We generally view the family as being one of our most stable institutions: yet, our family system has【B1】______a number of chang

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问题     We generally view the family as being one of our most stable institutions: yet, our family system has【B1】______a number of changes in the past. Two hundred years ago, marriages were often arranged by parents, with economic【B2】______being the most important factor of who married whom. Two hundred years ago, divorce was【B3】______; now, more than one out of three marriages are in【B4】______. Two hundred years ago, women did not work out of the home, and children were an economic【B5】______; now nearly 50 percent of married women work outside the home, and children are a【B6】______responsibility.
    In our【B7】______society, the family is now changing even more rapidly than it did in the past.
    In【B8】______the future of the American family, some authorities foresee the family as racing toward extinction. They say that【B9】______, and this will be its only function.
    Family optimists, on the other hand, predict the family’s entering a Golden Age--an era where【B10】______. Most sociologists, however, do not agree with either the pessimists or the optimists; instead,【B11】______, many of which will probably be thrown away, but some likely to be found satisfying and functional and gradually becoming "typical".
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答案asset

解析 意为“资产,财产”。这句话分号的用法和上一句相同,而且分号两边的结构十分对称。Two hundred years ago和now对应,women did not work out of the home和nearly 50 percent of married women work outside the home对应,那么剩余的部分也应该对应。因此,所填词应该和responsibility一样都是名词。在这里asset引申为“有价值的人(或物)”,也就是说,两百年前孩子可以为家庭带来经济利益。
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