A．cripple

B．handicap

C．aggregate

D．crumble

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  A．some modern women prefer a life of individual freedom

  B．the family is no longer the basic unit of society in present-day Europe

  C．some professional people have too much work to do to feel lonely

  D．most Europeans conceive living a single life as unacceptable

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  B．doing

  C．offering

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  B．the labor market preferred high-school graduates to college graduates

  C．competition for university admissions was far more fierce than today

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  B．Why his family's vacation plans changed ten years ago.

  C．Where his family went for a vacation ten years ago.

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