American women experience a great【C1】______of lifestyles. A "typical" American woman may be single. She may also be divorced or

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问题     American women experience a great【C1】______of lifestyles. A "typical" American woman may be single. She may also be divorced or married. She may be a housewife, a doctor【C2】______a factory worker. It is very difficult to【C3】______about American women.【C4】______, the one thing which【C5】______American women from the women in other countries is their attitude【C6】______themselves and their role in American life.
    【C7】______, American women have always been very independent. The first colonists to come to New England were often young couples who had left behind their【C8】______family (i. e. , their parents, sisters, cousins, etc.). The women were【C9】______in a new,【C10】______country with their husbands. This had two important effects.【C11】______, this as yet uncivilized environment demanded that every person【C12】______in developing it and in survival. Women worked【C13】______their husbands and children to establish themselves in this new【C14】______. Second, because they were in a new land without the【C15】______influence of older members of society, women felt free to step into nontraditional【C16】______. In addition, there were no rules in the Protestant religion which demanded that women stay【C17】______any definite role.
    This strong role of women was【C18】______in later years as Americans moved west, again, leaving family behind and encountering a(n)【C19】______environment, 【C20】______later, in the East, as new immigrants arrived, the women often found jobs more easily than men.
【C18】

选项 A、imposed
B、enforced
C、reinforced
D、enlarged

答案C

解析 reinforce“巩固,加强”,其他三项不符合本文所表达的意图。impose“强加”。enforce“强迫,执行”,enlarge“扩大,放大”。
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