Read the following passage and do the tasks below

Dẫn chứng: The nuclear family, consisting of a mother, father, and their children may be more an American ideal than an American reality. American families fit the traditional mold and another third consists of married couples who either have no children or have none still living at home.

Đáp án đúng: The current American family

Typical (adj): tiêu biểu, điển hình, đặc trưng

Present (adj) hiện tại

Perfect (adj0: hoàn hảo

Traditional (adj): theo truyền thống

Đáp án đúng: B. present = current: hiện tại

Dẫn chứng: The most recent government census statistics reveal that only about one third of all current American families fits the traditional mold of two parents and their children, and another third consists of married couples who either have no children or have none still living at home.

Đáp án đúng: C. children

Dẫn chứng: The most recent government census statistics reveal that only about one third of all current American families fits the traditional mold of two parents and their children, and another third consists of married couples who either have no children or have none still living at home.

Đáp án đúng: A. One third of the total surveyed

Dẫn chứng: An analysis of the remaining one third of the population reveals that about 20 percent of the total number of American households are single people, the most common descriptor being women over sixty-five years of age.

Đáp án đúng: C. A single woman in her late sixties

Kiến thức: từ đồng nghĩa

undervalues: đánh giá thấp = does not appreciate: không đánh giá cao

Đáp án đúng: D. does not appreciate

Dẫn chứng đoạn 3: There are several easily identifiable reasons for the growing number of single-parent households. First, the sociological phenomenon of single-parent households reflects changes in cultural attitudes toward divorce and also toward unmarried mothers. A substantial number of adults become single parents as a result of divorce. In addition, the number of children born to unmarried women who choose to keep their children and rear them by themselves has increased dramatically. Finally, there is a small percentage of single-parent families that have resulted from untimely death. Today, these varied family types are typical and, therefore, normal.

Đáp án đúng: C. increased interest in parenting by fathers

Dẫn chứng đoạn 4: A view of family that only accepts the traditional nuclear arrangement not only ignores the reality of modern American family life, but also undervalues the familial bonds created in alternatives family arrangements. Apparently, many Americans are achieving supportive relationships in family forms other than the traditional one.

Đáp án đúng: A. There have always been a wide variety of family arrangements in the United States