单选题
As human children are unusually dependent for an unusually long time, it's obvious that every society must provide a domestic context in which the children are brought up and educated. In present day English, the word ‘family’ has two meanings: firstly, the (1) group of parents and children; and secondly, a (2) of relations who might be expected to (3) at a wedding or a (4) . At the first level, my brothers and sisters and myself are all in the same (5) as children, but in different ones as parents; but at the second (6) , we're all in the same family from start to finish. As nuclear families become more (7) , families of relations become more dispersed (分). The young mother can still talk to her Mum on the phone, but she can't ask her to (8) for a few minutes to watch the baby. Ideas about the (9) of women have been changing: wives are thought to be the (10) of their husbands rather than their (11) . But perhaps they're more (12) enslaved to their children than before. The point is that there doesn't seem to be any (13) . There is a genuine (14) between the right of the woman to be treated as a free and self-respected (15) , and the right of the child to demand care and (16) . We have created for ourselves three (17) : social equality of men and women: (18) of the marriage; and lifelong love and (19) between parents and children. However, we have (20) a social system in which it's quite impossible for these factors to co-exist.
单选题
A. parade B. network C. collection D. framework
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】根据此句话，family有两个含义：一个是domestic group of parents and children，另一个则是有相关关系的亲戚(relations)。parade：行列、整队游行：network：网，网络；collection：积聚、收集物；framework：构架、框架。只有network可以表示由相关的人组成的亲戚关系网。
单选题
A. turn up B. turn about C. turn in D. turn over
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】turn up露面、出现；turnabout：(使)向后转、(使)转身；turn in：上交、归还；turn over：翻转、(使)颠倒。“at a wedding’是关键词，根据上下文只能选择turn up。
单选题
A. solution B. evolution C. fiction D. location
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】解决问题的办法。evolution：进化，fiction：杜撰、虚构；location：地点都不合题意。根据上文的But perhaps they're more thoroughly enslaved to their children than before可知这是个问题，因此选择solution。