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The American family is changing very quickly, right in front of our eyes, and these changes areoften controversial for many people.One of the most important changes researchers have discovered in the last fifty years or so is thatfewer Americans are married. According to research from Washington D.C., from 1960 to 2008, thepercentage of married adults in America has declined from 72% to 52%.One reason for this decline might be because there is an increase in the different types offamilies. A traditional American family, or nuclear family, consists of a mother, a father, and one or twochildren. However, nowadays, there can be many kinds of people raising children, such as single parents,grandparents, and even homosexual parents.While many Americans have no problem with single parent families as long as the parent hasenough time and money to raise a child, others think that children still need two parents in order to havea normal childhood. An even more controversial topic is homosexual families, or gay families. On theone hand, some believe that children need both a mother and a father. On the other hand, others think thatit doesn’t matter if a child has two fathers or two mothers, as long as the parents love their children.The fact is that American families are changing rapidly. As these new American families appear, wewill also surely see changes in the way people feel about them, good or bad.
【題組】47. The passage is mainly about __________.
(A) different types of family problems
(B) gay marriage
(C) new types of American families
(D) advice to new parents

參考答案

答案：C
難度：簡單0.844156
統計：A(18),B(2),C(130),D(4),E(0)

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【評論內容】.According to research from Washington D.C., from 1960 to 2008, the percentage of married adults in America has declined from 72% to 52%. One reason for this decline might be because there is an increase in the different types of families.在我們眼前，美國家庭正在快速變化，這些變化對許多人來說經常引起爭議。研究人員在過去五十年左右發現的最重要變化之一是結婚的美國人越少。根據華盛頓特區的研究，從1960年到2008年，美國已婚成年人的比例從72％下降到52％。這種下降的一個原因可能是因為不同類型的家庭有所增加。傳統的美國家庭或核心家庭由母親，父親和一兩個孩子組成。然而，如今，可能有很多種撫養孩子的人，如單身...