题目内容
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Divorce-Social Problem in USAMarriage, 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)． 1
Women's easy and convenient life in USA
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 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． 2
Average American families getting small
Families, too, are simpler today． 3 With our frequent changes, relatives have spread over a wide area, the parents retiring to Florida or Arizona and the young people, after they marry, going wherever their jobs or their interests take them．Women have their own freedom．
4 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．
Independence leading to family break-up
But all this freedom and wealth had had an unforeseen and in some respects an extremely bad effect on marriage．Men and women, no longer dependent on each other for food and maintenance, find it harder to accept the responsibilities． 5 On the other hand, there is a growing trend today for couples in trouble to try to save their marriage by consulting a professional adviser．He listens patiently while they talk, knowing that only through self-understanding can they solve their problems．
A．Young adult women have new freedom, too．
B．No marriage for many people nowadays．
C．Women are achieving economic independence．
D．In America, it is not customary for parents to live with their married children．
E．Why should this be so, and what, if anything, can we do to change this trend?
F．Here's some advice on how to solve the problem．
G．When happiness becomes misery, many couples decide to stop their marriage through divorce．
第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
In 1990 a report was published about what the earth might be like 20 years from then on. 71 According to the report,the picture of the earth in the year 2010 is not a pleasant one. 72 The population could be as large as 6300 million,almost 2150 million more than in 1985.More people would move into cities ,especially cities in developing countries.Cities like Cairo and Jakarta probably would each have 15 million by then.
73 Farmers will grow 90% more food than they did in 1985,but most of the increase would be in countries that already produce enough food for their people. 74 Poor farming ways are destroying large areas of crop land,changing farms into deserts.More farmland is lost as cities become larger and more houses are built.Air pollution will get worse as industrial countries burn more coal and oil.Many of the world's forests could disappear as more and more trees are cut down.Energy will continue to be a serious problem. 75 They only workde out the situation that exists today.By changing the situation,by settling the problems,the picture can be changed.There is still time for the nations of the world to work out a plan of action.But they warned that waiting too long to make de cisions would greatly reduce the chances of success.
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A．Food production will increase,but not enough to feed all the people. |
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B．The report was a result of a three - year study. |
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C．Later on,more reports came out one by one. |
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D．The world will be more crowded because the population will continue to grow. |
E.Experts believe enough food will be produced in developing countries very soon.
F.The experts say their picture of the earth for the year 2010 may be wrong.
G.Little increase is expected in South Asia,Africa and the Middle East.