Unit
8
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At the beginning of the twentieth century, many people thought that the
American family was falling 1. in other words, they thought it was
dying. A century later, we know that this was not 2.
However,
although the family is still alive in the United States, its size and shape are
very different from
3. they were 100 years ago.
In the early 1900s, there were
4.
two types of families in the United
States: the extended and the nuclear. The extended family usually 5.
grandparents, parents, and children living under the same roof. The nuclear
- family consists
6.
only parents and children. As people began to move to
other parts of the country to find better jobs, the nuclear family became the
most common family
7..
During World War II, five million women
to take care of their
homes and their children. Because many men were at war, thousands of
these "war 9. had to go to work outside their homes, many of
worked long hours at hard jobs, especially factories.
10.
(
) 1. (A) part
(B) partly
(c) apart
(D) partial
(
) 2. (A) the case
(B) a case
(C) a event
(D) the incident
(
) 3. (A) which
(B) who
(C) where
(D) what
(
) 4. (A) surely
(B) mainly
(C) absolutely
(D) definitely
(
) 5. (A) includes
(B) including
(C) inclusive
(D) included
(
) 6. (A) in
(B) of
(C) by
(D) with
(
) 7 (A) texture
(B) construction (C) structure
(D) adventure
(
.) 8. (A) were left alone
(B) left alone
(C) kept alone
(D) were kept
(
) 9. (A) windows
(B) widows
(C) wings
(D) whistles
(
) 10. (A) them
(B) who
(C) whom
(D) which
