Directions:Inthissection,thereisapassagewithtenblanks.Youarerequiredtoselectonewordforeachblankfromalistofchoicesgiveninawordbankfollowingthepassage.Readthepassagethroughcarefullybeforemakingyourchoices.EachchoiceinthebankisidentifiedbyaletterPleasemarkthecorrespondingletterforeachitemonAnswerSheet2withasinglelinethroughthecentre.Youmaynotuseanyofthewordsinthebankmorethanonce.
Questions36to45arebasedonthefollowingpassage.
Thetypicalpreindustrialfamilynotonlyhadagoodmanychildren,butnumerousotherdependentsaswell—grandparents,uncles,auntsandcousins.Such“extended”familiesweresuitedforsurvivalinslowpaced_36_societies.Butsuchfamiliesarehardto__37___.Theyareimmobile.
Industrialismdemandedmassesofworkersreadyandabletomoveoffthelandinpursuitofjobs,andtomoveagainwhenevernecessary.Thustheextendedfamily38sheditsexcessweightandthesocalled“nuclear”familyemerged—astripped—down,portablefamilyunit___39___0nlyofparentsandasmallsetofchildren.
Thisnewstyleoffamily,farmore___40___thanthetraditionalextendedfamily,becamethestandardmodelinalltheindustrialcountries.Super-industrialism,however,thenextstageofec0—technologicaldevelopment,___41___evenhighermobility.Thuswemayexpectmanyamongthepeopleofthefuturetocarrythestreamliningprocess,astepfurtherbyremainingchildren,cuttingthefamilydowntoitsmore___42___components,amanandawoman.Twopeople,perhapswithmatchedcareers,willprovemoreefficientatnavigatingthrougheducationandsocialstatus,throughjobchangesandgeographicrelocations,thantheordinarilychild—clutteredfamily.A___43___maybethepostponementofchildren,ratherthanchildlessness.Menandwomentodayareoftentornin___44___betweenacommitmenttocareerandacommitmenttochildren.Inthefuture,many___45___willsideasidethisproblembydeferringtheentiretaskofraisingchildrenuntilafterretirement.