- Intermediate
- Listening
Family
- Listening
Listen and answer the questions.
Choose the correct answer.
1)
Sociologists
suppose
...
- Young generation don’t feel the responsibility for old people
- In recent decades, many old people have been able to rely on their offspring for support
- Before 1960s many children had been brought up by one parent
- The family is a cell of society
2)
According
to
the
lecturer
during
the
last
we
have
seen
a
big
change
in
traditional
family
structures.
- fifty years
- decade
- century
- fifteen years
3)
In
the
early
1900s
dwelling
was
...
- In short supply
- Not a problem due to small population
- Not in common
- Increasing
4)
In
the
1900s
people
had
to
live
with
their
parents
because
...
- They wanted to take over the property when their parents died
- Housing scarce
- They wanted to benefit from their family line
- Not given
5)
In
the
1950s
only
of
offspring
were
only
children.
- a third
- a tenth
- thirty per cent
- a half
Listen and answer the questions.
Choose the correct answer.
1)
The
factors
which
are
eroding
Nuclear
family
structure
are
...
- Lone-parenting
- Cohabitation
- All answers are right
- The rise of step-families
2)
are
becoming
more
and
more
common.
- Step-families
- Cohabitation
- Lone parenting
- All answers are right
3)
Step-family
is
when
...
- Not mentioned
- One or both parents have a child from ex-partner
- Partners have no children
- A child has one parent
4)
In
the
percentage
of
children
with
was
just
4
percent.
- 1918,only parent
- 1980,step-families
- 2008,only parent
- 1918,step-families
5)
Co-habitation
is
...
- A child has one parent
- One or both parents have a child from ex-partner
- Unmarried couple
- When partners have no children
6)
According
to
statistics
...
- Probability of cohabiting couples separate is more than probability of their marriage
- Cohabiting partners have one child
- Cohabiting couples have no children
- All answers are right
7)
Lone-parenting
is
when
...
- Child has one parent
- All answers are wrong
- Child has one step-parent at least
- Child has no parent
8)
In
the
past
lone-parenthood
was
overwhelmingly
the
result
of
...
- Divorce
- Death of a parent
- All answers are right
- Lack of understanding between parents
9)
Single
parents
likely
suffer
from
...
- Mental stress
- Not mentioned
- Loneliness
- Poorness
10)
How
many
people
in
Britain
lived
alone
in
1990?
- More than 4 million
- 6 million
- About 8 million
- 1 million