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【C1】______in the United States — about 9 new marriages for every 1000 people— is【C2】______higher than it is in other industrialized countries. However, marriage is【C3】______as widespread as it was several decades ago. 【C4】______of American adults who are married【C5】______from 72 percent in 1970 to 60 percent in 2002. This does not mean that large numbers of people will remain unmarried【C6】______their lives. Throughout the 20th century, about 90 percent of Americans married at some 【C7】______in their lives. Experts【C8】______that about the same proportion of today’s young adults will【C9】______marry. The timing of marriage has varied【C10】______over the past century. In 1995 the average age of women in the United States at the time of their first marriage was 25. The【C11】______age of men was about 27. Men and women in the United States marry for the first time an average of five years later than people【C12】______in the 1950s. 【C13】______young adults of the 1950s married younger than did any previous【C14】______in US history. Today’s later age of marriage is【C15】______the age of marriage between 1890 and 1940. Moreover, a greater【C16】______of the population was married(95 percent)during the 1950s than at any time before 【C17】______. Experts do not agree【C18】______why the "marriage rush" of the late 1940s and 1950s occurred, but most social scientists believe it represented a【C19】______to the return of peaceful and prosperity after 15 years of severe economic【C20】______and war.
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选项 A、Beside
B、However
C、Whereas
D、Nevertheless

答案B

解析 本题为语义逻辑分析题。空白处说“20世纪50年代结婚的成年人比他们之前的人都要结婚要早”。由此可知,这句话与上句话形成转折关系。however表示“可是,然而”,符合这一逻辑关系,因此,B项为正确选项。
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