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Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need. A. absence     B. advocate      C. comparatively      D. distinct      E. escape    F. focused G. marked      H. partly      I. persuasive      J. postponing      K. progressive Twenty years ago there was a debate about whether there were specific "Asian values." Most attention on the doubtful claims that democracy was not among them. But a more interesting, if less noticed, argument was that traditional family values were strong in Asia than in America and Europe, and that this accounted for Asia's economic success. In the words of Lee Kuan Yew, Former prime minister of Singapore and a keen of Asia values, the Chinese family encouraged "scholarship and hard work and thrift and deferment（推迟）of present enjoyment for future again." On the face of it his claim still appears . In most of Asia, marriage is widespread and illegitimacy（私生）almost unknown. In contrast, half of marriages in some western countries end in divorce, and half of all children are born outside wedlock. The recent riots across Britain, whose origin many believe lies in a/an of either parental guidance or filial (子女的) respect, seem to underline a profound difference between East and West. Yet marriage is changing fast in East, South-east and South Asia, even though each region has different traditions. The changes are from those that took place in the West in the second half of the 20th century. Divorce, though rising in some countries remains rare. What's happening in Asia is a/an from marriage. Marriage rates are falling partly because people are getting married. Marriage ages have risen all over the world, but the increase is particularly in Asia. People there now marry even later than they do in the west. 答案：【1】F【2】H【3】B【4】I【5】A【6】D【7】C【8】E【9】J【10】G

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