Question

Since the Second World War，there has been an obvious trend，especially among the growing group of college students，toward early marriage. Many youths begin dating in the first stage of adolescence, "go steady" through high school, and marry before their formal education has been completed. In some quarters, there is much shaking of graying heads over the unacceptable ways of youth. However, emotional (情感的）maturity does not grow with age； it does not arrive automatically at twenty -one or twenty-five. Some achieve it surprisingly early, while others never do, even in three-score years and ten.

Many students are marrying as an escape, not only from an unsatisfying home life, but also from their own personal problems of loneliness. However, any marriage 'entered into as an escape cannot prove entirely successful. The sad fact is that marriage seldom solves one' s problems ； more often，it merely worsens them. What ’ s more，it is doubtful whether the home is able to carry all that the young are seeking； they might abandon one idol(幻像）only to have another. Young people correctly understand that their parents are wrong in believing that success is the most important in life，but they themselves are wrong in believing that they have found the true center of life' s meaning. Their expectations of marriage are basically unrealistic and therefore can not be met. They want too much, and tragic disillusionment(幻想破灭）is often likely to follow.

Shall we, then, join the chorus of those against early marriages? One cannot generalize： all early marriages are bad and all later ones are good. Satisfactory marriages are determined not by how old one is, but by the emotional maturity of the partners. Therefore, each case must be judged on its own benefits. If the early marriage is not an escape, if it is entered into with relatively few false expectations，and if it is economically workable，why not? Good marriages can

be made from sixteen to sixty, and so can bad ones.

The underlined phrase ” shaking of graying heads， refers to______.

A.  the anger of parents

B.  the disapproval of elderly people

C.  the improper behaviors of the young

D.  the emotional expectations of young lovers

The author thinks the idea of marriage as an escape is______.

A. acceptable   B. controversial C. immature    D. unreasonable

The author argues that______.

A.  young people can benefit little from early marriage marriages

B.  elderly people are wrong about early marriages

C.  early marriages are not always unsuccessful

D.  early marriages should not be encouraged

What’ s the main idea of the passage?

A.  Young people，s failure in marriage results from disillusionment.

B.  Young people shouldn' t have many expectations for marriage.

C.  Successful marriages depend on emotional maturity.

D.  Home is the place where you get rid of loneliness.

Answer 1

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