In the following part immediately after this text, the author will most probably focus on（ ）[A] a vivid account of the new book Divorce Talk[B] a detailed description of the stereotypical cartoon[C] other possible reasons for a high divorce rate in the U.
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In the following part immediately after this text, the author will most probably focus on（ ）
[A] a vivid account of the new book Divorce Talk
[B] a detailed description of the stereotypical cartoon
[C] other possible reasons for a high divorce rate in the U. S.
[D] a brief introduction to the political scientist Andrew Hacker
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第1题：
In the part succeeding the third paragraph, the author will most probably _____.
［A］ draw an analogy between golf and short story
［B］ elaborate the “effect” of short story
［C］ show other examples similar to golf games
［D］ show impact of golf games on short story
正确答案：B本题考查考生对文章写作结构的理解。第三段论述了短篇小说与高尔夫比赛相似的特点。该段引用了现代流派的第一位理论家埃德加·爱伦·坡的观点阐明短篇小说的效果是为了创造一种效果。因此，可推知文章接下来应该对这一效果进行详细论述，告诉读者这种效果到底指的是什么，怎样达到。［B］项正确。文章前半部分的论述都是为了引出短篇小说这个话题，所以点题之后，无需再对高尔夫这个引子进行叙述。由此排除其他项。
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第2题：
There have been changes in all sorts of different areas of British society.In recent years in the UK we have had a very large increase in the number of couples who get divorced
After 1969 and the Divorce Law Reform. Act we had a very rapid increase in the number of divorces.The rate increased steadily and in recent years has increased much more rapidly.But there are also quite a lot of people who do actually get married.At present the marriage rate in the UK is about 70 per cent, which has gone down since the number of people who marry has gone down qui te a lot in the last 20 years, but more significantly in the last 10 years.Quite high proportions of people now live together without marrying, and, for example, 40 per cent of children born in the UK are born to couples who aren't married or are born to lone parents.There are quite a large number of lone parent families, 90 per cent of these are headed by a woman rather than a man
The average family size now in the UK is 1.8 children per couple, which
Means that there’s been quite a decline in the birth rate in the UK along with other European countries.
21.What does the passage mainly discuss?()
A.The declining divorce rate in the UK.
B.Trends in marriage and divorce in the UK.
C.The increasing divorce rate in the UK.
22.During the last ten years,（）
A.the marriage rate has gone down more rapidly in the UK
B.the marriage rate has gone up a lot in the UK
C.40% of children were born to unwed couples in the UK
23.According to the passage, the cohabitation rate in the UK tends to ___
A.decline
B.soar
C.stay stable
24.According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true?
A.The highest divorce rate was around 1969.
B.The marriage rate has gone down in recent years.
C.The marriage rate is currently 70 percent.
25.The last paragraph tells us（）
A.the birth rate in the UK is increasing at the moment
B.the birth rate in other European countries keeps increasing
C.the birth rate in the UK is decreasing rapidly now
参考答案：CABAC
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第3题：
In the author's opinion, a divorce is not an evil act ______.
