The United States has historically had
higher rates of marriage than those of other industrialized countries. The
current annual marriage (1) in the United States—about 9 new
marriages for every 1,000 people—is (2) higher than it is in
other industrialized countries. However, marriage is (3) as
widespread as it was several decades ago. (4) of American
adults who are married (5) from 72 percent in 1970 to 60
percent in 2002. This does not mean that large numbers of people will remain
unmarried (6) their lives. Throughout the 20th century,
about 90 percent of Americans married at some (7) in their
lives. Experts (8) that about the same proportion of today’s
young adults will eventually marry. The timing of marriage has varied (9) over the past century. In 1995 the average age A. Moreover B. Likewise C. Similarly D. Therefore 我来回答: 提交
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