Although they may not die from lack of love, adults also need a great amount

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问题     Although they may not die from lack of love, adults also need a great amount of affection and【B1】______. In the past, many people spent their【B2】______lives in the communities in which they were born and【B3】______. Many more people continued to live with their parents, brothers and sisters after they were married and had children of their own. By remaining in【B4】______ communities with relatives nearby, families had enough【B5】______for friendly contact and support in time of trouble.
    Recent studies【B6】______that family arrangements in Western societies have not changed as much in the last few centuries as is【B7】______believed. Yet most sociologists agree that in modern societies, there are fewer opportunities for friendship and support from relatives outside the【B8】______family. Parents and children often live apart from other relatives, and seldom visit them. Also,【B9】______. Together, loneliness and mobility force immediate family members to depend heavily on one another for affection and companionship.
   【B10】______, a high percentage of people continue to marry, even though it is possible for a single man and woman to live together without marrying. On the other hand, because affection and companionship have become so important,【B11】______ even if all other family functions are being satisfactorily performed, and in this sense, affection and companionship have become the touchstone of the modern family. [br] 【B8】

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答案 immediate

解析 空前的the和空后的family表明,本空应填一个形容词。immediate在这里表示“紧邻的,最接近的”,immediate family意为“直系亲属”。下文出现的immediate为本空所填词的原词复现。
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