A) if the marital life is imperfect
B)if it leads to a more worthwhile life for the two persons
C)it the couple later get roamed again and and real love
D)if the couple live far away from each other
正确答案：B
答案：B
[试题分析]事实判断题。
[详细解答]然而，离异有时也并不是件坏事，它有时会成为处于无法弥合的婚姻或痛苦不幸的婚姻中的人的救星。对这些人来说离婚正像是外科大夫的手术一样，可以帮人恢复健康井快乐地生活。参阅第三段第一、二、三句。
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第4题：
Which of the following statements can best summarize the author's view in the passage?( )
A．The stability of marriage and the divorce rate may reflect the economic situation of the country．
B．Even when economically independent, most women have to struggle for real equality in marriage．
C．In order to secure their mamage women should work outside the home and remain independent．
D．The impact of the growing female workforce on marriage varies from case to case．
正确答案：D
D[解析]由第一段最后两句可知A项错误；B项文中未提及；C项太过片面。本题正确答案为D，即女性外出工作对婚姻的影响是因人而异的。 -
第5题：
It can be inferred from the text that most unhappily married adults __（ ）
[A] should divorce in no more than 5 years
[B] prefer to stay together for another 5 years
[C] feel happy after staying together for another 5 years
[D] become much happier after divorce
正确答案：C
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第6题：
I was addressing a small gathering in a suburban Virginia living room—a woman's group that had invited men to join them.Throughout the evening,one man had been particularly talkative,frequently offering ideas and anecdotes,while his wife sat silently beside him on the couch.Toward the end of the evening,I commented that women frequently complain that their husbands don't talk to them.This man quickly nodded in agreement.He gestured toward his wife and said“She's the talker in our family.”The room burst into laughter;the man looked puzzled and hurt.“It's true”he explained.“When I come home from work I have nothing to say.If she didn't keep the conversation going we'd spend the whole evening in silence.”This episode crystallizes the irony that although American men tend to talk more than women in public situations,they often talk less at home.And this pattern is wreaking havoc with marriage.The pattern was observed by political scientist Andrew Hacker in the late 1970s.Sociologist Catherine Kohler Riessman reports in her new book Divorce Talk that most of the women she interviewed—but only a few of the men—gave lack of communication as the reason for their divorces.Given the current divorce rate of nearly 50 percent，that amounts to millions of cases in the United States every year—a virtual epidemic of failed conversation.In my own research，complains from women about their husbands most often focused not on tangible inequities such as having given up the chance for a career to accompany a husband to his,or doing far more than their share of daily lifesupport work like cleaning,cooking and social arrangements.Instead they focused on communication:“He doesn't listen to me.”“He does not talk to me.”I found,as Hacker observed years before,that most wives want their husbands to be,first and foremost,conversational partners,but few husbands share this expectation of their wives.In short,the image that best represents the current crisis is the stereotypical cartoon scene of a man sitting at the breakfast table with a newspaper held up in front of his face,while a woman glares at the back of it,wanting to talk.Which of the following can best summarize the main idea of this text?A.The moral decaying deserves more research by sociologists.
B.Marriage breakup stems from sex inequalities.
C.Husband and wife have different expectations from their marriage.
D.Conversational patterns between man and wife are different.答案：D解析：主旨题【命题思路】这是一道主旨题。首先从整体上来看，这篇文章的段落与段落之间没有明显的转折，也就是说文章的主题从头到尾是一致的。通常情况下，这种文章结构的观点出现在第一段或者是第二段，考生可以通过概括第一段和第二段的内容提炼文章主旨。【直击答案】第一段通过一个小故事引出了要讨论的话题：conversation；第二段的第一句话实则就是文章的主旨句；因为第三段和第四段都是通过具体的研究调查来证明文章的观点，属于论据，最后一段用一幅漫画重申了主题。所以文章的主题句是：although American men tend to…talk less at home。D项是对这句话的高度概括，符合主旨题的答案特点。【干扰排除】文章的关键词是conversation或者是communication，作者并未提升到moral（道德）的层面来探讨这个话题，A项属于过度推理。文章第三段提到most women she interviewed…as reason for their divorces，即大多数女性都将缺少交流归结为离婚的理由，与B项所表达的内容不相符。第四段的最后一句话：that most wives want…share this expectation of their wives，虽体现了男性和女性有着不同的期待，但是这种期待主要还是体现在conversation方面。C项并未体现文章的主题词，而是将原文主旨含义扩大化了。 -
第7题：
