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Some social scientists have claimed that divorce harms children for the rest of their lives leading them to form marriages as happy as their parents'. (1)____But other recent studies say marital breakups have mixed long-term effects, foster growth in some children and the resolve to build happier marriages of their own. (2)____
In support of the second viewpoint, a recent Pew Research Center study suggests that when divorced parents remarry, (3)____ the kids' own marriages may benefit from the example of a parent's second, happier union. Indeed, some 60% of children who grow up in stepfamilies say their marriages are closer(4)____ than that of their own biological parents, says the Pew survey of 2,691 adults, (5)____ conduct last October. Also, some 70% of people with step-relatives say they are very satisfied with their family lives, the Pew study shows. The study indicates that (6)____ the step kids may be benefiting from a parent's positive bond with a stepparent.
Still, blood is thicker than water. The 42% of Americans who have at least one step-relative typically feel a strong (7)____sense of obligation to their biological parent, child or sibling (8)____ than their step-relatives, the Pew survey says. Significantly higher percentages of (9)____correspondents said they would feel obligated to provide financial help or care with a biological relative who was in trouble, compared with those who would help a step-relative who was in trouble. (10)____

参考答案及解析

参考答案及解析:
1．happy→unhappy语篇错误。本句开头提到“一些社会科学家曾经声称，离婚会伤害孩子一辈子”，接下来用词组lead to（导致）表示后果，即结婚后子女们的婚姻会像父母一样不幸，所以happy在此处不符合上下文语境，应该改为unhappy。
2．foster→fostering语法错误。逗号前面提到“但近期另外一些研究表明，婚姻破裂造成的长期影响有好有坏”，逗号后面的内容是对长期影响的进一步解释，即“促进部分子女成长，并使他们下定决心为自己建立更幸福的婚姻关系。”此处应该用现在分词作伴随状语，故改成fostering。
3．when→if语篇错误。本句逗号前面提到“离婚父母各自再婚”，后面说“父母的第二次结合更幸福，可能会成为子女的栲样，从而造福于子女的婚姻。”从句子之间的逻辑关系来判断，此处不是强调动作在时间上的一致性，不能用when，前者是实现后者的条件，故用if。
4．that→those语法错误。本句将their marriages（子女的婚姻）与their own biological parents' marriages（他们亲生父母的婚姻）作比较，此处指代的是marriages，应改为复数those。
5．conduct→conducted语法错误。本句的谓语应该是says，所以conduct只能用非谓语形式，这里conduct是用来修饰前面的Pew survey，并且是被动关系，故用conduct的过去分词形式conducted作后置定语。
6．the (step kids)→the词汇错误。本句是说“这项调查说明，继子女或许正受益于亲生父／母与继母／父之间的积极婚姻关系。”后文提到的a parent和a stepparent都是泛指，因此相应的step kids也是泛指，故去掉定冠词the。
7．strong→stronger语法错误。本句后半部分出现了比较词than，而从该段开头提到的“血浓于水”可知，此处应该是指财亲生父母的义务感更强烈，故用stronger。
8．than∧→to语法错误。than后面出现的是their step-relatives，此处显然不是将主语42%的美国人与继亲作比较，而是将“对亲生父母、亲生子女或亲兄弟姐妹的义务感”与“对继亲的义务感”进行比较，即obligation to their step-relatives，此处省略obligation，故应在than后面加上介词to。
9. correspondents respondents词汇错误。correspondent表示“记者”，与上下文不符。前一句是在描述调查的结果，与调查有关的应该是“被调查的对象”，用respondent比较合适，表示“受访者”，本句是指“相当高比例的受访者说……”。
10．with→to词汇错误。provide sth. to sb.是常用表达，表示“给某人提供某物”，注意应与provide sb. with sth．区分开来，两种表达意思一致，但sth.和sb.位置不同，所用介词也不同，本题应该把with改成to

文章大意
本文讨论的是父母离异子女也能受益的话题。一些社会科学家曾经声称，离婚会伤害孩子一辈子，导致他们的婚姻像父母一样不幸。但近期另外一些研究表明，婚姻破裂造成的长期影响有好有坏，因为它会促进部分子女成长，并使他们下定决心为自己建立更幸福的婚姻关系。研究指出如果离婚父母各自再婚，比原来更幸福的第二次结合可能会成为子女的榜样，从而造福于子女的婚姻。