Choose the best answers to complete the following sentences.
Choose the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s).
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.
The family in Britain is changing. The once typical British family headed by two parents has undergone substantial changes during the twentieth century. In particular there has been a rise in the number of single-person households, which increased from 18 to 29 per cent of all households between 1971 and 2002. By the year 2020, it is estimated that there will be more single people than married people. Fifty years ago, this would have been socially unacceptable in Britain.
In the past, people got married and stayed married. Divorce was very difficult, expensive and took a long time. Today, people's views on marriage are changing. Many couples, mostly in their twenties or thirties, live together (cohabit) without getting married. Only about 60% of these couples will eventually get married.
In the past, people married before they had children, but now about 40% of children in Britain are born to unmarried cohabiting) parents. In 2000, around a quarter of unmarried people between the ages of 16 and 59 were cohabiting in Great Britain. Cohabiting couples are also starting families without first being married. Before 1960 this was very unusual, but in 2001 around 23 per cent of births in the UK were to cohabiting couples.
People are generally getting married at a later age now and many women do not want to have children immediately. They prefer to concentrate on their jobs and put off having a baby until late thirties.
The number of single-parent families is increasing. This is mainly due to more marriages ending in divorce, but some women are also choosing to have children as lone parents without being married.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
Each family forms its own set of values and decides what is most important to them. Discipline also ___(25)___ among families. Families have different ways of dealing with different issues. In some families, one or both parents make all the decisions with no input from the children, ___(26)___ other families may encourage input from all family members before decisions are ___(27)___. Perhaps you know of a family ___(28)___ there is equal decision making among family members.
There is no one family style for everyone. A family's style ___(29)___ based on each family's individual situation and the values they care about. For example, your family may be laid-back, while another family is very active and ___(30)___. Many different ways of living together can ___(31)___. What makes a family strong is not just the number of people in it, ___(32)___ its members are related, or their pace of life; people caring for one another and sharing their lives is what really matters.
Many families also share faith in religious activities ___(33)___ one another. As a Scout, part of your duty is to do your ___(34)___ to make your family strong and help your family thrive. By doing this, you are helping to lay the foundation for a stronger community and society.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to the first one.
Rearrange the sentences to make meaningful sentences
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences given.
Choose the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s).