I was addressing a small gathering in a suburban Virginia living room—a woman's group that had invited men to join them.Throughout the evening,one man had been particularly talkative,frequently offering ideas and anecdotes,while his wife sat silently beside him on the couch.Toward the end of the evening,I commented that women frequently complain that their husbands don't talk to them.This man quickly nodded in agreement.He gestured toward his wife and said“She's the talker in our family.”The room burst into laughter;the man looked puzzled and hurt.“It's true”he explained.“When I come home from work I have nothing to say.If she didn't keep the conversation going we'd spend the whole evening in silence.”This episode crystallizes the irony that although American men tend to talk more than women in public situations,they often talk less at home.And this pattern is wreaking havoc with marriage.The pattern was observed by political scientist Andrew Hacker in the late 1970s.Sociologist Catherine Kohler Riessman reports in her new book Divorce Talk that most of the women she interviewed—but only a few of the men—gave lack of communication as the reason for their divorces.Given the current divorce rate of nearly 50 percent，that amounts to millions of cases in the United States every year—a virtual epidemic of failed conversation.In my own research，complains from women about their husbands most often focused not on tangible inequities such as having given up the chance for a career to accompany a husband to his,or doing far more than their share of daily lifesupport work like cleaning,cooking and social arrangements.Instead they focused on communication:“He doesn't listen to me.”“He does not talk to me.”I found,as Hacker observed years before,that most wives want their husbands to be,first and foremost,conversational partners,but few husbands share this expectation of their wives.In short,the image that best represents the current crisis is the stereotypical cartoon scene of a man sitting at the breakfast table with a newspaper held up in front of his face,while a woman glares at the back of it,wanting to talk.Judging from the context,the phrase“wreaking havoc”（Para.2）most probably means_____A.generating motivation
B.exerting influence
C.causing damage
D.creating pressure答案：C解析：词义题【命题思路】这是一道词义推理题，属于封闭式推理题。首先要定位短语所在的句子，然后根据其所在的文本进行逻辑推理。短语出现在第二段的最后一句话，这和第三段的第一句话构成顺接关系，因此对于考生来说，解题的关键在于第三段的内容。【直击答案】该短语出现在第二段最后一句话“and this pattern is wreaking havoc with marriage.”短语是对this pattern的描述，根据代词代前不代后和就近指代的原则，可判断指的是上句话中的：although American men tend…talk less at home。紧接着第三段首句提到“this pattern was observed…”，两句话中都提到了this pattern，属于指代复现，这表明两个段落之间是顺接的关系，即这两个段落的观点是一致的，因此只要提炼出第三段的观点，那么题干中短语的意思就不言而喻了。第三段主要描述了社会学家凯瑟琳?科勒?里斯曼在她书中讲述了一个通过访谈方式进行的研究，该研究结果表明：most women she interviewed…reason for their divorces，即大多数女性都将缺少交流归结为离婚的理由。由此可知这种模式危害婚姻，故C项为正确答案。【干扰排除】A项“产生动机”在文中并未体现，属于无中生有。这种男性在家不与妻子交流的模式确实对他们的婚姻产生了影响，但是文章表述得很清楚，这种影响是导致离婚，是负面影响，而B项“施加影响”并没有具体说明是正面还是负面影响，故排除。D项“形成压力”干扰性比较大，但其表述不够明确。 -
第8题：
共用题干
1.Is there something seriously wrong with marriage today?During the past 50 years,the rate of divorce in the United States has exploded:almost 50%of marriages end in divorce now,and the evidence suggests it is going to get worse.If this trend continues,it will lead to the breakup of the family,according to a spokesperson for the National Family Association.Some futurists predict that in 100 years, the average American will marry at least four times, and extramarital（婚外的）affairs will be even more common than they are now.
2.But what are the reasons for this,and is the picture really so gloomy?The answer to the first question is really quite simple:marriage is no longer the necessity it once was.The institution of marriage has been based for years partly on economic need.Women used to be economically dependent on their husbands.But with the rising number of women in well-paying jobs,this is no ionger the case.So they don't feel that they need to stay in a failing marriage.
3.In answer to the second question,the outlook may not be as pessimistic as it seems.While the rate of divorce has risen,the rate of couples marrying has never actually fallen very much,so marriage is still quite popular. In addition to this,many couples now simply live together and don't bother to marry.These couples are effectively married,but they do not appear in either the marriage or divorce statistics.In fact,more than 50% of first marriages survive.
4.So is marriage really an outdated institution?The fact that most people still get married mndicates that it isn't. And it is also true that married couples have a healthier life than single people: they suffer less from stress and its consequences such as heart problems,and married men generally consider themselves more contented than their single counterparts.Perhaps the key is to find out what makes a successful marriage and apply it to all of our relationships!Paragraph 3__________
A:The reason for the increase of divorce rate.
B:The breakup of the family because of the high divorce rate.
C:The health benefits of marriage for people.
D:A gloomy picture of marriage in the U.S..
