of children, rather than childlessness. Men and women today are often torn in __9__ between a commitment to career and a commitment to children. In the future, many __10__ will sidestePthis problem by deferring the entire task of raising children until after retirement.A)transplant B)solution C)gadually D)transportE)elemental F)conflict G)continually H)mobileI)couples J)agricultural )including L)compromiseM)requires N)primary O)consisting

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survival [sə'vaivəl]

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n. 生存,幸存者

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solution [sə'lu:ʃən]

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n. 解答,解决办法,溶解,溶液

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primary ['praiməri]

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adj. 主要的,初期的,根本的,初等教育的

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compromise ['kɔmprəmaiz]

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n. 妥协,折衷,折衷案
vt. 妥协处理,危

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elemental [.eli'mentl]

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adj. 元素的,基本的,自然力的 n. 元素

 
excess [ik'ses, 'ekses]

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n. 过量,超过,过剩
adj. 过量的,额外

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shed [ʃed]

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n. 车棚,小屋,脱落物
vt. 使 ...

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social ['səuʃəl]

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adj. 社会的,社交的
n. 社交聚会

 
emerge [i'mə:dʒ]

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vi. 浮现,(由某种状态)脱出,(事实)显现出来

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status ['steitəs]

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n. 地位,身份,情形,状况

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