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【单选题】One of the most significant elements of age stratification in all cultures is the pattern of experiences connected to marriage and parenting--a pattern that sociologists call the family life cycle. In NorthAmerica, about 90 percent of adults marry, and the great majority of them have children and thus a family life cycle related to family experiences. When the family’s first child is born, the parents embark on a sequence of experiences linked to the child’s development--from infancy and toddlerhood, through school age and adolescence, and eventually, to departure from the nest.Each of these periods in the child’s life makes a different set of demands on the parents.
The phrase embark on in the passage is closest in meaning to
A、ttempt
B．begin
C．iscuss
D．avoid

网考网参考答案：B
网考网解析：
Embark on means begin in this context. Clues: When the family ’s first child is born, the parents a sequence of experiences (1.3) document.getElementById("warp").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("content").style.display="block"; 查看试题解析出处>>