单选题Which of the following is NOT characteristic of a tamadn family?A A tamarin family consists of Father, Mother and their children.B The family life is organized like humans.C All the family members share the responsibility in the upbringing.D Tamarin br

The nuclear family is the same as the extended family: it consists of many relatives living in the same house.()

All the members of the family sit down together and are on their best ____.

A: act

B: action

C: activity

D: behavior

Which of the following statements is true?

A. Males and females in the family took turns using the bathtub.

B. Some bathtubs were big enough for many people to bathe in at the same time.

C. All the women and girls of a family could bathe together standing up in the tub.

D. When several family members bathed together, they did not use the bathtub.

A. room

B. household

C. Family

The mother and father ____ the nucleus, or the center, of the nuclear family.

A: forms

B: are formed by

C: in the form. of

D: form

EXTENDED FAMILY In an extended family, all the people share one household. Apart from parents and children, there may be other family members grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, etc. That is to say, a large family may have more than two generations, and often there are more than two adults from different generations of a family. The family members live together for many reasons. They may help to bring up children or to take care of an ill relative. They may also help with saving money. Sometimes children are brought up by their grandparents, for their parents have died or can never take care of them. Many grandparents look after the children,particularly when both parents are busy working. This large family is called extended family. It can be found all over the world. The number of these families has increased by 40 percent in the past ten years. Most of such families live happily together.

1. In an extended family, people live in different houses.()

2. An extend family includes at least three generations.()

3.In an extended family, children are looked after by their grandparents because their parents are traveling around.()

4. Extended families can be found all over the world.()

5. Children can live happily with their parents and grandparents.()

The nuclear family ____ two parents (mother and father) and their children.

A: consists of

B: consist of

C: is consisted of

D: consists

What is the typical American family (21) ? Married American adults will name their husband or wife and their children (22) their "immediate family"(直系家庭). If they (23) their father, mother, sisters, or brothers, they will define them as separate units, usually (24) in separate households. Aunts, uncles, cousins, and grandparents are (25) "extended family"(扩大的家庭).

The structure of the American family has undergone great changes (26) the 1950s. Traditionally, the American family (27) been a nuclear family, consisting (28) a husband, a wife, and their children. Grandparents (29) live in the same home with their (30) sons and daughters.

In the 1950s, 70 percent of American households (31) the "classic" American family—a husband, wife, and two children. The father earned the money to 32 the family, the mother (33) the children and did not work outside the home, and they had two children.

Yet, in the 1990s,only 8 percent of American households consisted of a (34) father, a stay-at- home mother, and two children. And 35 ,18 percent of households consisted of two parents who were both working and some or more children living at home.

21.

A. likes

B. liking

C. like

D. look like

Traditionally, the father of a nuclear family earned money for the family ____ the mother cared for the house and the children.

A: when

B: while

C: as

D: for

A.family ip

B.family ip6

C.family inet

D.family inet4