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In times of economic crisis, Americans turn to their families for support. I
In times of economic crisis, Americans turn to their families for support. I
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2023-07-19
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In times of economic crisis, Americans turn to their families for support. If the Great Depression is any guide, we may see a drop in our skyhigh divorce rate. But this won’t necessarily represent an increase in happy marriages. In the long run, the Depression weakened American families, and the current crisis will probably do the same.
We tend to think of the Depression as a time when families pulled together to survive huge job losses. By 1932, when nearly one-quarter of the workforce was unemployed, the divorce rate had declined by around 25% from 1929. But this doesn’t mean people were suddenly happier with their marriages. Rather, with incomes decreasing and insecure jobs, unhappy couples often couldn’t afford to divorce. They feared neither spouse could manage alone.
Today, given the job losses of the past year, fewer unhappy couples will risk starting separate households. Furthermore, the housing market meltdown will make it more difficult for them to finance their separations by selling their homes.
After financial disasters family members also tend to do whatever they can to help each other and their communities. A 1940 book, The Unemployed Man and His Family, described a family in which the husband initially reacted to losing his job "with tireless search for work." He was always active, looking for odd jobs to do.
The problem is that such an impulse is hard to sustain. Across the country, many similar families were unable to maintain the initial boost in morale (士气). For some, the hardships of life without steady work eventually overwhelmed their attempts to keep their families together. The divorce rate rose again during the rest of the decade as the recovery took hold.
Millions of American families may now be in the initial stage of their responses to the current crisis, working together and supporting one another through the early months of unemployment.
Today’s economic crisis could well generate a similar number of couples whose relationships have been irreparably (无法弥补地) ruined. So it’s only when the economy is healthy again that we’ll begin to see just how many broken families have been created. [br] What will the current economic crisis eventually do to some married couples?
选项
A、It will force them to pull their efforts together.
B、It will undermine their mutual understanding..
C、It will help strengthen their emotional bonds.
D、It will irreparably damage their relationship.
答案
D
解析
本题问当前经济危机最终可能导致的结果,由题干中的current economic crisis及couples可定位到最后一段。该段could well generate…与选题干中的will…eventually do呼应,讲经济危机最终很可能会彻底破坏了一些夫妻的关系,[D]同义转述了定语从句whose relationships…damage与ruined相对应,故答案为[D]。[A]符合经济危机初期的情况,与题干不符;[B]中的mutual understanding在文中没有相关信息;[C]与原文表述相反。
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