Question

请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文后表格中的空格里填入最恰当的词。

注意：每空只填1个单词。

At the beginning of the twentieth century, many people thought that the American family was falling apart. A century later, we know that this was not the case. However, although the family is still alive in the United States, its size and shape were very different 100 years ago.

In the late 1800s and early 1900s, there were mainly two types of families in the United States: the extended and the nuclear. The extended family usually includes grandparents, parents, and children living under the same roof. The nuclear family consists of only parents and children.

Today there are many different kinds of families. Some people live in “traditional” families, that is, a stay-home mother, a working father, and their own biological children. Others live in two-paycheck families, single-parent families, adoptive or foster, families, blended families (where men and women who were married before marry again and combine the children from previous marriages into the new families), child less families, and so on.

What caused the structure of the family to change? In the 1930s and 1940s, many families faced serious financial, or money problems during the Great Depression and women were choosing to go to college and take jobs outside the home. As a result, the birthrate began to fall and the divorce rate began to rise. During World War II (1939-1945)，5 million women were left alone to take care of their homes and their children. Because many men were at war, thousands of these "war widows" had to go to work outside their home.

During the next ten years, the situation changed. There were fewer divorces, and people married at a younger age and had more children than the previous generation. It was unusual for a mother to work outside the home during the years when her children were growing up. Families began leaving cities and moving into single-family homes in the suburbs. The traditional family seemed to be returning.

In the years between 1960s and 1990s, there were many important changes in the structure of the family. From the 1960s to the early 1970s, the divorce rate doubled and the birthrate fell by half. The number of single-parent families tripled, and the number of couples living together without being married doubled again. In fact, the single-parent household, once unusual, has replaced the "traditional" family as the typical family in the States. If we can judge from history, however, this will probably change again in the twenty-first century.

The Changes of the American Family

Main comparisons	Contexts
Different    71	There were two    72   types of families in the past. They are  the _______ and the nuclear.
Nowadays    74   types of families can be seen than before.
Changes in different 75  .	In the 1930s and 1940s	Many of the women had to work outside due to the    76   of money, thus causing the fall of    77   and the rise of divorce rate.
In the 1950s	Divorce rate slid and there were more children. The families tended to be    78   again.
Between 1960s and 1990s	Different types of families    79  . Traditional families are no longer the typical ones in America.
A trend worth noting
Author’s opinion	The present structure is    80  --- it will experience changes again in the near future.

Answer

 kinds/ types

 main

 extended

 more

 periods  

 lack

 birthrate

 fewer

 occurred

 temporary  

【解析】

 原词重现：从文章的句子： there were mainly two types of families in the United States: 看出答案是：kinds/ types

 词性转化：出处就在上面的句子里。Mainly变成main。

 原词重现：从文章的句子： the extended and the nuclear. 可以看出填extended

 词形转化：从文章的句子：more Today there are many different kinds of families.可知是填比较级。

 periods 归纳词：从右边的时间段，可知这是不同的时期。

 lack 词义转化题：从many families faced serious financial, or money problems during the Great可以看出是缺钱。

 原词重现：从文章的句子： As a result, the birthrate began to fall 可以看出填birthrate

 归纳题：从句子：Families began leaving cities and moving into single-family homes in the suburbs. 看出家庭是更少了。fewer

 推理题：从文章最后一段可以推理出：不同的家庭类型产生了，填occurred。

 temporary归纳题：从文章的句子：If we can judge from history, however, this will probably change again in the twenty-first century.说明以后家庭的类型还要变，这只是暂时的。