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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
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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2018-08-25
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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 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.
【C4】
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begins/starts/commences
解析
本题考查前后文的结构对照。句中将“成年期”与“青年期”对照,后半句说的是青年期的结束,由推测可知,前半句应为成年期的开始。整句表达的是,成年期并不随着青春期的结束而开始,故填begins/starts/commences均可。
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