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问题     At least since the Industrial Revolution, gender roles have been in a state of transition. As a result, cultural scripts about marriage have undergone change. One of the more obvious【C1】______has occurred in the roles that women【C2】______. Women have moved into the world of work and have become adept at meeting expectations in that arena, 【C3】______maintaining their family roles of nurturing and creating a(n) 【C4】______that is a haven for all family members.【C5】______many women experience strain from trying to "do it all," they often enjoy the increased【C6】______that can result from playing multiple roles. As women’s roles have changed, changing expectations about men’s roles have become more【C7】______Many men are relinquishing their major responsibility【C8】______the family provider. Probably the most significant change in men’s roles, however, is in the emotional【C9】______of family life. Men are increasingly【C10】______to meet the emotional needs of their families,【C11】______their wives.
In fact, expectations about the emotional domain of marriage have become more significant for marriage in general. Research on【C12】______marriage has changed over recent decades points to the increasing importance of the emotional side of the relationships and the importance of sharing in the "emotion work"【C13】______to nourish marriages and other family relationships. Men and women want to experience marriages that are interdependent,【C14】______both partners nurture each other, attend and respond to each other, and encourage and promote each other. We are thus seeing marriages in which men’s and women’s roles are becoming increasingly more【C15】______.
【C15】

选项 A、pleasant
B、important
C、similar
D、manageable

答案C

解析 本题可根据前句中提到的男女双方都希望有个靠双方共同努力维持的婚姻,可以推知“男方和女方的角色变得越来越相似了”,因此C项的similar为正确答案。
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