E:The reason why marriage will continue to exist.
F: The reason why the outlook of marriage may not be as bad as it looks.答案：F解析：本题考查的是对所读材料的大意和主旨的掌握。本段主要讲的是美国目前的婚姻状况以及未来婚姻状况看似灰暗的前景。
本题考查的是对所读材料的大意和主旨的掌握。依据第二段第一、二句可知，本段主要讲的是离婚率升高的原因。
本题考查的是对所读材料的大意和主旨的掌握。结合第二段第一句和第三段第一句可知，本段主要讲的是为什么婚姻前景并不像看上去的那么黯淡的原因。
本题考查的是对所读材料的大意和主旨的掌握。根据第四段第一句可知，本段主要讲的是婚姻会继续存在的原因。
本题考查的是时阐述文章的主旨事实与细节的了解。依据是第一段第二句：…almost 50% of marriages end in divorce now,and the evidence suggests it is going to get worse．在过去50年期间，美国的离婚率急剧升高，今天几乎一半的婚姻以离婚而告终，有证据表明今后情况会更糟。
本题考查的是对阐述文章的主旨事实与细节的了解。依据是第二段第二、四、五句：The answer to the first question is really quite simple : marriage is no longer the necessity it once was．…Women used to be economically dependent on their husbands.But with the rising number of women in well -paying jobs , this is no longer the case．第一个问题的答案非常简单：婚姻不再像以前那样有必要。······女性过去通常在经济上依赖她们的丈夫，但是随着越来越多的女性从事薪水不菲的工作，情况早已改变。
本题考查的是对阐述文章的主旨事实与细节的了解。依据是第四段倒数第二句：...married men generally consider themselves more contented than their single counterparts.已婚男士通常觉得自己比他们同龄单身的男士更满足。
本题考查的是对阐述文章的主旨事实与细节的了解。依据是最后一句： Perhaps the key is to find out what makes a successful marriage and apply it to all of our relationships！也许关键是找出成功婚姻的秘诀，然后将其应用于我们所有人的婚姻关系中。 -
第9题：
单选题After Paragraph 4, the author will probably talk about Maggie’s _____.Aeducation
Bnext project
Cpay
Dchildhood
正确答案： B解析：
文章最后一句提到“Now Walker was ready for her next big step”由此可知：现在沃克在为她的下一个重大步骤做准备。于是可以推断下文将要讨论Maggie’s big step。只有B项与之相关。A、C、D项与最后一段最后一句话均没有联系。 -
第10题：
单选题Which of the following statements will the author most probably agree with?AForeign students are a new source of financial capital.
BPh. D. graduates should automatically be given green cards.
CForeign Ph.D. graduates may function as a kind of capital.
DForeign investors ought to immigrate to high unemployment areas.
正确答案： A解析：
推理判断题。根据题干信息定位到第一段第二句“Equally，our analysis suggests that we ought to treat foreign students as an important source of brain gain for US…”，由此可知，外国留学生应该被看做重要人才流入的源，根据常识，这是人力资本，而非金融资本，故A选项错误；根据最后一段首句“We budget that automatic green cards be given to all those who obtain a Ph．D．in the science and engineering programs at our universities．”可知，作者建议，所有在美国大学里获得科学类和工程类博士学位的人都可以自动获得绿卡，故B选项错误；D选项在文中没有提及。根据最后一段最后一句“In adopting such a ‘guaranteed green card’ proposal，we would be recognizing the…”可知，“保证性绿卡”制度的实施赋予了人力资本和金融资本同样的重要性，即作者认为外国博士生也是一种资本，故答案为C项。 -
第11题：
单选题Prior to this text, the author has most probably made an analysis of ______.Abrain gain in the United States.
Bthe cause of problems of the black people.
Cthe U. S educational programs for blacks.
Dthe procedure of foreign students’ immigration.
