After financial disasters family members also tend to do whatever they can to help each other and their communities, A 1940 book. The Unemployed Man and His Family, described a family in which the husband initially reacted to losing his job “with tireless search for work.”He was always active, looking for odd jobs to do.
　　The problem is that such an impulse is hard to sustain Across the country, many similar families were unable to maintain the initial boost in morale(士气). For some, the hardships of life without steady work eventually overwhelmed their attempts to keep their families together. The divorce rate rose again during the rest of the decade as the recovery took hold.
　　Millions of American families may now be in the initial stage of their responses to the current crisis, working together and supporting one another through the early months of unemployment.
　　Today’s economic crisis could well generate a similar number of couples whose relationships have been irreparably(无法弥补地)ruined. So it’s only when the economy is healthy again that we’ll begin to see just how many broken families have been created
　　注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
　　57.In the initial stage, the current economic crisis is likely to __________.
　　A)tear many troubled families apart
　　B)contribute to enduring family ties
　　C)bring about a drop in the divorce rate
　　D)cause a lot of conflicts in the family
　　58.In the Great Depression many unhappy couples close to stick together because
　　A)starting a new family would be hard
　　B)they expected things would turn better
　　C)they wanted to better protect their kids
　　D)living separately would be too costly
　　59.In addition to job losses. What stands in the way of unhappy couples getting a divorce?