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In the years after World War II, Americans typically assumed the full responsibilities of adulthood by their late teens or early

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问题     In the years after World War II, Americans typically assumed the full responsibilities of adulthood by their late teens or early 20 s. Most young men had 【C1】______school and were working full-time, and most young women were 【C2】______and raising children. People who grew 【C3】______in this era of growing affluence were economically self-sufficient and able to take care of others by the time they had weathered adolescence. Today, adulthood no longer 【C4】______ when adolescence ends.
    Social scientists are beginning to recognize a new phase of life: early adulthood. Some features of this stage resemble coming of age 【C5】______ the late 19th and early 20th centuries, 【C6】______youth lingered in a state of semi-autonomy, waiting 【C7】______ they were sufficiently well-off to marry, have children and establish an independent 【C8】______. However, there are important differences 【C9】______how young people today define and achieve adulthood from those of both the recent and the more distant past.
    This new stage is not merely an extension of adolescence, 【C10】______has been maintained in the mass media. Young adults are physically mature and often 【C11】______ impressive intellectual, social and psychological skills. Nor are young people today reluctant to accept adult responsibilities. Instead, they are busy【C12】______up their educational credentials and practical skills in an ever more demanding labor market. Yet, many have not become fully adult, 【C13】______ they are not ready, or perhaps not permitted, to do 【C14】______. For a growing number, this will not happen until their late 20 s or even early 30 s. In 【C15】______, American society will have to revise upward the "normal" age of full adulthood, and develop ways to assist young people through the ever-lengthening transition.
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答案building／strengthening
解析 本题考查动词短语的搭配及用法。整句句意为“年轻人忙于加强他们的教育背景，提升实践技能”。build up／strengthen up意为“建立，增进，加强”，又因为be busy(in)doing的固定搭配，故填building／strengthening均可。
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