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The American family unit is in the process of change. In the first half of the 20lh century, there were mainly two types of families: the extended and the nuclear. An extended family includes mother, father, children and some other relatives, living in the same house. A nuclear family is composed of just parents and children living under the same roof.
As the American economy had progressed from agricultural to industrial one, people were forced to move to different parts of the country to get good jobs. These jobs were mainly in the large cities. Now, in fact, three-quarters of Americans live in urban areas which occupy 2.5% of the national total land mass. Of the 118 million in the labour force, only 3 million still work on the farm.
Since moving for better jobs has often divided the extended family, the nuclear family became more popular. At present, 55% of the families in the US are nuclear families. But besides the two types of traditional family groupings, the family is now being expanded to include a variety of other living arrangements because of divorce. There is an increase in single-parent families, in which a father or mother lives with one or more children. Divorce has also led to blended families, which occur when previously married men and women marry again and combine the children from former marriage into a new family. There are also some couples who do not want to have children to form two-person childless families.
Câu hỏi:A nuclear family is one that______ .
- A. consists of father, mother, and children living in the same house
- B. relatives live with
- C. there are only grandparents, parents and their children living in
- D. is bigger than extended family
Lời giải tham khảo:
Đáp án đúng: A
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CÂU HỎI KHÁC
- A nuclear family is one that______ .
- The expression under the same roof” means_______
- The nuclear family becomes more popular because of_______ .
- How many types of families have there been in the US since the first half of the 20lh century?
- A blended family is a newly-formed family______ .