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  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 generalizeall 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.

(1)

The underlined phrase' shaking of graying heads, refers to ________.

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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

(2)

The author thinks the idea of marriage as an escape is ________.

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A.

acceptable

B.

controversial

C.

immature

D.

unreasonable

(3)

The author argues that ________.

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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

(4)

What's the main idea of the passage?

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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.

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Friends

  

  It was Saturday morning, Nicky and I were just finishing our shopping. “Let me see...” Nicky said. “ We’ve been to the supermarket , the baker’s and the greengrocer’s... Is that the lot?”

  I looked at my list. “I just need a couple of things from the chemist's ,” I told her. “All right, ” Nicky said. “While you’re doing that, I'll just call in at the bookshop. ”

  We arranged to meet at a cafe in a quarter of an hour. I arrived first. When Nicky came in, she looked quite excited.

  “Did you find your book, then?” I asked as she sat down.

  “Yes,” Nicky said.

  “Something special?” I asked. I was curious because Nicky was not a great reader, except for newspapers and magazines. She sometimes borrowed books, but she rarely bought them.

  “ Well , yes , ” Nicky admitted.

  “What's all the mystery?” I asked. “Tell me all about it!”

  “It isn't exactly a mystery, Kay,” Nicky began. I waited for her to go on. “Well, do you remember that woman who used to live opposite the church-Miss Hunter?”

  “The one who used to wear funny clothes and had a large dog? Wasn’t she an artist?”

  “Well, yes, ” Nicky said. “She did paint-but only as a hobby. As a matter of fact, she was a writer-and I've just bought her latest book! ” Nicky took the book out of her bag and passed it across the table. The title was “Death Comes to the Village”.

  “A detective story,” I said. “Hey, do you think we're in it?”

  “I’m pretty sure I am,” Nicky said, looking rather pleased with herself.“ You see, Miss Hunter and I were quite good friends and she often said she was going to put me into her next book!”

  “Shall we have a look?” I asked. But Nicky picked the book up and put it in her bag. “I’d like to read it first, ” she said. “But I'll lend it to you, of course... ”

  Some time passed after our meeting in the cafe and I heard nothing from Nicky. I decided to ring her up and ask about the book. “Oh, that!” she said in a small voice.

  “You don’t sound very pleased , ” I said. “ Weren’t you in the book after all?”

  “Yes, ” Nicky said. “I’m in the book all right! But who do you think I am? I’m the village post woman ! I pass on all the gossip in the village ! I even open letters sometimes ! I’m the most unpleasant person in the whole book! That woman is no friend of mine, I can tell you!”

1.Nicky first went to the chemist’s and then to the bookshop.

2.Nicky found the book she was looking for in the bookshop.

3.Nicky enjoyed reading books and read a lot.

4.Miss Hunter painted pictures for a living.

5.Nicky was quite happy because she believed she would be put in Hunter's new book.

6.Nicky lent the book to the author before reading it herself.

7.Miss Hunter's description of Nicky in the book was unfavorable.

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