As human children are unusually
dependent far 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{{U}}
(1) {{/U}}group of parents and children; and secondly, a{{U}} (2)
{{/U}}of relations who might be expected to{{U}} (3) {{/U}}at a
wedding or a{{U}} (4) {{/U}}. At the first level, my brothers and
sisters and myself are all in the same{{U}} (5) {{/U}}as children, but
in different ones as parents; but at the second{{U}} (6) {{/U}}, we're
all in the same family from start to finish. As nuclear families
become more{{U}} (7) {{/U}}, families of relations become more dispersed
(分散). The young mother can still talk to her Mum on the phone, but she can't ask
her to{{U}} (8) {{/U}}for a few minutes to watch the baby. Ideas about
the{{U}} (9) {{/U}}of women have been changing: wives are thought to be
the{{U}} (10) {{/U}}of their husbands rather than their (11)
. But perhaps they're more{{U}} (12) {{/U}}enslaved to their
children than before. The point is that there doesn't seem to be any{{U}}
(13) {{/U}}. There is a genuine{{U}} (14) {{/U}}between the
right of the woman to be treated as a free and self-respected{{U}} (15)
{{/U}}, and the right of the child to demand care and{{U}} (16)
{{/U}} We have created for ourselves three{{U}} (17)
{{/U}}: social equality of men and women;{{U}} (18) {{/U}}of the
marriage; and lifelong love and{{U}} (19) {{/U}}between parents
and children. However, we have{{U}} (20) {{/U}}a social system in which
it's quite impossible for these factors to
co-exist.
【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。
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】turn up露面、出现;turn about(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。
【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。