“I’M AFRAID THERE IS NO REAL FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN BOYS AND GIRLS - “...

16. “I’m afraid there is no real friendship between boys and girls - “..., Mommy. We are just with friends.” A. Don’t worry. B. Of course not C. Don’t mention it D. I hope so. Read the following passage on social issues in American schools, and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks Statesmen define a family as a group of individuals having in common dwelling and related by flood, adoption, or marriage, __(17)_____ includes common _law relationships. Most people are born into one of these groups and__(18)____live their lives as a family in such a group. Although the definition of a family may not change, __(19)_____relationship of people to each other with in the family group changes as society changes. More and more wives are__(20)_____ paying jobs and as a result, the role of husband, wife and children are changing. Today, men expected to__(21)_____for pay for 40 years of their lives, and, in today marriages in which both spouse have paying jobs, women can expect to work for about 30 to 35 years of their lives.