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阅读理解 　　More surprising, perhaps, than the current diffculties of traditional marriages is the fact that marriage itself is alive and thriving(旺盛的)．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(衰退)in the early 1970s, the rate of marriage in the United States is now increasing．Even the divorce(离婚)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 which couples 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 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(配偶)． 　　Thus, one can find every type of family 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 marriage; marriages with“full-time”children from the present marriage and“part-time”children from 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． (1) By calling Americans a marrying people the writer means that ________． [　　] A． Americans are more traditional than Europeans B． Americans expect more out of marriage than Europeans C． there are more married couples in the U. S. A. than in Europe D． more of Americans, as compared with Europeans, prefer marriage and they accept it at a younger age (2) Divorced Americans ________． [　　] A． prefer the way they live B． will most likely remarry C． have lost interest in marriage D． are the majority of people in the society (3) Which of the following can be presented as the picture of today's American families? [　　] A． Many types of family arrangements have become socially acceptable． B． A typical American family consists of only a husband and a wife． C． Americans prefer to have more kids than before． D． There are no nuclear families any more． (4) Though great changes have taken place in the structure of American families, ________． [　　] A． the majority of Americans still have faith in marriage B． the functions of marriage remain unchanged C． most Americans prefer a second marriage D． most Americans prefer to be single

Answer 1

答案：1．D;2．B;3．A;4．A;
解析：

(1)	由文章第一段中As Skolnick notes，Americans are a marrying people; relative to Europeans，more of us marry and we marry at a younger age．可知称美国人为marrying people，作者指的是与欧洲人比起来，更多的美国人会选择结婚，并且结婚的年龄也比较早。
(2)	由文章第一段Even the divorce rate needs to be taken in this pro-marriage context：some 80 percent of divorced individuals remarry．可知离婚的美国人当中会有80％选择再婚，因此B是正确的。
(3)	推理判断题。文章最后一段向我们介绍了当代美国各种各样的家庭类型，并且可以看出已经被社会所接受，因此答案A是正确的。
(4)	事实细节题。文章最后一段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．告诉我们虽然美国家庭的组成发生了很大的变化，但是有一点却是没有变的，即大多数美国人成年以后选择的生活方式仍是婚姻，这说明他们还是相信婚姻的。所以，可以看出A是正确的。