12月英語四級閱讀練習：美國婚姻

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　　12月英語四級閱讀練習：美國婚姻 1

　　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 people: relative to Europeans, more of us marry and we marry at a younger age. Moreover, after a decline in the early 1970s, the rate of marriage in the United States is now increasing. Even the divorce rate needs to be taken in this pro- marriage context: some 80 percent of divorced individuals remarry. Thus, marriage remains by far the preferred way of life for the vast majority of the people in our society.

　　What has changed more than marriage is the nuclear family. Twenty- five years ago, the typical American family consisted of the husband, the wife, and two or three children. Now, there are many marriages in whichcouples have decided not to have any children, and there are many marriages where at least some of the children are from the wife’s previous marriage, or the husband’s, or both. Sometimes these children spend all of their time with one parent from the former marriage; sometimes they are shared between the two former spouses .

　　Thus, one can find every type of tamely arrangement. There are marriages without children; marriages with children from only the present marriages; marriages with“full - time”children from both the present and former marriages; marriages with“full- time”children from the present marriage and“part- time”childrenfrom former marriages. There are stepfathers, stepmothers, half- brothers and half-sisters. It is not all that unusual for a child to have four parents and eight grandparents! These are enormous changes from the traditional nuclear family. But even so, even in the midst of all this, there remains one constant: most Americans spend most of their adult lives married.

　　練習題：

　　Choose correct answers to the question:

　　1.By calling Americans a marrying people the writer means that ________.

　　A.Americans are more traditional than Europeans

　　B More Americans prefer marriage and at a younger age than European

　　C.most divorced individuals remarry

　　D.marriage is the most important part of American life

　　2.From the first paragraph we can know that ____

　　A.traditional marriage now runs into difficulty

　　B.marriage rate has been rising since the 1970

　　C.marriage rate in Europe is rather low

　　D.European marry when they are quite old

　　3.Which of the following can be presented as the picture of today’s American families?

　　A. There are no nuclear families any more.

　　B. A family usually consists of only a husband ,a wife and two or three children

　　C. a child usually has four grandparents

　　D. Many types of family rearrangements have become socially acceptable.

　　4. “Part-time ”children ____

　　A.do part-time job to earn their living

　　B.spend all of their time with one parent from the previous marriage

　　C.are shared between the two former spouses

　　D.are quite unusual even in the U.S.A

　　5.Even though great changes have taken place in the structure of American families, ________ .

　　A. the functions of marriage remain unchanged

　　B. most Americans prefer a second marriage

　　C. the vast majority of Americans still have faith in marriage

　　D. nuclear family is alive and thriving

　　答案

　　1.[B] 事實細節(jié)題。本題考查特殊符號處。作者在第1段第2句很清楚地在Americans are a marrying people后面用冒號引出對這一說法的解釋。對比選項A與選項B，就可發(fā)現(xiàn)選項A不夠完整。

　　2.[A] 推理判斷題。第1段第1句的主語揭示了答案應為選項A。選項B與原文第1段第3句的陳述不符，選項C和D均無原文依據(jù)。

　　3.[D] 推理判斷題。本題涉及第2段的理解，該段第1句是一個主語從句，也可視為該段的主題句，點出了本段的主題是nuclear family，該段其他句子描述了什么是nuclear family。本題其實考査哪個選項是對nuclear family的正確描述，明白了第2段的結(jié)構(gòu)后，找出正確答案就不難了。

　　4.[C] 推理判斷題。在最后一段第1句中，通過對比full-time和part-time的.本義，以及聯(lián)系上下文講到的家庭現(xiàn)象，可以推斷出part-time children應是指時不時和父親或母親生活的小孩，由此可見，選項C是正確答案。 選項A毫無原文依據(jù)，B明顯錯誤，題干中問的是part-time children，故顯然不可能spend all of their time,否則修飾語就應該是full-time,選項D與“It is not all that unusual…”相悖。

　　5.[C] 推理判斷題。文章結(jié)尾處暗示了答案。原文并未討論婚姻的功能，故選項A不對，選項B并無依據(jù)，選項D有悖第2段第1句的意思。

　　12月英語四級閱讀練習：美國婚姻 2

　　Americans are pound of their variety and individuality, yet they love and respect few things more than a uniform, whether it is the uniform of an elevator operator or the uniform of a five-star general. Why are uniforms so popular in the United States?

　　Among the arguments for uniforms, one of the first is that in the eyes of most people they look more professional than civilian (百姓的) clothes. People have become conditioned to expect superior quality from a man who wears a uniform. The television repairman who wears uniform tends to inspire more trust than one who appears in civilian clothes. Faith in the skill of a garage mechanic is increased by a uniform. What easier way is there for a nurse, a policeman, a barber, or a waiter to lose professional identity (身份) thanto step out of uniform?

　　Uniforms also have many practical benefits. They save on other clothes. They save on laundry bills. They are tax-deductible (可減稅的). They are often more comfortable and more durable than civilian clothes.

　　Primary among the arguments against uniforms is their lack of variety and the consequent loss of individuality experienced by people who must wear them. Though there are many types of uniforms, the wearer of any particular type is generally stuck with it, without change, until retirement. When people look alike, theytend to think, speak, and act similarly, on the job at least.

　　Uniforms also give rise to some practical problems. Though they are long-lasting, often their initial expense is greater than the cost of civilian clothes. Some uniforms are also expensive to maintain, requiring professional dry cleaning rather than the home laundering possible with many types of civilian clothes.

　　練習題：

　　Choose correct answers to the question:

　　1.It is surprising that Americans who worship variety and individuality ________.

　　A. still judge a man by his clothes

　　B. hold the uniform in such high regard

　　C. enjoy having a professional identity

　　D. will respect an elevator operator as much as a general in uniform

　　2. People are accustomed to think that a man in uniform ________.

　　A. suggests quality work

　　B. discards his social identity

　　C. appears to be more practical

　　D. looks superior to a person in civilian clothes

　　3. The chief function of a uniform is to ________.

　　A. provide practical benefits to the wearer

　　B. make the wearer catch the pubic eye

　　C. inspire the wearer’s confidence in himself

　　D. provide the wearer with a professional identity

　　4. According to the passage, people wearing uniforms ________.

　　A. are usually helpful

　　B. have little or no individual freedom

　　C. tend to lose their individuality

　　D. enjoy greater popularity

　　5. The best title for this passage would be ________.

　　A. Uniforms and Society

　　B. The Importance of Wearing a Uniform

　　C. Practical Benefits of Wearing a Uniform

　　D. Advantages and Disadvantages of Uniforms

　　答案

　　1.[B] 事實細節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章首句轉(zhuǎn)折詞yet后面的信息“盡管美國人很為他們的多樣性和個性自豪，但是沒有什么比制服更讓他們喜愛與尊敬的`了”結(jié)合核心詞uniform及同義表達(hold…in high regard即respect),故選B。

　　2.[A] 推理判斷題。根據(jù)第2段第2句“人們習慣性地期望穿制服的人有較高的專業(yè)素質(zhì)”，故選A。選項D錯在用superior來比較人了，文中用的是superior quality。

　　3.[D] 主旨大意題。根據(jù)第 2 段首句“they look more professional than civilian clothes”及尾句的反問“What easier way is there…to lose professional identity than to step out of uniform? ”選含有高頻詞匯 professional的D。

　　4.[C] 推理判斷題。根據(jù)第4段首句中的“l(fā)oss of individuality”進行同義替換,選C。

　　5.[D] 主旨大意題。根據(jù)第2至4段首句的對比,對于文章最 好的概括為選項D“制服的優(yōu)缺點”。

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