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The United States has historically had higher rates of marriage than those of other industrialized c...
The United States has historically had higher rates of marriage than those of other industrialized countries. The current annual marriage 56 in the United States—about 9 new marriages for every 1,000 people—is 57 higher than it is in other industrialized countries. However,marriage is 58 as widespread as it was several decades ago. 59 of American adults who are married 60 from 72 percent in 1970 to 60 percent in 2002. This does not mean that large numbers of people will remain unmarried 61 their lives. Throughout the 20th century,about 90 percent of Americans married at some 62 in their lives. Experts
63 that about the same proportion of today’s young adults will eventually marry.
The timing of marriage has varied 64 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 average age of men was about 27. Men and women in the United States marry for the first time at an average of five years later than people did in the 1950s. 65 ,young adults of the 1950s married younger than did any previous 66 in U.S. history. Today’s later age of marriage is 67 the age of marriage between 1890 and 1940. Moreover,a greater proportion of the population was married (95 percent)during the 1950s than at any time before 68 . Experts do not agree on why the“marriage rush”of the late 1940s and 1950s occurred,but most social scientists believe it represented a 69 to the return of peaceful life and prosperity after 15 years of severe economic 70 and war.
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63 that about the same proportion of today’s young adults will eventually marry.
The timing of marriage has varied 64 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 average age of men was about 27. Men and women in the United States marry for the first time at an average of five years later than people did in the 1950s. 65 ,young adults of the 1950s married younger than did any previous 66 in U.S. history. Today’s later age of marriage is 67 the age of marriage between 1890 and 1940. Moreover,a greater proportion of the population was married (95 percent)during the 1950s than at any time before 68 . Experts do not agree on why the“marriage rush”of the late 1940s and 1950s occurred,but most social scientists believe it represented a 69 to the return of peaceful life and prosperity after 15 years of severe economic 70 and war.
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参考答案: D
参考解析: 【考点类型】语义衔接
【考点剖析】potentially“可能地,潜在地”;intentionally“有意识地,故意地”;randomly“胡乱地,随意地”;substantially“实质上,大体上”。根据第56题的分析,这一句是要强调当前美国的结婚比率仍然比其他工业国家高;所以应选择表示肯定语气的副词,D是正确答案。