杭州市2015高考英语阅读理解一轮练习（五）及答案.docVIP

杭州市2015高考英语阅读理解一轮练习（5）及答案 【2015高考复习】阅读理解 The British arent having as many children as they used to.One reason is that people are having children much older than before，meaning they have fewer years in which they can have them.After years at university，they need a few years of work experience before they can get the job they want.They might then get married，but its incredibly expensive to buy a house in the UK. The above explains why young British people now dont move out of their parents home until they are around 30 years old on average.It is not until they are 30 that they can afford their own home.Increasingly，it is not until that age that they can afford to get married and start a new life in a new home.Its only after this age that many young people start thinking about having a child. So a British person manages to get a job，get a home and get married.Why isnt he or she then having at least two children on average？The main reason is that it is quite expensive to bring up a child in the UK.Why is it expensive？Well，these days，both parents need to work just to pay for their home and living expenses.Because both parents are at work，that means they then need to pay someone to look after their child during the day.Paying for this childcare is nearly always expensive. The recent financial crisis is making things even harder for families，since unemployment is rising and even fewer people can afford to have children.With so much pressure on families，is it any surprise that the divorce rate is so high? So what is Britain doing to try and save the British family？The government is trying to make it cheaper to have children.For example，there have been increases in money families can claim from the state each month.Also，there are increasing government subsidies for nursery schools，so that parents do not need to pay so much for childcare. The government is also trying to reduce the number of hours British parents have to work to earn enough money to pay their bills.If parent