题目内容
Some couples spend every waking minute together. Others fill their hours with personal hobbies,outside interests and even part-time jobs, just to keep their distance from each other! "There should be private time and couple time," suggests Dr. Stephen Treat at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia."You don't want your latter years to turn into a process where two people unite as one. If you hold too tightly to your partner, it's going to cause resentment and anger. If you're completely separate, you'll both be lonely and disconnected. You need balance. So you have to talk about how you'll achieve that."
The right balance? It's different for every couple. "Having a conversation about time can be difficult,but it's important for both partners to process those feelings out loud," Dr. Treat says. "You should not be accusing and act as a judge—ask the difficult questions, but do it in a loving way. You could say something like, 'How are we going to be as individuals and how are we going to be as a couple?' "
Barbara and Chris Christensen have achieved the balance that works for them. In addition to daily routines that keep them close—including about 10 minutes for a daily check-in and about a half hour of relaxation time—they each maintain separate interests and friendships.
"We have found that we need time apart," Barbara says. "I have a group of women friends that I have known for the last 30 years. We have dinner out once a month. We women also have parties and weekend or weeklong vacations as a group at a beach or somewhere. Chris, a former fighter pilot, has many aviation-oriented(航空的) groups and friends and also a poker-playing group of our friends. I may be with him during the poker night, but I don't play, and the wives usually watch a chick flick' DVD or something while the poker group has an evening of fun. We have found it important to have separate time as well as together time."
The author writes the passage to ______.
A. offer some suggestions on how to spend the time after retirement
B. advise couples to develop their separate hobbies
C. warn couples not to be accusing each other
D. give people some advice on how to entertain themselves after retirement
Dr. Stephen suggests that _________after retirement.
A. couples stay together all the time
B. couples express their feelings in a loving way
C. couples be separate
D. wives make many friends
It can be inferred that________.
A. many couples are faced with problems after retirement
B. America has a large population of retired people
C. most people join various social groups after retirement
D. playing poker is a popular activity among retired people
Barbara and her friends do the following EXCEPT_______.
A. having dinner regularly
B. holding parties
C. having weekly vacations at the beach
D. having fun playing poker
The second paragraph is mainly intended to_______.
A. warn the husband not to act as a judge
B. suggest couples have discussions about difficulties
C. suggest how to keep the correct balance
D. require couples to be considerate
【小题1】A
【小题2】B
【小题3】A
【小题4】D
【小题5】C
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Marriage is one of the most important experiences of a person’s life, but like any legal process, it can get complicated. In this article, we’ll look at some of the laws in the USA surrounding marriage, including age requirements and marriage licenses. We’ll also explore some of the many legal benefits of being married.
______【小题1】_______ Depending on where you live, there are rules governing who can get married and how a marriage license can be obtained.
Each state has its own laws regarding the age requirements to receive a license. _____【小题2】____ In most states, both parties must be 18 years old in order to marry without their parents’ permission. However, in some states, with the parents’ permission, people as young as 12 years old can marry.
In order to have a legally-recognized marriage, a couple has to have a valid marriage license. ______【小题3】______ The couple fills out an official application and then there’s a short waiting period, maybe a couple of hours or a few days before the license is issued. Usually when applying for a marriage license, official identification is required. _______【小题4】_______ After a couple gets married, a marriage certificate is proof that a marriage has taken place.
_______【小题5】_______ Many of them are also offered by private employers --- such as days-off for the birth of a child and family health insurance plans. Social scientists have also found many positive benefits for married couples and families, including fewer incidents of poverty and mental health problems.
| A．The legal age to marry varies from state to state. |
| B．Some couples also have an agreement before getting married. |
| C．It can be a birth certificate or an ID card. |
| D．Different states have different laws in terms of marriage. |
F. When applying for a marriage license the couple must appear together.
G. Besides love and companionship, there are many benefits of marriage.
People tend to become more personal and hide less of themselves when using email . Researchers from Open University in Britain have found in a recent study that there are good reasons for this .
The team of researchers asked 83 pairs of students , all strangers to each other , to solve a problem . They had to discuss this question : If only five people in the world could be saved from a world disaster , who should they be ? The pairs of students had to talk over the problem either face to face or by computers . Dr. Johnson said , “They told their partners four times as much about themselves when they talked over the Internet as when they talked face to face . When the computers were fitted with cameras so that students could see each other , this limited the personal side of the conversation.”
Generally the information was not extremely personal . It was mainly about things such as where they went to school, or where they used to live . But some students discussed their love stories , and personal childhood experiences .
Dr. Johnson believes that emailing encourages people to focus on themselves . And when they do this , they become more open , especially if there are no cameras. “If you cannot see the other person, it becomes easier to talk about yourself . This is because you are not thinking what the other person is thinking of you. So emailing has become the modern way of talking,” said Dr. Johnson. However , this style of talking is not entirely new . “In the 19th century people started to use the ‘telegraph’ to communicate . Now the same kind of thing has happened and people ended up speaking more freely .”
Dr. Johnson thinks that emailers need to know about these effects of emailing , especially when they start work in a company . “If you don’t know about it , you could find yourself saying more about yourself than you wanted to .”
1.The subject discussed in this passage is .
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A．how people open up when emailing |
B．how people do research studies |
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C．how to communicate at work |
D．how to discuss and solve a problem |
2.The reason that some couples talked freely about themselves is that .
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A．they didn’t talk about very personal things |
B．they couldn’t see each other |
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C．the cameras on the computers were turned on |
D．they had to discuss a question |
3.What do the underlined words (in para. 4) refer to ?
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A．The telegraph |
B．The computer |
C．Emailing . |
D．Face-to-face talk . |
4.．In the writer’s opinion , one should .
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A．focus on oneself when emailing |
B．talk more freely in email than usual |
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C．discuss any subject that one wants to |
D．consider how one uses email at work |
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项多余选项。
Marriage is one of the most important experiences of a person’s life, but like any legal process, it can get complicated. In this article, we’ll look at some of the laws in the USA surrounding marriage, including age requirements and marriage licenses. We’ll also explore some of the many legal benefits of being married.
______1._______ Depending on where you live, there are rules governing who can get married and how a marriage license can be obtained.
Each state has its own laws regarding the age requirements to receive a license. _____2.____ In most states, both parties must be 18 years old in order to marry without their parents’ permission. However, in some states, with the parents’ permission, people as young as 12 years old can marry.
In order to have a legally-recognized marriage, a couple has to have a valid marriage license. ______3.______ The couple fills out an official application and then there’s a short waiting period, maybe a couple of hours or a few days before the license is issued. Usually when applying for a marriage license, official identification is required. _______4._______ After a couple gets married, a marriage certificate is proof that a marriage has taken place.
_______5._______ Many of them are also offered by private employers --- such as days-off for the birth of a child and family health insurance plans. Social scientists have also found many positive benefits for married couples and families, including fewer incidents of poverty and mental health problems.
|
A．The legal age to marry varies from state to state. |
|
B．Some couples also have an agreement before getting married. |
|
C．It can be a birth certificate or an ID card. |
|
D．Different states have different laws in terms of marriage. |
E. An application must be filled out in order to get a marriage license.
F. When applying for a marriage license the couple must appear together.
G. Besides love and companionship, there are many benefits of marriage.