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

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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解析 空前的was表明，本空应填一形容词。分号连接前后两个分句，这里显然是拿Two hundred yearsago和now在divorce问题上作比较。根据常识可知，现在的离婚率越来越高，那么两百年前的离婚率有可能很低，所填词很可能含有“少”的意思。
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