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本模块知识网络Module 6 Animals in Danger 　　高考词汇 　　protect vt. 保护 　　skin vt. 剥皮；去皮 　　lay vt. 产卵；下蛋 　　waste vt. 浪费 　　monitor vt. 监测 　　reserve n. 保护区；保护圈 　　struggle n. 挣扎；斗争 　　跟踪导练（一） 　　阅读地带 　　A 　　Families have always changed. For instance， once the family was the world. In other words， at one time everything a person did took place within the family. The family was a child’s only school. The rules set up by the family were the only laws one had to obey， and the family was the only means one had to settle a dispute（纠纷）. The family is still the “world” in some cultures. But in many cultures， these former functions of the family have largely been taken over by other institutions（机构）， such as schools， churches， and governments. 　　In the past， families changed in other ways. Some scientists believe that when people got food by hunting animals and putting roots and plants together， the nuclear family was the rule. The family had to be small in order to move around and live off the land. When people settled in one place and began to farm to get food， they found that they needed more hands to do the work. The extended family developed in some cultures. Now in addition to their children， people lived together with their parents and even grandparents. 　　How are families changing today？ The number of nuclear families seems to be increasing everywhere in the world. The number of extended families is going down. One reason for this seems to be that in many cultures today people are leaving farms and villages to find jobs in the city. Extended families are hard to maintain（维持）when people have to be free to move in order to find jobs. 　　1. In many cultures today， the family ___ . 　　A. is the world 　　B. is not an institution 　　C. does not have any functions 　　D. has lost many of the functions it used to have 　　2. The nuclear family was the rule in the past because ___ . 　　A. people needed many hands to do farming 　　B. the extended family had not been invented yet 　　C