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1、2012英语四级阅读理解预测题及答案 Thetypicalpre-industrialfamilynotonlyhadagoodmanychildren,butnumerousotherdependentsaswell---grandparents,uncles,auntsandcousions.Such"extended"familiesweresuitedforsurvivalinslowpaced__1__societies.Butsuchfamiliesarehardto__2__.Theyareimmobile.Industrialismdemande
2、dmassesofworkersreadyandabletomoveoffthelandinpursuitofjobs,andtomoveagainwhenevernecessary.Thustheextendedfamily__3__sheditsexcessweightandtheso-called"nuclear"familyemerged---astripped-down,portablefamilyunit__4__onlyofparentsandasmallsetofchildren.Thisnewstylefamily,farmore__5__tha
3、nthetraditionalextendedfamily,becamethestandardmodelinalltheindustrialcounties.Super-industrialism,however,thenextstageofeco-technologicaldevelopment,__6__evenhighermobility.Thuswemayexpectmanyamongthepeopleofthefuturetocarrythestreamlinlingprocess,astePfurtherbyremainingchildren,cutt
4、ingthefamilydowntoitsmore__7__components,amanandawoman.Twopeople,perhapswithmatchedcareers,willprovemoreefficientatnavigatingthrougheducationandsocialstatus,throughjobchangesandgeographicrelocations,thantehordinarilychild-clutteredfamily.A__8__maybethepostponementofchildren,ratherthan
5、childlessness.Menandwomentodayareoftentornin__9__betweenacommitmenttocareerandacommitmenttochildren.Inthefuture,many__10__willsidestePthisproblembydeferringtheentiretaskofraisingchildrenuntilafterretirement.A)transplantB)solutionC)gaduallyD)transportE)elementalF)conflictG)continuallyH
6、)mobileI)couplesJ)agricultural)includingL)compromiseM)requiresN)primaryO)consisting 1.选J)。此处应填形容词，修饰名次societies。文章第一句就说Thetypicalpre-industrialfamily...“工业化之前的典型家庭模式......”，即“extended"family存在于工业化之前的社会，即agriculturalsociety。故J)正确。选项中的primary”最初的，原始的“不符合原文意思。 2.选A)。由behardtodosth.可知，此
7、处应填动词原形。Theyareimmobile“这样的家庭很难流动”，这说明这样的家庭arehardto...，选项中由transplant和transport两个动词原形，前者指的是“迁居，迁移”，后者指的是运输，不难推断前者符合原文意思，故A)transplant正确。3.选C)。因为这句话的句子结构完整，固此处应填副词。选项中的副词有gradually和continually,原文中...andtheso-called"nuclear"familyemerged.所谓的“核心家庭”便出现了“，emerge的意思是“浮现"，强调经过一个过程后出现的。由此可以判
8、断，这句话
