A “typical” British family used to consist of mother, father and two
9 _; P! C! Q) k/ cchildren, and in recent years there have been many changes in family 1.____
1 C; Y) R0 x( Zlife. Some of these have been caused by new laws and other 2. _____+ B: y, a' G2 H
are the result of changes in society. For example, for the law 3.___
/ D5 ]" |. S- D$ A8 P( Vmade easier to get a divorce, the number of divorces has increased. 4. ______
) @) O; x8 d- S0 rIn fact, one marriage in every three now end in divorce. This means that 5. ______$ V. @7 w0 J' C: r+ V; F7 v1 y; V
there are a lot of one-parent families. Society is now more tolerant than it 5 G5 y: B- `/ n A7 R
used to be with unmarried people, unmarried couples and single parents. 6._____. H4 |1 ?/ d. V0 a, O5 _
Another change has been caused by the fact people are living longer 7. ____, L% Y0 S8 x! H! u0 b2 ~, B
nowadays, and many old people lives alone following the death of their * s% H/ Q# N6 R) @5 `, k+ e3 w
partners. As a cause of these changes in the pattern of people’s lives, there 8.____/ _( z0 ?2 A, b6 T+ O
are many families consist of only one person or one person and children. .9._____
0 D4 N0 O7 K" R1 [# W- E! qYou might think that marriage and the families are not so popular as they ) G6 o8 @- B- r
once are. However, the majority of divorced people marry again and they 10._____; C& S. R8 U. J
sometimes take responsibility for a second family.
$ ^4 U& u/ L+ i ~1. and -%26gt; but/ n) x& c- d5 f/ W( }- u+ K
根据上下文，此处应为转折关系
) k; {" Z, p7 k- p8 F3 Q' R4 A7 G2. other -%26gt; others
8 W L" e2 r: m- n这里是some….others的固定用法。
0 R1 a6 M& Q R6 Y( b9 @3. for -%26gt; since: C( {/ g0 R; s2 D7 h' {
for和since都可以表示“因为”，但是for表示原因引导得从句一般放在句末，所以在此处不对
" {( O5 Y" x: H: }4. made -%26gt; made it
& V; n. Z% A4 X9 y" P. z9 T0 v4 T句子主语是law，位于是made，easier是宾语补足语，逻辑宾语是easier后面的to get a divorce，可见此句缺少形式宾语it。' A t4 Z$ t! f" q) U. h! ~! G3 q* t
5. end -%26gt; ends
+ x, U# C5 Z1 `主语one marriage in every three 是单数，故谓语动词也要用单数。5 N6 }; }/ Z8 }4 M5 e2 M) i
6. with -%26gt; of
0 { T. p, t+ y/ G; p形容词tolerant后面只能用of。还原原句为Society is now more tolerant than it used to be ( tolerant) of unmarried people。- q5 l: Y$ ^* L% f' X
7. the fact -%26gt; the fact that- F# q4 t( q2 F- R T
fact之后的部分是同位语从句，补充说明fact
7 Y, E% l$ B5 s( q1 z0 k! y8. cause -%26gt; result6 w' I8 `1 g: |' o9 j
s a cause of意为“作为…的原因”，as a result of意为“作为…的结果”，根据上下文语义，应该用后者。
8 _0 k4 p5 z+ [0 }9. consist -%26gt; consisting或consist前加which或that
7 ^: h+ j7 _6 O0 D$ I' Z4 e8 J句子结构混乱。简单句中不能同时出现两个谓语动词。; ^+ a Z c/ J' Q# p' T
10.are -%26gt; were |
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