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阅读理解 短文理解1 There have been changes in all sorts of different areas of British society. In recent years in the UK we have had a very large increase in the number of couples who get divorced. After 1969 and the Divorce Law Reform Act we had a very rapid increase in the number of divorces. The rate increased steadily and in recent years has increased much more rapidly. But there are also quite a lot of people who do actually get married. At present the marriage rate in the UK is about 70 per cent, which has gone down since the number of people who marry has gone down quite a lot in the last 20 years, but more significantly in the last 10 years. Quite high proportions of people now live together without marrying, and, for example, 40 per cent of children born in the UK are born to couples who arent married or are born to lone parents. There are quite a large number of lone parent families, 90 per cent of these are headed by a woman rather than a man. The average family size now in the UK is 1.8 children per couple, which means that theres been quite a decline in the birth rate in the UK along with other European countries. 1. What does the passage mainly discuss? A. The declining divorce rate in the UK. B. Trends in marriage and divorce in the UK. C. The increasing divorce rate in the UK. 2. During the last ten years, __________. A. the marriage rate has gone down more rapidly in the UK B. the marriage rate has gone up a lot in the UK C. 40% of children were born to unwed couples in the UK 3. According to the passage, the cohabitation rate in the UK tends to __________. A. soar (急剧上升) B. not mentioned in the passage C. stay stable 4. According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true? A. The marriage rate has gone down in recent years. B. The highest divorce rate was around 1969. C. The marriage rate is currently 70 percent. 5. The last paragraph tells us __________. A. the birth rate in the UK is increasing at the moment B. the birth ra