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“There is a senseless notion that children grow up and leave home when they are 18, and the truth is far from that.” Says sociologist Larry Bumpass of the University of Wisconsin. Today, unexpected numbers of young adults are living with their parents. “There is a major shift in the middle class,” declared a sociologist of Northwestern University, whose son, 19, moved back in after an absence of eight months.
Analysts cite a variety of reasons for this return to the nest. The marriage age is rising, a condition that makes home and its pleasantness particularly attractive to young people. A high divorce rate and a declining remarriage rate are sending economically pressed and emotionally hurt survivors back to parental shelters. For some, the expense of away-from-home college education has become so excessively great that many students now attend local schools. Even after graduation, young people find their wings clipped by skyrocketing housing costs.
A mother says, “It is ridiculous for the kids to pay all that money for rent. It makes for kids to stay at home.” But sharing the family home requires adjustments for all. There are hassles over bathrooms, telephones and privacy. Some families, however, manage the delicate balancing act. But for others, it proves too difficult. Michelle Del Turco, 24, has been home three times—and left three times, “what I consider a social drink, my dad considered an alcohol problem,” she explains, “he never liked anyone I dated, so I either had to hide away or meet them at friend’s houses.” Just how long should adult children live with their parents before moving on? Most psychologists feel lengthy homecomings are a mistake. Many agree brief visits, however, can work beneficially.
There was once a trend in the US that _C__.
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