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A book which is still being discussed by many Americans today is “Future Shock” by Alvin Toffler. In this book the writer describes the great changes which have been made in family life because of science and industry.

In the past, when more Americans lived on farms, the typical(典型的) family had many children. In a farm family, parents and their children often lived with grandparents. Uncles and aunts often lived nearby, too.

But now, when industry has become more important than agriculture(农业) in American life, families are becoming smaller and smaller. Industry requires workers who are ready and able to move off the land to move again whenever necessary. Large families can’t be moved from place to place as easily as smaller families can.

In the future, a typical family will be required to move even more often than now, so families will be even smaller .The typical family may keep childless and consist only of a man and a woman. A smaller number of families may raise(养育) children. These families may raise children as their main occupation, leaving the childless families free to move from job to job. What’s more, these child-raising families may raise other people’s children in addition to their own.

The book	.【1】:	Future Shock
	.【2】:	Alvin Toffler
	Content(内容):	【3】 life has been changing greatly in America.
Typical family	【4】	Members	Living places
	In the past	Parents, many children, 【5】, uncles and aunts	On the 【6】
	At 【7】	A man, a woman and a child for most families	In or around the workplace
	In the future	A man, a woman without a 【8】 for many families	In or around the workplace
Reason	People are required to 【9】 from place to place easily because of the development of both science and 【10】.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】Name / Title

【2】Writer

【3】Family

【4】Times/Time

【5】grandparents

【6】farm/farms

【7】present

【8】child

【9】move

【10】industry

【解析】短文主要向我们介绍了阿尔文·托夫勒写的一本书《未来的冲击》 。在这本书中，作者描述了由于科学和工业的发展对家庭生活所带来的巨大变化。

【1】根据短文开头的句子“A book which is still being discussed by many Americans today is “Future Shock” by Alvin Toffler.”可知，Future Shock是一本书的名字，故答案为Name / Title 。

【2】根据短文开头的句子“A book which is still being discussed by many Americans today is “Future Shock” by Alvin Toffler.”可知，这本书的作者是Alvin Toffler，答案为Writer。

【3】根据第一段中的句子“In this book the writer describes the great changes which have been made in family life because of science and industry.”可知，作者描述的是由于科学和工业而在家庭生活中所发生的巨大变化。故答案为Family。

【4】根据表格中的信息：In the past和in the future可知，表达的是时间。故答案为Time。

【5】根据第二段中的句子“In a farm family, parents and their children often lived with grandparents. Uncles and aunts often lived nearby, too.”可知，家庭成员有父母，孩子，祖父母，叔叔和姑姑，故答案为grandparents。

【6】根据第二段中的句子“In the past, when more Americans lived on farms”可知，是生活在农场上，答案为farm/farms。

【7】根据第三段But now, …此句中now=at present目前，故答案为present。

【8】根据最后一段中的句子“The typical family may keep childless and consist only of a man and a woman.” 典型的家庭可能无儿无女，只由男人和女人组成。Childless没有孩子，故答案为child。

【9】根据最后一段中的句子“In the future, a typical family will be required to move even more often than now,” 将来，一个典型的家庭需要比现在更经常的搬家，故答案为move。

【10】根据第一段中的句子“In this book the writer describes the great changes which have been made in family life because of science and industry.”可知，造成这种现象的原因是科学和工业的发展，故答案为industry。