Couples are usually required ____________ (验血) in order to get a marriage license.
Couples are usually required ____________ (验血) in order to get a marriage license.
Couples are usually required ____________ (验血) in order to get a marriage license.
Newly married couples are usually good listeners but become ______ as the years go by.
A.poor
B.poorer
C.poorest
D.less poor
Married couples usually enjoy_________
A.more luxuries
B.better salaried positions
C.better tax advantages,
D.both A and B
A.Y
B.N
C.NG
Which of the following is not mentioned in the passage?
A.Some couples marry according to their parents' arrangement.
B.Some men seek their future-wife by advertising in the newspaper.
C.The Americans will not live together before their marriage.
D.Friends and parents usually play an important role in arranging marriage.
Why do young American couples share their duties both inside and outside the home?
A) Because both husband and wife have their own jobs.
B) Because they have a lot to take care of.
C) Because their parents don't usually help.
D) Because they have more than one kid to bring up.
We learn from the passage that ______.
A.same-sex partners are still strongly looked down upon in UK
B.same-sex partners in England and Wales are granted many of the legal rights enjoyed by married couples of different sexes
C.same-sex partners are usually ashamed of their relationship
D.many "gay marriages" have been declared void by British court
Working-class families in the United States are usually nuclear, and
many studies indicate that working-class couples marry for love, not
for money. Upper-class couples may marry for love, but their commitment
of love is sometimes compromised by the recognition of their marriage 【M1】______
as a way to preserve their class identity. Middle-class couples may also
marry for love, but the overridden task of middle-class families is also 【M2】______
an-economic thing—to enhance the earning power of the breadwinner. 【M3】______
Of course, working-class people are also affected by the economic
realities for their families must operate like economic units as well. 【M4】______
However, the economic tasks of families are more a part of their dreams 【M5】______
about marriage than they are a part of the reality of their married life.
Indeed, to many a working-class couples, love provides a way to escape 【M6】______
from the difficulties of their parents’ home and starts their own family life. 【M7】______
Another distinctive feature of working-class families is the majority 【M8】______
of them have limited choices about the work available to them. Their
"choices' are often the "leftovers" in the job market. People from working-class
families do seek serf-esteem and personal confirmation, and they come 【M9】______
to their jobs full of hopes. However, given the way which production 【M10】______
and consumption are organized in advancing societies like the U.S.,
members of the working-class often experience exploitation in struggling
at jobs that may be less meaningful.
【M1】
听力原文: In the United States, couples usually receive gifts from their relatives and friends when they get married. Sometimes a bride will exchange a gift for something else if she doesn't find it useful. We give gifts to express our good wishes for the marriage, but gifts aren't necessary for the marriage itself. However, in some societies gifts are very important, and the marriage isn't legal without them. One type of gift is called bride service. A young husband must work for his wife's family. He may work for as long as fifteen years or until the third child is bom. Bride service may seem strange to us, but it is necessary in societies where people don't have money or material things to exchange at marriage.
(20)
A.She will ask for another gift
B.She will exchange it for something useful
C.She will return it to the giver
D.She will just keep it
听力原文: When couples get married, they usually plan to have children. Sometimes, however, a couple can not have a child of their own. In this case, they may decide to adopt a child. In fact, adoption is very common today. There are about 60 thousand adoptions each year in the United States alone. Some people prefer to adopt infants, others to adopt older children. Some couples adopt children from their own countries, others adopt children from foreign countries. In any case, they all adopt children for the same reason -- they care about children and want to give their adopted child a happy life.
Most adopted children know that they are adopted. Psychologists and child-care experts generally think this is a good idea. However, many adopted children or adoptees have very little information about their biological parents. As a matter of fact, it is often very difficult for adoptees to find out about their birth parents because the birth records of most adoptees are usually .sealed. The information is secret so no one can see it.
Naturally, adopted children have different feelings about their birth parents. Many adoptees want to search for them, but others do not. The decision to search for birth parents is a difficult one to make. Most adoptees have mixed feelings about finding their biological parents. Even though adoptees do not know about their natural parents, they do know that their adoptive parents want them, love them and will care for them.
(33)
A.They care a lot about children.
B.They need looking after in their old age.
C.They want to enrich their life experience.
D.They want children to keep them company.
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