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  3. The United States has historically had higher rates of marriage than those of other industrialized countries. The current annual

The United States has historically had higher rates of marriage than those of other industrialized countries. The current annual

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问题     The United States has historically had higher rates of marriage than those of other industrialized countries. The current annual marriage (1)_____ in the United States-about 9 new marriages for every 1, 000 people-is (2)_____ higher than it is in other industrialized countries. However, marriage is (3)_____ as widespread as it was several decades ago. (4)_____ of American adults who are married (5)_____ from 72 percent in 1970 to 60 percent in 2002. This does not mean that large numbers of people will remain unmarried (6)_____ their lives. Throughout the 20th century, about 90 percent of Americans married at some (7)_____ in their lives. Experts (8)_____ that about the same proportion of today’s young adults will eventually marry.
    The timing of marriage has varied (9)_____ over the past century. In 1995 the average age of women in the United States at the (10)_____ of their first marriage was 25. The average age of men was about 27. Men and women in the United States marry (11)_____ the first time at an average of five years later than people (12)_____ in the 1950s. (13)_____, young adults of the 1950s married younger than did any previous (14)_____ in U.S. history. Today’s later age of marriage is (15)_____ the age of marriage between 1890 and 1940. (16)_____, a greater proportion of the population was married (95 percent) during the 1950s than at any time before (17)_____. Experts do not agree on (18)_____ the "marriage rush" of the late 1940s and 1950s occurred, but most social scientists believe it represented a (19)_____ to the return of peaceful life and prosperity after 15 years of severe economic (20)_____ and war.

选项 A、Moreover
B、Likewise
C、Similarly.
D、Therefore
答案A
解析 本题的考点为副词的上下文搭配使用。Moreover此外。其他选项：Likewise同样地；Similarly相似地，类似地；Therefore因此，所以。
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