Question

【题目】任务型阅读 The lifestyle of families has changed because of science and industry（工业）.
More Americans used to live on farms, nearly each family had many children. In a farm family, parents and their children often lived with grandparents. Uncles and aunties often lived nearby, too. But when industry became more important than agriculture（农业）in American life, families became smaller, industry needs lots of workers. They must be ready and able to move off the land and move again whenever necessary. It isn't easier for large families to move from place to place as small families can. Today, more and more small families have appeared, smaller families may have no children and they may have only a man and a woman because keeping children is really hard work. It takes parents not only money and time, but also much more energy and makes young couples（夫妇）busy working, studying and enjoying their lives all day. They are probably not important in keeping children.
That's why the increasing of population in most developed countries are becoming more and more slowly, In China today, each family has only one healthy child because of one-child policy.
In this way, the country can develop farther than before and young children can have more opportunities to get education and to find suitable jobs.
（1）Did each family only have one child in the past?
（2）Why have the families become smaller and smaller?
（3）What may a smaller family have?
（4）Who did parents and their children use to live with?
（5）which countries' population increases faster, developed countries or developing countries?

Answer 1

【答案】
（1）No.
（2）Because it is really hard work. It takes parents not only money and time, but also much more energy.
（3）It may only have a man and a woman.
（4）Grandparents.
（5）Developing countries.
【解析】本文介绍西方国家家庭的变化。
⑴细节理解。根据nearly each family had many children可知美国每个家庭有很多孩子，所以答案是No.。
⑵细节理解。根据Today, more and more small families have appeared, smaller families may have no children and they may have only a man and a woman because keeping children is really hard work. It takes parents not only money and time, but also much more energy and makes young couples（夫妇）busy working,可知小家庭的出现是因为养活孩子变得很难，不仅需要钱和时间，而且需要更多的精力，让年轻夫妇忙于工作，所以答案是Because it is really hard work. It takes parents not only money and time, but also much more energy。
⑶细节理解。根据 smaller families may have no children and they may have only a man and a woman，可知小的家庭也许没有孩子，他们也许只有一个男人和一个女人。所以答案是It may only have a man and a woman.。
⑷细节理解。根据 In a farm family, parents and their children often lived with grandparents. 可知在农业家庭，父母和孩子们经常和爷爷奶奶住在一起，所以答案是Grandparents.。
⑸细节理解。根据That's why the increasing of population in most developed countries are becoming more and more slowly可知发达国家的人口增长变得越来越慢，所以发展中国家的人口增长更快一些，所以答案是Developing countries.。