More surprising, perhaps, than the current difficulties of traditional marriage is the fact that marriage itself is alive and thriving. As Skolnick notes, Americans are a marrying
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Moresurprising,perhaps,thanthecurrentdifficultiesoftraditionalmarriageisthefactthatmarriageitselfisaliveandthriving.AsSkolnicknotes,Americansareamarryingpeople:relativetoEuropeans,moreofusmarryandwemarryatayoungerage.Moreover,afteradeclineintheearly1970s,therateofmarriageintheUnitedStatesisnowincreasing.Eventhedivorcerateneedstobetakeninthispro-marriagecontext:some80percentofdivorcedindividualsremarry.Thus,marriageremainsbyfarthepreferredwayoflifeforthevastmajorityofthepeopleinoursociety.
Whathaschangedmorethanmarriageisthenuclearfamily.Twenty-fiveyearsago,thetypicalAmericanfamilyconsistedofthehusband,thewife,andtwoorthreechildren.Now,therearemanymarriagesinwhichcoupleshavedecidednottohaveanychildren,andtherearemanymarriageswhereatleastsomeofthechildrenarefromthewife’spreviousmarriage,orthehusband’s,orboth.Sometimesthesechildrenspendalloftheirtimewithoneparentfromtheformermarriage;sometimestheyaresharedbetweenthetwoformerspouses.
Thus,onecanfindeverytypeoftamelyarrangement.Therearemarriageswithoutchildren;marriageswithchildrenfromonlythepresentmarriages;marriageswith“full-time”childrenfromboththepresentandformermarriages;marriageswith“full-time”childrenfromthepresentmarriageand“part-time”childrenfromformermarriages.Therearestepfathers,stepmothers,half-brothersandhalf-sisters.Itisnotallthatunusualforachildtohavefourparentsandeightgrandparents!Theseareenormouschangesfromthetraditionalnuclearfamily.Butevenso,eveninthemidstofallthis,thereremainsoneconstant:mostAmericansspendmostoftheiradultlivesmarried.
Choosecorrectanswerstothequestion:
1.BycallingAmericansamarryingpeoplethewritermeansthat________.
A.AmericansaremoretraditionalthanEuropeans
BMoreAmericansprefermarriageandatayoungeragethanEuropean
C.mostdivorcedindividualsremarry
D.marriageisthemostimportantpartofAmericanlife
2.Fromthefirstparagraphwecanknowthat____
A.traditionalmarriagenowrunsintodifficulty
B.marriageratehasbeenrisingsincethe1970
C.marriagerateinEuropeisratherlow
D.Europeanmarrywhentheyarequiteold
3.Whichofthefollowingcanbepresentedasthepictureoftoday’sAmericanfamilies?
A.Therearenonuclearfamiliesanymore.
B.Afamilyusuallyconsistsofonlyahusband,awifeandtwoorthreechildren
C.achildusuallyhasfourgrandparents
D.Manytypesoffamilyrearrangementshavebecomesociallyacceptable.
4.“Part-time”children____
A.dopart-timejobtoearntheirliving
B.spendalloftheirtimewithoneparentfromthepreviousmarriage
C.aresharedbetweenthetwoformerspouses
D.arequiteunusualevenintheU.S.A
5.EventhoughgreatchangeshavetakenplaceinthestructureofAmericanfamilies,________.
A.thefunctionsofmarriageremainunchanged
B.mostAmericanspreferasecondmarriage
C.thevastmajorityofAmericansstillhavefaithinmarriage
D.nuclearfamilyisaliveandthriving
1.[B]事实细节题。本题考查特殊符号处。作者在第1段第2句很清楚地在Americansareamarryingpeople后面用冒号引出对这一说法的解释。对比选项A与选项B,就可发现选项A不够完整。
2.[A]推理判断题。第1段第1句的主语揭示了答案应为选项A。选项B与原文第1段第3句的陈述不符,选项C和D均无原文依据。
3.[D]推理判断题。本题涉及第2段的理解,该段第1句是一个主语从句,也可视为该段的主题句,点出了本段的主题是nuclearfamily,该段其他句子描述了什么是nuclearfamily。本题其实考査哪个选项是对nuclearfamily的正确描述,明白了第2段的结构后,找出正确答案就不难了。
4.[C]推理判断题。在最后一段第1句中,通过对比full-time和part-time的本义,以及联系上下文讲到的家庭现象,可以推断出part-timechildren应是指时不时和父亲或母亲生活的小孩,由此可见,选项C是正确答案。选项A毫无原文依据,B明显错误,题干中问的是part-timechildren,故显然不可能spendalloftheirtime,否则修饰语就应该是full-time,选项D与“Itisnotallthatunusual…”相悖。
5.[C]推理判断题。文章结尾处暗示了答案。原文并未讨论婚姻的功能,故选项A不对,选项B并无依据,选项D有悖第2段第1句的意思。
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