阅读理解Moresurprising,perhaps,thanthecurrentdifficultiesoftraditionalmarriageisthefactthatmarriageitselfisaliveandincreasing.AsSkolnicknotes,Americansareamarryingpeople:relativetoEuropeans,moreofusmarryatyoungerage.Moreover,afterfallingintheearly1970s,therateofmarriageintheUnitedStatesisnowincreasing.Eventhedivorceratesneedtobetakeninthispro-marriagecontext:some80percentofdivorcedindividualsremarry.Thus,marriageremains,byfar,thepreferredwayoflifeforthevastmajorityofpeopleinoursociety.Whathaschangedmorethanmarriageisthenuclearfamily.Twenty-fiveyearsago,thetypicalAmericanfamilyconsistedofahusband,awife,andtwoorthreechildren.Now,therearemanymarriagesinwhichcoupleshavedecidednottohaveanychildren.Andtherearemanymarriageswhereatleastsomeofthechildrenarefromthewife'spreviousmarriage,orthehusband's,orboth,sometimesthesechildrenspendalloftheirtimewithoneparentfromtheformermarriage;sometimestheyaresharedbetweentwoformerspouses.Thus,onecanfindeverytypeoffamilyarrangement.Therearemarriageswithoutchildren;marriageswithchildrenforonlythepresentmarriage;marriageswith“full-time”childrenfromboththepresentandformermarriages;marriageswith“full-time”childrenfromthepresentmarriageand“part-time”childrenfromformermarriages.Therearestepfathers,stepmothers,half-brothers,andhalf-sisters.Itisnotallthatunusualforachildtohavefourparentsandeightgrandparents!Theseareenormouschangesfromthetraditionalnuclearfamily.Butevenso,eveninthemidstofallthis,thereremainsoneconstant:mostAmericansspendmostoftheiradultlivesmarried.1.BycallingAmericansmarryingpeopletheauthormeansthat__________.A.AmericansaremoretraditionalthanEuropeansB.AmericansexpectmoreoutofmarriagethanEuropeansC.therearemoremarriedcouplesintheUSAthaninEuropeD.moreofAmericansascomparedwithEuropeans,prefermarriageandtheyacceptitatayoungerage2.Whichofthefollowingcanbepresentedasthepictureoftoday'sAmericanfamilies?A.AtypicalAmericanfamilyconsistsofonlyahusbandandawife.B.Manytypesoffamilyarrangementshavebecomesociallyacceptable.C.America