题目
Although the birth rate continued to decline from its high level of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries the population roughly doubled every generation during the rest of the nineteenth century. As the population grew, its make up also changed. Massive waves of immigration brought new ethnic groups into the country. Geographic and social mobility — downward as well as upward — touched almost everyone. Local studies indicate that nearly three quarters of the population in the North and South, in the emerging cities — the Northeast and in the restless rural counties of the West — changed their residence each decade. As a consequence, historian David Donald has written, "Social atomization affected every segment of society," and it seemed to many people that "all the recognized values of orderly civilization were gradually being eroded.
Rapid industrialization and increased geographic mobility in the nineteenth century had special implications for women because these changes tended to magnify social distinctions. As the roles of men and women played in society became more rigidly defined, so did the roles they played in the home. In the context of extreme competitiveness and dizzying social change, the household lost many of its earlier functions and the home came to serve as a haven of tranquility and order. As the size of families decreased, the roles of husband and wife became more clearly differentiated than ever before. In the middle class especially, men participated in the productive economy while women ruled the home and served as the custodians of civility and culture. The intimacy of marriage that was common in earlier periods was rent, and a gulf that at times seemed unbridgeable was created between husbands and wives.
What does the passage mainly discuss?
A.The economic development of the United States in the eighteenth century.
B.Ways in which economic development led to social changes in the United States.
C.Population growth in the western United States.
D.The increasing availability of industrial jobs for women in the United States.
第1题
What did the people in the United States do as the nineteenth century progressed?
A.They emigrated to other countries.
B.They often settled in the West.
C.They tended to change the place where they lived.
D.They had a higher birthrate than ever before.
第2题
What did the people in the United States do as the nineteenth century progressed?
A.They emigrated to other countries.
B.They often settled in the West.
C.They tended to change the place where they lived.
D.They had a higher birthrate than ever before.
第3题
A.occupied
B.overwhelmed
C.obliged
D.obsessed
第4题
A.emigrated to other countries
B.often settled in the West
C.tended to change the place in which they lived
D.had a higher rate of birth than ever before
第5题
A.emigrated to other countries
B.often settled in the West
C.tended to change the place in which they lived
D.had a higher rate of birth than ever before
第6题
The people living in the United States will not be faced with water shortages.
A.Y
B.N
C.NG
第7题
A.emigrated to other countries.
B.often settled in the West.
C.tended to change the place in which they lived.
D.had a higher rate of birth than ever before.
第8题
The people living in the United States will not be faced with water shortages.
A.Y
B.N
C.NG
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