正确答案： C解析：
细节理解题。根据题干信息定位到第一段首句“our analysis therefore suggests that the real problem facing the black community lies in the educational obstacles prior to the Ph. D. programs rather than in the pour—in of foreign students”，由句意：我们的分析表明黑人群体所面临的真正问题是接受博士教育之前所遇到的教育障碍，而不是外国留学生的大量涌入，推测作者在写这篇文章之前应该是做了一项关于黑人教育问题的分析，故答案为C项。 -
第12题：
单选题After the last paragraph, the author will most probably discuss Dickens’ _____.Asuccess
Bappearance
Cworks
Dchildhood
正确答案： B解析：
文章最后开头讲的是狄更斯很重视细节。最后一句讲到他也十分注重外表。由此可以推断，作者接下来要将狄更斯是如何注重自己的外表的。因此B项正确。 -
第13题：
according to the author, the articles of confederation failed because of the following reasons. which is not true?
A. The Congress could not raise money to pay the national army and to pay debts owed to France and other nations.
B. The Congress had no power to tax any citizen.
C. The new states did not cooperate with the Congress or with each other.
D. Some new states wanted to be free from the Union
参考答案：D
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第14题：
The author most probably is a ______.
A) teacher
B) psychologist
C) philosopher
D) doctor Text 2
正确答案：B
答案：B
[试题分析]事实推断题。
[详细解答]根据文章的内容，作者阐述的是怎样在与人交流时，避免误解别人说话的真实意思，这显然与心理学有关系，推测作者是心理学家较为合理。因此，答案为B。
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第15题：
A company predicted that the learning rate for production of a new product would be 80%. The actual learning rate was 75%. The following possible reasons were stated for this:
(i) The number of new employees recruited was lower than expected
(ii) Unexpected problems were encountered with production
(iii) Unexpected changes to Health and Safety laws meant that the company had to increase the number of breaks during production for employees
Which of the above reasons could have caused the difference between the expected rate of learning and the actual rate of learning?
A.All of the above
B.(ii) and (iii) only
C.(i) only
D.None of the above
正确答案：CThe learning rate was actually better than expected and only (i) could cause it to improve.
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第16题：
This passage most probably is( )．
A．a book review
B．the preface of a book
C． the postscript of a book
D． the concluding part of a book
正确答案：B
B[解析]通过第二段首句This book is written for the intelligent student or lay person whose acquaintance with sclence is superficial.及最后一段首句We have also tried to make the book entertaining as well as informative.容易推断本文是一本书的前言。故B 正确。 -
第17题：
I was addressing a small gathering in a suburban Virginia living room—a woman's group that had invited men to join them.Throughout the evening,one man had been particularly talkative,frequently offering ideas and anecdotes,while his wife sat silently beside him on the couch.Toward the end of the evening,I commented that women frequently complain that their husbands don't talk to them.This man quickly nodded in agreement.He gestured toward his wife and said“She's the talker in our family.”The room burst into laughter;the man looked puzzled and hurt.“It's true”he explained.“When I come home from work I have nothing to say.If she didn't keep the conversation going we'd spend the whole evening in silence.”This episode crystallizes the irony that although American men tend to talk more than women in public situations,they often talk less at home.And this pattern is wreaking havoc with marriage.The pattern was observed by political scientist Andrew Hacker in the late 1970s.Sociologist Catherine Kohler Riessman reports in her new book Divorce Talk that most of the women she interviewed—but only a few of the men—gave lack of communication as the reason for their divorces.Given the current divorce rate of nearly 50 percent，that amounts to millions of cases in the United States every year—a virtual epidemic of failed conversation.In my own research，complains from women about their husbands most often focused not on tangible inequities such as having given up the chance for a career to accompany a husband to his,or doing far more than their share of daily lifesupport work like cleaning,cooking and social arrangements.Instead they focused on communication:“He doesn't listen to me.”“He does not talk to me.”I found,as Hacker observed years before,that most wives want their husbands to be,first and foremost,conversational partners,but few husbands share this expectation of their wives.In short,the image that best represents the current crisis is the stereotypical cartoon scene of a man sitting at the breakfast table with a newspaper held up in front of his face,while a woman glares at the back of it,wanting to talk.In the following part immediately after this text,the author will most probably focus on.A.a vivid account of the new book Divorce Talk
B.a detailed description of the stereotypical cartoon
C.other possible reasons for a high divorce rate in the U.S.
