Question

【題目】任務(wù)型閱讀 The lifestyle of families has changed because of science and industry（工業(yè)）.
More Americans used to live on farms, nearly each family had many children. In a farm family, parents and their children often lived with grandparents. Uncles and aunties often lived nearby, too. But when industry became more important than agriculture（農(nóng)業(yè)）in American life, families became smaller, industry needs lots of workers. They must be ready and able to move off the land and move again whenever necessary. It isn't easier for large families to move from place to place as small families can. Today, more and more small families have appeared, smaller families may have no children and they may have only a man and a woman because keeping children is really hard work. It takes parents not only money and time, but also much more energy and makes young couples（夫婦）busy working, studying and enjoying their lives all day. They are probably not important in keeping children.
That's why the increasing of population in most developed countries are becoming more and more slowly, In China today, each family has only one healthy child because of one-child policy.
In this way, the country can develop farther than before and young children can have more opportunities to get education and to find suitable jobs.
（1）Did each family only have one child in the past?
（2）Why have the families become smaller and smaller?
（3）What may a smaller family have?
（4）Who did parents and their children use to live with?
（5）which countries' population increases faster, developed countries or developing countries?

Answer 1

【答案】
（1）No.
（2）Because it is really hard work. It takes parents not only money and time, but also much more energy.
（3）It may only have a man and a woman.
（4）Grandparents.
（5）Developing countries.
【解析】本文介紹西方國家家庭的變化。
⑴細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)nearly each family had many children可知美國每個家庭有很多孩子，所以答案是No.。
⑵細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)Today, more and more small families have appeared, smaller families may have no children and they may have only a man and a woman because keeping children is really hard work. It takes parents not only money and time, but also much more energy and makes young couples（夫婦）busy working,可知小家庭的出現(xiàn)是因為養(yǎng)活孩子變得很難，不僅需要錢和時間，而且需要更多的精力，讓年輕夫婦忙于工作，所以答案是Because it is really hard work. It takes parents not only money and time, but also much more energy。
⑶細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù) smaller families may have no children and they may have only a man and a woman，可知小的家庭也許沒有孩子，他們也許只有一個男人和一個女人。所以答案是It may only have a man and a woman.。
⑷細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù) In a farm family, parents and their children often lived with grandparents. 可知在農(nóng)業(yè)家庭，父母和孩子們經(jīng)常和爺爺奶奶住在一起，所以答案是Grandparents.。
⑸細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)That's why the increasing of population in most developed countries are becoming more and more slowly可知發(fā)達國家的人口增長變得越來越慢，所以發(fā)展中國家的人口增長更快一些，所以答案是Developing countries.。