Question

In China, if you are not married by the time you are 30, you are in for trouble: social blame and pressure from family and friends can get you down. And if you are a woman, it’s even worse.

Many young people get married simply to get other people off their backs (免受别人的指责) . This is a serious compromise. One ends up not marrying the ideal partner.

There are, however, a few young people who refuse to compromise: if they can’t find a good marriage partner, they say, they would rather not marry at all.

34-year-old Kate is a university lecturer in English. She said she would not describe herself as celibatarian (独身主义者) but simply a woman who hasn’t come across the right man yet. She has sharp comments for the way in which the old generation looks at marriage.
“Many people think marriage is a duty---to your parents, family and society. Nobody cares if your marriage is happy or not, she said, I think this is very wrong and I intend to live and act according to my own will.”

Happily for her, her parents are open-minded and not lay stress on her. But the same does not apply to her friends. They are constantly trying to get her together with some young man or another. She always refuses politely.

1.The main idea of this passage is that _________.

A. marriage is a duty to society

B. people should get married before 30 years old

C. late marriage should be respected

D. women should get married earlier than men

2.Miss Kate refuses to get together with some young man or another because __________.

A. she doesn’t think he is the right man she wants

B. he is either too old or too young

C. he is either important or little learned

D. he doesn’t have good manners

3. In the first paragraph the underlined words “in for” refer to _________.

A. interested in B. satisfied with

C. worried about D. likely to suffer

4.Which is NOT TRUE according to this passage?

A. In China, one may face social blame and family pressure if one hasn’t got married by 30.

B. Miss Kate’s parents are always worried about her marriage.

C. Miss Kate won’t compromise if she can’t have her ideal marriage.

D. Miss Kate wants to marry a worthy young man.

5.If marriage is regarded as a duty to society, __________.

A. everybody will be happy and satisfied

B. nobody will pay attention to whether you are happy or not in your family life

C. you can easily find an ideal partner

D. young people will have nothing to worry about in marriage

Answer 1

1.C

2.A

3.D

4.B

5.B

【解析】

试题分析：本文叙述的是社会中的剩女剩男现象，以及人们对于这些大龄未婚的人的错误观点。

1. 推理题。根据文章第一段In China, if you are not married by the time you are 30, you are in for trouble: social blame and pressure from family and friends can get you down. And if you are a woman, it’s even worse. 可知很多大龄青年都收到人们的歧视，认为剩男或者剩女不好。文章接下来以Kate为例说明剩女也应该收到尊敬。所以本文的中心思想是为了告诉我们晚婚的人也应该被尊敬。故C正确。

2. 细节题。根据第四段第二句She said she would not describe herself as celibatarian (独身主义者) but simply a woman who hasn’t come across the right man yet.可知她到现在还单身是因为她认为自己还没有遇见合适的人。这也是她拒绝和朋友介绍的那些人见面的原因。故A正确。

3. 猜测词义题。根据本句you are in for trouble: social blame and pressure from family and friends can get you down. And if you are a woman, it’s even worse中后半句social blame and pressure可知如果你30岁还不结婚，你会承受社会的压力以及责备，故in for应该表示D项含义。

4. 细节题。根据文章最后一段第一句Happily for her, her parents are open-minded and not lay stress on her.可知她的父母亲是很开明的，没有给她很大的压力。所以B项说法是错误的。

5. 细节题。根据文章倒数第二段“Many people think marriage is a duty---to your parents, family and society. Nobody cares if your marriage is happy or not可知如果婚姻真的是责任，也就不会有人注意到是否幸福了。故B正确。

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