Упр.2 Юнит 3 Урок 8 ГДЗ English Кузовлев 10 класс

II. READING COMPREHENSION

Read through the texts about changing norms and values of the British family. Match the headings (1—8) and the texts (A—F). You can use each number only once. There are two extra headings.

1. The number of single-person families is expected to grow
2. A big rise in the number of single-parent families
3. The main points in the typical British family report
4. The classification of typical British families
5. Main characteristics of a typical British family
6. The reasons why British families have fewer children than they used to before
7. The growth in the number of people living together without being married
8. Where the money goes to in a typical British family with children

A) Recent studies show that the family in Britain is changing. The once typical British family headed by two parents has undergone significant changes during the twentieth century. Today there are more single-person households in comparison with the period between 1971 and 2002. By the year 2020, it is expected that there will be more single people than married people. Fifty years ago this would have been socially unacceptable in Britain.

B) In the past, people got married and stayed married. Divorce was very difficult, expensive and took a long time. Today, people’s views on marriage are changing. In 2012, in Great Britain there were 5.9 million people between the ages of 16 and 59 who were living together without being married. Only 60% of these couples will get married. In the past, people married before they had children, now about 40% of children in Britain are born to unmarried parents.

C) On average, 2.4 people live as a family in one home in Britain. This figure is smaller than in most other European countries. Today there are more single-parent families in Britain than there were before. This is mainly due to more marriages ending in divorce (there are 286,100 marriages and 160,000 divorces in Britain each year) but some women are also choosing to have children as lone parents without being married.

D) Today 20 per cent of British families have one child in comparison with 16 per cent in 1972. In fact, the typical British family now consists of 1.6 children or none at all. Almost two thirds of parents who have one child say they are too poor to have a second. Some 64 per cent of those with two children say they cannot afford to have a third. The average bill for raising a child from birth until the age of 21 is around 270,000 pounds.

E) Research done by the Epson company leading psychologist Dr Chris Steele commissioned the report to learn more about the “typical” British family. The Epson Family Report is part of a unique social experiment called “The Epson Family”. Key facts from the Epson Family Report include: family, home, money and career. The findings show that the typical British family now in fact consists of 1.6 children, has a family income of 24,793 pounds a year and an annual spend of 1,875 pounds on family holidays.

F) The research by insurance firm Aviva was based on interviews with 1,000 parents with children under the age of 22. It divides the 271,499 pounds total bill for raising a child into four categories. These are “education”, which includes anything from school trips to university costs. Next is “household services”, which includes Internet connection, train fares and help towards a deposit on a child’s first home. The third is “clothing and food”. The final category is “leisure”, which includes children’s activities, pocket money, holidays and toys.