Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word(s) for each of the blanks from 41 to 45.

The United States has many different types of families. While most American families are traditional, (41) _____a father, mother and one or more children, 22 percent of all American families in 1998 were headed by one parent, usually a woman. In a few families in the United States, there are no children. These childish couples may believe that they would not make good parents; they may want freedom from the (42) _____ of childbrearing; or, perhaps they (43) _____ physically able to have children. Other families in the United States have one adult (44) _____ a stepparent. A stepmother or stepfather is a person who joins a family by marrying a father ormother

Americans tolerate and accept these different types of families. In the United States, people have the right to privacy and Americans do not believe in telling other Americans what type of family group they must belong to. They respect each other’s (45) _____ regarding family groups. Families are very important to Americans.