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The United States has historically had higher rates of marriage than those of other industrialized countries ． The current annual marriage 56 in the United States—about 9 new marriages for every 1 ， 000 people—is 57 higher than it is in other industrialized countries ． However ， marriage is 58 as widespread as it was several decades ago ． 59 of American adults who are married 60 from 72 percent in 1970 to 60 percent in 2002 ． This does not mean that large numbers of people will remain unmarried 61 their lives ． Throughout the 20th century ， about 90 percent of Americans married at some 62 in their lives ． Experts 63 that about the same proportion of today's young adults will eventually marry ．

The timing of marriage has varied 64 over the past century ． In 1995 the average age of women in the United States at the time of their first marriage was 25 ． The average age of men was about 27 ． Men and women in the United States marry for the first time an average of five years later than people did in the 1950s ． 65 ， young adults of the 1950s married younger than did any previous 66 in U ． S ． history ． Today's later age of marriage is 67 the age of marriage between 1890 and 1940 ． Moreover ， a greater proportion of the population was married (95 percent) during the 1950s than at any time before 68 ． Experts do not agree on why the “marriage rush” of the late 1940s and 1950s occurred ， but most social scientists believe it represented a 69 to the return of peaceful and prosperity after 15 years of severe economic 70 and war ．

56 ． A ． rate B ． ratio C ． percentage D ． poll

57 ． A ． potentially B ． intentionally C ． randomly D ． substantially

58 ． A ． not any longer B ． no more C ． no longer D ． not any more

59 ． A ． A proportion B ． The proportion C ． The number D ． A number

60 ． A ． declined B ． deteriorated C ． deduced D ． demolished

61 ． A ． past B ． passing C ． throughout D ． through

62 ． A ． period B ． level C ． point D ． respect

63 ． A ． project B ． plan C ． promise D ． propose

64 ． A ． unexpectedly B ． irregularly C ． flexibly D ． consistently

65 ． A ． Beside B ． However C ． Whereas D ． Nevertheless

66 ． A ． descendants B ． ascendants C ． population D ． generation

67 ． A ． according to B ． in line with C ． based D ． caused by

68 ． A ． and after B ． or after C ． or since D ． ever since

69 ． A ． refusal B ． realization C ． response D ． reality

70 ． A ． repression B ． aggression C ． restriction D ． depression

56 ． A 57 ． D 58 ． C 59 ． B 60 ． A 61 ． C ． 62 ． C ． 63 ． A 64 ． C 65 ． B

66 ． D 67 ． B 68 ． C 69 ． C 70 ． D