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

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

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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 20s. Most young men had【C1】_________school and were working fulltime, 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 coining 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 20s or even early 30s. 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until／till
解析 联系上下文得知，这句话表达的意思是年轻人要等到足够富有了才结婚生子，故填until／till均可。
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