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The family in Britain is changing. The once typical British family headed by

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问题     The family in Britain is changing. The once typical British family headed by two parents has (36)______ substantial changes during the twentieth century. In particular there has been a rise in the number of single-person households, which (37)______ from 18 to 29 percent of all households between 1971 and 2002.
By the year 2020, it is (38)______ that there will be more single people than (39)______ people. Fifty years ago this would have been socially (40)______ in Britain.
    In the past, people got married and stayed married. (41)______ was very difficult, expensive and took a long time. Today, people’s views on marriage are changing. Many (42)______, mostly in their twenties or thirties, live together without getting married. Only about 60% of these couples will (43)______ get married.
    In the past, people married before they had children, but now about 40% of children in Britain are born to unmarried parents. In 2000; (44)____________. Before 1960 this was very unusual. People are generally getting married at a later age now and many women do not want to have children immediately. (45)____________. The number of single-parent families is increasing. This is mainly due to more marriages ending in divorce, (46)____________.
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答案 They prefer to concentrate on their jobs and put off having a baby until their late thirties
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