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Choosing a husband or wife is one of the most important decisions in a person‘s life. In many cultures, young men and women are（21）to choose their own marriage partners. In some cultures, however, parents（22）he right to arrange their children‘s marriages. Such arranged marriages have both advantages and disadvantages.One advantage of having parents arrange a marriage is financial（23）. Of course, money doesn‘t automatically bring happiness,but a（24）of money certainly causes stress in any relationship. A second advantage of an arranged marriage is that parents may（25）a better choice than their children. They are not only older but also more（26）in life experience.Also,parents have been married; therefore, they know better what qualities are（27）in a spouse.On the other hand, arranged marriages may have some disadvantages. One obvious disadvantage is that parents may choose a wrong person in（28）, and the young couple may never be happy together. A second obvious disadvantage is that a young man or woman may already have（29）in love with someone else. If the parents force their children to tie the knot, the result will be a disaster to all concerned.In conclusion, neither an arranged marriage nor a marriage for love is a good（30）to be happy. Both kinds of marriages take work, patience, and perhaps a little bit of luck.A) dictate B) deserve C) make D) reserveE)charity F) formula G) security H) demandingI) daring J) fallen K)lack L) desirableM) available N) haste O) superior

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Part BDirections: You will hear four dialogues or monologues. Before listening to each one

Part B

Directions: You will hear four dialogues or monologues. Before listening to each one, you will have 5 seconds to read each of the questions which accompany it. While listening, answer each question by choosing A, B, C or D. After listening, you will have 10 seconds to check your answer to each question. You will hear each piece ONLY ONCE.

听力原文：W: I heard that your family arrived yesterday, didn't they？

M: Yes, they did.

W: That's good! Dr. Morrison, your family is now in China with you. You won't miss them, then. To talk about the family, I want to ask you some questions about American families. Er... Do most Americans live in "small families" or "big families？"

M: In the United States, most people normally choose to live in "small families," but we call them "nuclear families."

W: What is the average size of a nuclear family？

M: Well, it depends on the number of children, because the nuclear family consists of a husband, a wife and children. However, if there are no children, then the husband and wife are the nuclear family. Of course, there maybe only one parent due to a death, separate or divorce. In this case, the nuclear family is the single parent and children.

W: Are there any big families in the United States？

M: Oh, you mean the extended family. No, not many. Most Americans, both the elderly and the young couples prefer to live in their own homes.

W: Since most Americans live in nuclear families rather than in extended families, the majority of the elderly do not see their children and their relatives, do they？

M: Well, people often make such assumptions, but that is not the case according to recent sociological research.

W: Oh, what's that？

M: The recent research shows that more elderly people in the United States live within ten minutes of their children by car than in Denmark, and over 78 percent of the elderly had seen their children within a week.

W: Now I've got a general idea about American family structure. Thank you.

M: You're welcome.

Nuclear family may consist of ______.

A．parents and their children

B．wife and husband

C．a parent and children

D．all of the above

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第2题

Part BDirections: You will hear four dialogues or monologues. Before listening to each one

Part B

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Wife: All right dear. Calm down !

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Husband: Thank you.

How many people are talking in this conversation？

A．Two.

B．Three.

C．Four.

D．Five.

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第3题

Part ADirections: Read the following three texts. Answer the questions on each text by cho

Part A

Directions: Read the following three texts. Answer the questions on each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.

"Family" is of course an elastic word. And in different countries it has different meanings. But when British people say that their society is based on family life, they are thinking of "family" in its narrow, peculiarly European sense of mother, father and children living together in their own house as an economic and social unit. Thus, every British marriage indicates the beginning of a new and independent family—hence the tremendous importance of marriage in British life. For both man and woman, marriage means leaving one's parents and starting one's own life. The man's first duty will then be to his wife, and the wife's to her husband. He will be entirely responsible for her financial support, and she for the running of the new home. Their children will be their common responsibility and their alone. Neither the wife's parents nor the husband's, nor their brothers or sisters, aunts or uncles, have any right to interfere with them—they are their own masters.

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What does the author mean by "Family is of course an elastic word"？

A．Different families have different ways of life.

B．Different definitions could be given to the word.

C．Different nations have different families.

