问题 单项选择题

The United States has historically had higher rates of marriage than those of other industrialized countries. The current annual marriage (51) in the United States—about 9 new marriages for every 1,000 people—is (52) higher than it is in other industrialized countries. However, marriage is (53) as widespread as it was several decades ago. (54) of American adults who are married (55) from 72 percent in 1970 to 60 percent in 2002. This does not mean that large numbers of people will remain unmarried (56) their lives. Throughout the 20th century, about 90 percent of Americans married at some (57) in their lives. Experts (58) that about the same proportion of today’s young adults will eventually marry.

The timing of marriage has varied (59) over the past century. In 1995 the average age of women in the United States at the time of their first marriage was 25. The average age of men was about 27. Men and women in the United States marry for the first time at an average of five years later than people did in the 1950s. (60) , young adults of the 1950s married younger than did any previous generation in U. S. history.

58().

A.project 

B.plan 

C.promise 

D.propose

答案

参考答案:A

解析:

根据后面的表述:专家______,相同比例的年轻成人最终会结婚。A项表示“估计”是对未来的一种预测;B项表示“计划、设计”;C项表示“允许,答应”;D项表示“建议,提议”;根据句子可知它是一种推测,所以应该选A。

单项选择题 A3/A4型题
材料题

阅读下列材料:

       材料一:我们以这些殖民地人民的善良人民的名义和权力;谨庄严地宣布并昭告:这些联合殖民地从此成为,而且名正言顺地应当成为自由独立的合众国;它们解除对于英王的一切隶属关系,而他们与大不列颠王国之间的一切政治联系亦应从此完全废止。……——美国《独立宣言》

       材料二:我要拯救联邦,而不是拯救或者摧毁奴隶制,如果我能够不解放任何奴隶而拯救联邦,我愿意这样做,如果我能通过解放全部奴隶而拯救联邦,我愿意那样做。 ——《林肯复格里莱的信》

(1)材料一和材料二分别是美国历史上哪次革命中的文献?

                                                                                                                                                              

(2)根据材料一和材料二,说出这两次革命的任务有什么不同?

                                                                                                                                                             

                                                                                                                                                             

(3)第二次革命中北方为扭转战局,颁布了哪两部法律文献?

                                                                                                                                                             

(4)这两次革命对美国历史的发展各有什么意义?