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35) If you (ask)... me, I would explain it to you.C. READINGRead the passage and choose one correct answer for each question. The nuclear family, consisting of a mother, father, and their children may be more anAmerican ideal than an American reality. Of course, the so-called traditional American familywas always more varied than we had been led to believe, reflecting the very different racial,ethnic, class, and religious customs among different American groups. The most recent government statistics reveal that only about one third of all currentAmerican families fit the traditional mold and another third consists of married couples whoeither have no children or have none still living at home. Of the final one third, about 20 percentof the total number of American households is single people, usually women over sixty-fiveyears of age. A small percentage, about 3 percent of the total, consists of unmarried people whochoose to live together; and the rest, about 7 percent, are single, usually divorced parents, with atleast one child.