D．Different times produce different families.

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第4题

Part ADirections: Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by c

Part A

Directions: Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. (40 points)

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By calling Americans marrying people the author 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 U. S. A than in Europe

D．more of Americans, as compared with Europeans, prefer marriage and they accept it at a younger age

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第5题

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Part A

Directions: Read the following three texts. Answer the questions on each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.

"Family" is of course an elastic word. But when British people say that their society is based on family life, they are thinking of "family" in its narrow, peculiarly European sense of mother, father and children living together alone in their own house as an economic and social unit. Thus, every British marriage indicates the beginning of a new and independent family--hence the tremendous importance of marriage in British life. For both the man and the woman, marriage means leaving one's parents and starting one's own life. The man's first duty will then be to his wife, and the wife's to her husband. He will be entirely responsible for her financial support, and she is for the running of the new home. Their children will be their common responsibility and theirs alone. Neither the wife's parents nor the husband's, nor their brothers or sisters, aunts or uncles, have any right to interfere with them--they are their own masters.

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What does the author mean by "Family is of course an elastic word"？

A．Different families have different ways of life.

B．Different definitions could be given to the word.

C．Different nations have different ways of life.

D．Different times produce different families.

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第6题

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Part A

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According to the text, What is referred to as Number 10？

A．A place to entertain the grandest of guests.

B．A private house for the Prime Minister and his family.

C．The office of the head of the British government.

D．All of the above.

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第7题

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Part A

Directions:

Read the following three texts. Answer the questions on each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.

Text 1

"Family" is of course an elastic word. And in different countries it has different meanings. But when British people say that their society is based on family life, they are thinking of "family" in its narrow, peculiarly European sense of mother, father and children living together in their own house as an economic and social unit. Thus, every British marriage indicates the beginning of a new and independent family—hence the tremendous importance of marriage in British life. For both man and woman, marriage means leaving one's parents and starting one's own life. The man's first duty will then be to his wife, and the wife's to her husband. He will be entirely responsible for her financial support, and she for the running of the new home. Their children will be their common responsibility and their alone. Neither the wife's parents nor the husband's, nor their brothers or sisters, aunts or uncles, have any right to interfere with them—they are their own masters.

Readers of novels like Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice will know that in former times, marriage among wealthy families were arranged by the girl's parents, that is, it was the parents' duty to find a suitable husband for their daughter, preferably a rich one, and by skillful encouragement to lead him eventually to ask their permission to marry her. Until that time, the girl was protected and maintained in the parents' home, and the financial relief of getting rid of her could be seen in their giving the newly married pair a sum of money called a dowry (嫁妆). It is very different today. Most girls of today get a job when they leave school and become financially independent before their marriage. This has had two results. A girl chooses her own husband, and she gets no dowry. Every coin has two sides; independence for girls is no exception. But it may be a good thing for all of the girls, as their social status are much higher and they are no longer the subordinate(部下，下级) of their parents and husbands.

What does the author mean by "Family is of course an elastic word"？

[A] Different families have different ways of life.

[B] Different definitions could be given to the word.

[C] Different nations have different families.

[D] Different times produce different families.

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第8题

Men and women have more choices today. For example, there are choices about marriage. People can decide whether to get married or not. Women who have good jobs need not depend on their husbands, so the traditional idea that marriage is the most important job of a woman's life is changing.

There are more choices about children, too. Many working wives can decide whether and when, if they want, to have children. And they don't want to give up work even if they have a child.

Perhaps the most important difference today is that so many women work even after they get married.Today most women in Britain without a job either have very young children or are very old.Over half of all married women now have a job, and women as a whole make up over one third of the British work force. This has changed marriage; when people get married, the husband and wife have very different role from, say, fifty years ago. If both husband and wife work, the woman will expect to be equal with her husband.For example, many young husbands are now ready to take their share in doing the housework and looking after the children. And the husband no longer expects to make all the important decisions himself. His wife will, for example, share in decision about money. In some cases the husband wants to stay at home and take care of the children, but usually it is because he cannot find a job.In this case, the wife makes the money for the family, and takes on the traditional male role.

1. The sentence “the traditional idea that marriage is the most important job of a woman's life is changing” refers to the belief that（）.

