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　　Section A

　　36、Questions 36-46 are based on the following passage.

　　The typical pre—industrial family not only had a good many children，but numerous other dependents as well—grandparents，uncles，aunts and cousins.Such“extended”families were suited for survival in slow paced ___36___societies.But such families are hard to___37___.They are immobile.

　　Industrialism demanded masses of workers ready and able to move off the land in pursuit of jobs，and to move again whenever necessary.Thus the extended family38 shed its excess weight and the so called“nuclear”family emerged—a stripped—down，portable family unit___39___0nly of parents and a small set of children.

　　This new style of family,far more___40___than the traditional extended family，became the standard model in all the industrial countries.Super-industrialism，however,the next stage of ec0—technological development，___41___ even higher mobility.Thus we may expect many among the people of the future to carry the streamlining process，a step further by remaining children，cutting the family down to its more___42___components，a man and a woman.Two people，perhaps with matched careers，will prove more efficient at navigating through education and social status，through job changes and geographic relocations，than the ordinarily child—cluttered family.A___43___maybe the postponement of children，rather than childlessness.Men and women today are often torn in___44___between a commitment to career and a commitment to children.In the future，many___45___will side aside this problem by deferring the entire task of raising children until after retirement.