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THE FAMILY IN AMERICA (1)
Exercise 1.Read the text, get ready to fulfill the task.
In America after the marriage the young couple is free to decide where to live and when to start a family. They plan the number of children they are going to have and when their children will be born. Birth-control information is easily available in most states, and the practice of limiting the size of families has had general approval. The birth rate has been declining steadily in recent years.
If the couple finds that their marriage was a mistake, they are free to get a divorce. The divorce rate has almost doubled in the past fifty years, and current statistics indicate that one of every three marriages will end in divorce. Many people view these figures with alarm. They fear that the institution of marriage is falling apart. A number of sociologists, on the other hand, say that this increase in divorces doesn't indicate more unhappy marriages. Instead, the point to changes in the laws that has made divorce easier and to changes in attitudes that have made divorce more acceptable than it had been years ago. They also claim that since more than two thirds of all divorced people marry again, divorce marks a temporary rather than a permanent,break in marital relations.
In the American family the husband and wife usually share important decision making. When the children are old enough, they participate as well.
Exercise 2.Do the tasks.
1. The word “available” from the first passage means:
A. полезный B. действительный C. доступный D. надёжный
2. Choose the antonym to the word “divorce” from the first passage.
A. engagement B. loneliness C. dating D. marriage
3. Give the infinitive of the word “born” from the first passage.
A. to be B. to bear C. to bore D. to bound
4. Open the brackets choosing the correct variant
The planning of planning the number of children (to approve)
A. The planning of the number of children has been approved
B. The planning of the number of children is approved
C. The planning of the number of children approved
D. The planning of the number of children will be approved
5. What sentence corresponds to the contents of the 1 passage?
A. The young couple should live with their parents.
B. The number of children must not be planned
C. Parents should not limit the size of families.
D. The number of children is becoming less and less nowadays.
6. What sentence doesn’t correspond to the contents of the 2 passage?
A. One of every three marriages will end in divorce.
B. Many earlier divorced people marry again.
C. Now there are fewer divorced than fifty years ago.
D. Divorce is a temporary break in marital relations.
7. What sentence corresponds to the contents of the whole text?
A. The birth rate has been declining in recent years.
B. The young couple makes her own choice where to live.
C. The number of divorces is growing but the institution of marriage is not disintegrating.
D. The Americans do not limit the size of families.
8. What sentence doesn’t correspond to the whole text?
A. Everything connected with marriage is very important for the Americans.
B. The Americans often marry and often divorce.
C. Children don’t take part in family decision making.
D. The Americans don’t take care of their children.
9. Choose the correct answer: How does the young couple start family life?
A. They always follow their parents’ advice.
B. They live separately and decide everything themselves.
C. A great number of marriages end in divorce.
D. They don’t limit the size of families.
10. Choose the correct answer: Do the children in America take part in discussing family’s affairs?
A. Sometimes they take part in discussion.
B. They are never allowed to interfere in decision making.
C. Children always participate in decision making.
D. Parents let them discuss family affairs when they are old enough.
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