职称英语备考卫生A级阅读理解练习(3)

1、职称英语备考卫生 A 级阅读理解练习 (3)2021年职称英语备考卫生 A 级阅读理解练习The FamilyThe structure of a family takes different forms around the world and even in the same society. The family' s form changes as it adapts to changing social and econominfluences. Until recently, the most common form in North America was the nuc

2、lear family ，consisting of a married couple with their minor children. The nuclear family is an independent unit. It must be prepared to fend for itself. Individual family members strongly depend on one another. There is little help from outside the family in emergencies. Elderly relatives of a nucl

3、ear family are cared for only if it is possible for the family to do so. In North America ，the elderly often do not live with the family ; they live in retirement communities and nursing homes.There are many parallels between the nuclear family in industrial societies，such as North America ，and of f

4、amilies in societies such as that of the Inuits，who live in harsh environments. The nuclear family structure is well adapted to a life of mobility. In harsh conditions， mobility allows the family to hunt for food. For North Americans ， the hunt for jobs and improved social status also requires mobil

5、ity.The nuclear family was not always the North American standard. In a more agrarian time， the small nuclear family was usually part of a larger extended family. This might have included grandparents， mother and father，brothers and sisters， uncles，aunts，and cousins. In North America today ， there i

6、s a dramatic rise in the number of single-parent households. Twice as many households in the United States are headed by divorced， separated，or never-married individuals as are comprised of nuclear families. The structure of the family ，not just in North America, but throughoutthe world ，continues t

7、o change as it adapts to changing conditions.练习:1. Another good title for this passage would be.A) What Makes a Family?B) The Life of the Inuits.C) Living with Hardship.D) The Failure of theNuclear Family.2. A nuclear family is defined as.A) a married couple with their minor childrenB) a single fath

8、er with ，minor childrenC) parents， grandparents， and childrenD) parents，children ，and aunts and uncles3. The information in this passage would most likely be found in.A) an anthropology textbookB) a biology textbookC) a mathematics textbookD) a geography textbook4. The information in the first paragraph is presented mainly through A) listing statisticsB) telling a storyC) pointing out similaritiesD) p