A、marriage is very important in a woman's life

B、to be married is important for a woman to get a job

C、a woman's life is changed after her marriage

D、women are becoming less dependent on her marriage

2. In the British work force today,（）.

A、over one third is formed of women

B、more than half is formed of married women

C、there are more women than men

D、there are fewer unmarried women than married women

3. Which of the following statement about the past is NOT true according to the passage?（）

A、The husband usually made important decisions by himself.

B、The husband was more ready to help with the housework.

C、The wife hardly had her share in making important decisions.

D、The wife took care of the children and did most of the housework.

4. Sometimes, the wife makes money for the family. This is because（）.

A、the wife wants to take on the traditional male role

B、the husband can take better care of the children

C、the husband is out of job

D、the wife likes to live a new life

5. What is the main idea of this passage?（）

A、Women's social position has been much improved.

B、Women take a main role in modern families.

C、Men and women's roles in the family have changed.

D、Women have more choices to make today.

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第9题

Chaste women are often proud and froward, as presu...

Chaste women are often proud and froward, as presuming upon the merit of their chastity. It is one of the best bonds, both of chastity and obedience, in the wife, if she think her husband wise; which she will never do, if she find him jealous. Wives are young men's mistresses; companions for middle age; and old men's nurses. So as a man may have a quarrel to marry, when he will. But yet he was reputed one of the wise men, that made answer to the question, when a man should marry, - A young man not yet, an elder man not at all. It is often seen that bad husbands, have very good wives; whether it be, that it raiseth the price of their husband's kindness, when it comes; or that the wives take a pride in their patience. But this never fails, if the bad husbands were of their own choosing, against their friends consent; for then they will be sure to make good their own folly.

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第10题

听力原文： Marriage is still a popular institution in the United States, but divorce is bec

oming almost as "popular". Nevertheless most American people get married at the present time. Fifty percent of American marriages end in divorce. However, four out of five divorced people do not stay single. They get married a second time to new partners. Sociologists tell us that in the twenty-first century most American people will marry three or four times in one life-time. Alvin Toffler, an American sociologist, calls this new social form. of serial marriages. In his new book Fortune Shock, Toffler gives many reasons for this change in American marriage. In modem society, people's marriages don't stay the same for very long. Americans frequently change their jobs, their homes: and their circle of friends. So, the person who was a good husband or wife ten years ago is sometimes not as good ten years later. After some years of marriage, a husband and wife can feel that their lives have become very different, and they don't share the same interest any more. For this reason, Toffler says, people in the twenty-first century will not plan to marry only one person for an entire lifetime. They will plan to stay married to one person for perhaps five or ten years, and then marry another. Most Americans will expect to have a "marriage career" that includes three or four marriages.

(30)

A．Marriage that continues for many years without divorce.

B．Marriage that can easily end in divorce.

C．People will marry three or four times in one life-time.

D．Divorced people don't stay single.

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第11题

听力原文：Marriage is still a popular institution in the United States, but divorce is beco

听力原文： Marriage is still a popular institution in the United States, but divorce is becoming almost as "popular". Nevertheless, most American people get married at the present time. Fifty percent of American marriages end in divorce. However, four out of five divorced people do not stay single. They get married a see6nd time to new partners. Sociologists tell us that in the next century, most American people will marry three or four times in one lifetime. Alvin Toffler, an American sociologist, calls this new social form. "serial marriages". In his new book Fortune Shock, Toffler gives many reasons for this change in American marriage. In modern society, people's lives don't stay the same for very long. Americans frequently change their jobs, their homes, and their circle of friends. So, the person who was a good husband or wife ten years ago is sometimes not as good ten years later. After some years of marriage, a husband and wife can feel that their lives have become very different, and they don't share the same interests any more. For this reason, Toffler says, people in the twenty- first century will not plan to marry only one person for an entire lifetime. They will plan to stay married to one person for perhaps five or ten years, and then marry another. Most Americans will expect to have a "marriage career" that includes three or four marriages.

(30)

A．Marriage that continues for many years without divorce.

B．Marriage that can easily end in divorce.

C．People will marry three or four times in one life-time.

D．Divorced people don't stay single.

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