D.a brief introduction to the political scientist Andrew Hacker答案：B解析：推理题【命题思路】这是一道开放式的推理题，解题需要从篇章结构的角度出发。一般情况下，一个段落中的第一句和最后一句都起到承上启下的作用。题目要求猜测接下来一段的内容，这就需要对最后一段的最后一句进行分析并推理，它会给下一段的内容做出提示。【直击答案】根据题干定位到最后一段：In short,the image that…，wanting to talk。该段具体描述了the stereotypical cartoon scene，接下来的内容最可能围绕这一点展开，所以B项为正确答案。【干扰排除】A项中的Divorce Talk出现在文章中的第三段，是作为一个论据来支持文章的观点，与最后一段的内容没有直接联系，故排除。C项的干扰性很大，但是文章的主题并不是在讨论美国高离婚率的原因，它不符合文章主旨一致性原则，故排除。D项中的安德鲁?海克在第三段和第四段中都出现过，其目的是为了进一步证实作者的观点，属于第四段的论据，是该段的一个细节，不能用于推理文章的主线路，故排除。长难句解析 -
第18题：
I was addressing a small gathering in a suburban Virginia living room—a woman's group that had invited men to join them.Throughout the evening,one man had been particularly talkative,frequently offering ideas and anecdotes,while his wife sat silently beside him on the couch.Toward the end of the evening,I commented that women frequently complain that their husbands don't talk to them.This man quickly nodded in agreement.He gestured toward his wife and said“She's the talker in our family.”The room burst into laughter;the man looked puzzled and hurt.“It's true”he explained.“When I come home from work I have nothing to say.If she didn't keep the conversation going we'd spend the whole evening in silence.”This episode crystallizes the irony that although American men tend to talk more than women in public situations,they often talk less at home.And this pattern is wreaking havoc with marriage.The pattern was observed by political scientist Andrew Hacker in the late 1970s.Sociologist Catherine Kohler Riessman reports in her new book Divorce Talk that most of the women she interviewed—but only a few of the men—gave lack of communication as the reason for their divorces.Given the current divorce rate of nearly 50 percent，that amounts to millions of cases in the United States every year—a virtual epidemic of failed conversation.In my own research，complains from women about their husbands most often focused not on tangible inequities such as having given up the chance for a career to accompany a husband to his,or doing far more than their share of daily lifesupport work like cleaning,cooking and social arrangements.Instead they focused on communication:“He doesn't listen to me.”“He does not talk to me.”I found,as Hacker observed years before,that most wives want their husbands to be,first and foremost,conversational partners,but few husbands share this expectation of their wives.In short,the image that best represents the current crisis is the stereotypical cartoon scene of a man sitting at the breakfast table with a newspaper held up in front of his face,while a woman glares at the back of it,wanting to talk.All of the following are true EXCEPT____A.men tend to talk more in public than women
B.nearly 50percent of recent divorces are caused by failed conversation
C.women attach much importance to communication between couples
D.a female tends to be more talkative at home than her spouse答案：B解析：细节题【命题思路】这是一道反向提问的开放性细节题。第一需要选错误内容，第二需要全文寻找答案。比较快捷的办法是，在阅读文章时做关键词的记号，以便解题时定位。【直击答案】第三段的最后一句话“given the current divorce rate…a virtual epidemic of failed conversation”中由“given”可知这是比喻，并非事实。原文只是说如果美国的离婚率接近50%，但并未说明50%的离婚案件都是因为交流失败造成的，故选B项。【干扰排除】第二段中提出although American men tend to…talk less at home。although引导的从句部分是A项的同义复现，故排除。they often talk less at home中对比的双方是men和women，与D项的内容吻合，a female对应women，her spouse对应men，程度为more，即a female often talks more at home than her spouse，因此D项的内容表述符合原文，故排除。第四段第二句话：instead,they focused on communication中的they指代上句提到的women，而focus on对应attach importance to，因此C项与原文表达一致，故排除。 -
第19题：
