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More Americans are cohabiting—living together out of wedlock—than ever. Some experts applaud the practice, but others warn playi

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问题     More Americans are cohabiting—living together out of wedlock—than ever. Some experts applaud the practice, but others warn playing house does not always lead to marital bliss. At one time in America* living together out of wedlock was scandalous. Unmarried spouses who "shacked up" were said to be "living in sin". Indeed, cohabitation was illegal throughout the country until about 1970. Today, statistics tell a different tale. The number of unwed couples living together has risen to a new high—more than 4. 1 million as of March 1997, according to the Census Bureau. That figure was up from 3. 96 million couples the previous year and represents a quantum leap from the 430,000 cohabiting couples counted in 1960.
    The bureau found that cohabiting is most prevailing in the 24-35 age group, accounting for 1. 6 million such couples. Cohabitants claim they live together primarily to solidify their love and commitment to each other. Most intend to marry; only 13％ of cohabitants do not anticipate to legalize their relationship. But the reality for many couples is different: Moving in does not lead to "happily ever after". Forty percent of cohabitants never make it to the altar. Of the 60％ who do marry, more than half divorce within 10 years (compared with 30％ of married couples who did not live together first).
    Cohabiting partners are more unfaithful and fight more often than married couples, according to research by the Howard Center for Family, Religion and Society. Other studies have come to equally similar conclusions.
    Still, experts predict the number of cohabiting couples is likely to increase. As the offspring of the baby boomers come of age, they are inclined to defer marriages, as did their parents. This will lead to more cohabitation and nontraditional families. Until people unearth that living together has pitfalls, it won’t wane in popularity. Cohabiting has been portrayed with "careful neutrality" in the media, and Hollywood celebrities who move in and out of each other’s homes set the standard.
    But Warren Farrell, the San Diego-based author of Why Men Are the Way They Are, argues that living together is a good idea for a short period. "To make the jump from dating, when we put our best foot forward, to being married" —without showing each other the "shadow side of ourselves" —is to treat marriage frivolously, he says.
The best title of this passage would be________.
选项 A、The History of Cohabitation
B、Be Serious to Cohabitation
C、Cohabitation: Past and Present
D、Effects of Living Together Out of Wedlock
答案C
解析 主旨大意题。本文通过对比过去与现在人们对待同居的态度以及相关数据，表明未婚同居的情况越来越多，继而说明同居的一些现状。如同居的原因、同居的最终结果、同居伴侣更不忠诚、同居伴侣的数量仍会增加及其原因以及短期同居对婚姻有益。C项更能表达主旨，为答案。文中没有着重讲述同居现象的历史，故排除A项；本文并未谈及对同居的态度严肃与否的话题，故排除B项；文中只第四段提到了未婚同居的影响，故排除D项。
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