Question

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），childless families, and so on.
What caused the structure of the family to change? In the early 1900s the birthrate began to fall and the divorce rate began to rise. Women were suddenly choosing to go to college and take jobs outside the home. In the 1930s and 1940s, many families faced serious financial, or money problems during the Great Depression, when many people lost their jobs. 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___【小題1】____		There were two __【小題2】___ types of families in the past, ___【小題3】____, the extended and the nuclear.
		Nowadays __【小題4】___types of families can be seen than before.
Changes in different ___【小題5】_____.	In the 1900s and 1940s	Many of the women had to work outside due to the __【小題6】___of money., thus causing the fall of __【小題7】__and the rise of divorce rate.
	In the 1950s	Divorce rate slided and there were more children . The families tended to be ___【小題8】___ again.
	In the years between 1960s and 1990s	Different types of familes__【小題9】____. Traditional families are no longer the typical ones in America.
A trend worth noting
Author’s opinion on changes	Judging from what has happened in the past,it is ____【小題10】_____ that the present structure will experience changes again in the near future.

Answer 1

【小題1】kinds/ types
【小題2】main
【小題3】namely
【小題4】more
【小題5】periods  
【小題6】lack
【小題7】birthrate
【小題8】traditional
【小題9】appeared/occurred
【小題10】probable

解析試題分析：文章介紹美國(guó)家庭在不同時(shí)期改變，改變的原因和家庭結(jié)構(gòu)。
【小題1】原詞重現(xiàn)：從文章的句子： there were mainly two types of families in the United States: 看出答案是：kinds/ types
【小題2】詞性轉(zhuǎn)化：出處就在上面的句子里。Mainly變成main。
【小題3】句意理解題：下文的the extended and the nuclear.是對(duì)上文的兩種美國(guó)家庭的解釋，所以填：namely“即，也就是”。
【小題3】原詞重現(xiàn)：從文章的句子： the extended and the nuclear. 可以看出填extended
【小題4】詞形轉(zhuǎn)化：從文章的句子：more Today there are many different kinds of families.可知是填比較級(jí)。
【小題5】periods 歸納詞：從右邊的時(shí)間段，可知這是不同的時(shí)期。
【小題6】lack 詞義轉(zhuǎn)化題：從many families faced serious financial, or money problems during the Great可以看出是缺錢(qián)。
【小題7】原詞重現(xiàn)：從文章的句子： As a result, the birthrate began to fall 可以看出填birthrate
【小題8】原詞重現(xiàn)：從文章倒數(shù)第二段的句子：The traditional family seemed to be returning.可知傳統(tǒng)家庭又回來(lái)了，填 traditional
【小題9】推理題：從文章最后一段可以推理出：不同的家庭類型出現(xiàn)/產(chǎn)生了，填appeared/occurred。
【小題10】詞性轉(zhuǎn)化題：從文章最后一段的句子：If we can judge from history, however, this will probably change again in the twenty-first century.說(shuō)明以后家庭的類型可能還要變，這只是暫時(shí)的。probably 改成probable
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