As human children are unusually dependent far an unusually long time, it’s obvious that every society must provide a domestic context in which the children are brought up and educated. In present-day English, the word "family" has two meanings: firstly, the (1) group of parents and children; and secondly, a (2) of relations who might be expected to (3) at a wedding or a (4) . At the first level, my brothers and sisters and myself are all in the same (5) as children, but in different ones as parents; but at the second (6) , we’re all in the same family from start to finish.
As nuclear families become more (7) , families of relations become more dispersed (分散). The young mother can still talk to her Mum on the phone, but she can’t ask her to (8) for a few minutes to watch the baby. Ideas about the (9) of women have been changing: wives are thought to be the (10) of their husbands rather than their (11) . But perhaps they’re more (12) enslaved to their children than before. The point is that there doesn’t seem to be any (13) . There is a genuine (14) between the right of the woman to be treated as a free and self-respected (15) , and the right of the child to demand care and (16)
We have created for ourselves three (17) : social equality of men and women; (18) of the marriage; and lifelong love and (19) between parents and children. However, we have (20) a social system in which it’s quite impossible for these factors to co-exist.
Read the following text. Choose the best word (s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1.5（）
A．conference
B．family
C．organization
D．procedure
