A “typical” British family used to consist of mother, father and two
children, and in recent years there have been many changes in family 1.____
life. Some of these have been caused by new laws and other 2. _____
are the result of changes in society. For example, for the law 3.___
made easier to get a divorce, the number of divorces has increased. 4. ______
In fact, one marriage in every three now end in divorce. This means that 5. ______
there are a lot of one-parent families. Society is now more tolerant than it
used to be with unmarried people, unmarried couples and single parents. 6._____
Another change has been caused by the fact people are living longer 7. ____
nowadays, and many old people lives alone following the death of their
partners. As a cause of these changes in the pattern of people‘s lives, there 8.____
are many families consist of only one person or one person and children. .9._____
You might think that marriage and the families are not so popular as they
once are. However, the majority of divorced people marry again and they 10._____
sometimes take responsibility for a second family.
1. and -%26gt; but
根据上下文,此处应为转折关系
2. other -%26gt; others
这里是some…。others的固定用法。
3. for -%26gt; since
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
4. made -%26gt; made it
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.
5. end -%26gt; ends
主语one marriage in every three 是单数,故谓语动词也要用单数。
6. with -%26gt; of
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.
7. the fact -%26gt; the fact that
fact之后的部分是同位语从句,补充说明fact
8. cause -%26gt; result
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。
9. consist -%26gt; consisting或consist前加which或that
句子结构混乱。简单句中不能同时出现两个谓语动词。
10.are -%26gt; were