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how many children were there in an irish family on average in the 1950s and 1960s?
A. Around 5.
B. More than 8.
C. One.
D. 2 or 3.
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how did the studios manage to control the entertainment business prior to the 1950s?
A. Through massive conglomerate corporations
B. Through the star system.
C. Through Federal court rulings.
D. Through technological innovation.
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since the 1950s in 1990 in 1955
over three decades in 1933
V.S. Naipaul, a writer in search of roots and winner of Nobel Prize for literature in 1999, was born in Trinidad(1), the son of an Indian civil servant. In his childhood, he was first educated in his hometown and then Oxford University, where he studied literature. There he met Pat and they got married(2).(3), he has been based in England yet spent much time traveling around the world. Travels(4)have taken him around the world on a quest for home and for roots. Sir V.S. Naipaul, now 69, was knighted (授以爵位) by Queen Elizabeth(5). A critic wrote the following about him: "(He is) the wanderer who tries to go home, but is not taken in and is accepted by another home only so long as he admits he is a lodger there."
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A.Tin Pan Alley is the biggest source of popular music in America.
B.Tin Pan Alley’s dominance gradually faded away during the Great Depression of the 1930s.
C.Tin Pan Alley originally referred to a specific place: West 28th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenue in New York City.
D.Remnants of Tin Pan Alley continued into the 1950s until earlier popular music genres were overtaken by rock and roll.
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After World War Ⅱ city residents became richer and more prosperous. They had 【B9】______ children. They needed more 【B10】______ . They moved 【B11】______ their apartments in the city to buy their own homes. They bought houses in the suburbs-areas near a city 【B12】______ people lived. These are areas 【B13】______ many offices or factories. During the 1950s the American's "dream" 【B14】______ have a house in the suburbs.
Now things are changing. The children of the people who left the cities in 1950s are now 【B15】______ . They 【B16】______ their parents want to live in the cities. Many young professionals, doctors, lawyers, and teachers are moving 【B17】______ into the city. Many are single, others are married but often without children. They prefer the city 【B18】______ the suburbs because their jobs are there, they are afraid of the fuel 【B19】______ or they just enjoy the excitement and opportunities which the 【B20】______ offers.
A.people
B.city
C.cities
D.towns