I was addressing a small gathering in a suburban Virginia living room—a woman's group that had invited men to join them.Throughout the evening,one man had been particularly talkative,frequently offering ideas and anecdotes,while his wife sat silently beside him on the couch.Toward the end of the evening,I commented that women frequently complain that their husbands don't talk to them.This man quickly nodded in agreement.He gestured toward his wife and said“She's the talker in our family.”The room burst into laughter;the man looked puzzled and hurt.“It's true”he explained.“When I come home from work I have nothing to say.If she didn't keep the conversation going we'd spend the whole evening in silence.”This episode crystallizes the irony that although American men tend to talk more than women in public situations,they often talk less at home.And this pattern is wreaking havoc with marriage.The pattern was observed by political scientist Andrew Hacker in the late 1970s.Sociologist Catherine Kohler Riessman reports in her new book Divorce Talk that most of the women she interviewed—but only a few of the men—gave lack of communication as the reason for their divorces.Given the current divorce rate of nearly 50 percent，that amounts to millions of cases in the United States every year—a virtual epidemic of failed conversation.In my own research，complains from women about their husbands most often focused not on tangible inequities such as having given up the chance for a career to accompany a husband to his,or doing far more than their share of daily lifesupport work like cleaning,cooking and social arrangements.Instead they focused on communication:“He doesn't listen to me.”“He does not talk to me.”I found,as Hacker observed years before,that most wives want their husbands to be,first and foremost,conversational partners,but few husbands share this expectation of their wives.In short,the image that best represents the current crisis is the stereotypical cartoon scene of a man sitting at the breakfast table with a newspaper held up in front of his face,while a woman glares at the back of it,wanting to talk.What is most wives'main expectation of their husbands?A.Talking to them.
B.Trusting them.
C.Supporting their careers.
D.Sharing housework.答案：A解析：细节题【命题思路】这是一道封闭式的细节题，考生可以直接根据题干中提取的信息回文定位到文章中的相关句子，得出答案，它考查的是同义替换。【直击答案】第一段第三句话“women frequently…don't talk to them”正话反说暗示妻子很期待丈夫和她们交流。此外，第四段的“want their husbands to be”对应题干中的“expectation of their husbands”；“first and foremost”对应题干中的“main”；“conversational partners”对应A项“talking to them”，因此A项为正确答案。【干扰排除】B项在文中并未提及，属于无中生有。由第四段首句可知妻子对丈夫的抱怨不集中在一些明显不公平的事情上，而是丈夫不和她们交流。作者继而对这些明显不公平的事情（tangible inequities）进行了举例，即such as后面的内容，其中包括了D项“sharing housework”的内容，故D项不属于抱怨的内容，并不是妻子所期待的内容。C项“supporting their careers”是指丈夫能够支持她们的事业，而原文信息是“having given up the chance for a career to company a husband”，是指妻子为了陪伴丈夫而放弃她们的事业，偷换了概念。 -
第20题：
When is the most appropriate time to conduct a Pre-install Solution Assurance Review？（）
- A、As soon as possible after a firm order
- B、Immediately after the Pre-sale review
- C、As near as possible to the scheduled ship date
- D、After all the items in the site preparation are complete
正确答案:A -
第21题：
单选题The author implies that topsoil is lacking in nutrients for which of the following reasons?I. The repeated planting of the same crops every yearII. The high acid content of slug trailsIII. The lingering after-effects of certain pesticidesAI only
BII only
CI and III only
DI, II, and Ill
ENone of the above
正确答案： D解析：
文中第四段提到I中的内容。同一段中还提到III中的陈述。文中没有涉及II中陈述，故选C项。 -
第22题：
单选题After Paragraph 4, the author will probably talk about Maggie's______.Aeducation
Bnext project
Cpay
Dchildhood
正确答案： C解析： -
第23题：
问答题Demographic indicators show that Americans in the postwar period were moreeager than ever to establish families. They quickly brought down the age at marriagefor both men and women and brought the birth rate to a twentieth century height 1．_______after more than a hundred years of a steady decline, producing the” baby boom.” 2．_______These young adults established a trend of early marriage and relatively largefamilies that went for more than two decades and caused a major but temporary 3．_______reversal of longterm demographic patterns. From the 1940s through the early1960s, Americans married at a high rate and at a younger age than their 4．_______Europe counterparts. 5．_______ Less noted but equally more significant, the men and women who formed 6．_______families between 1940 and 1960 nevertheless reduced the divorce rate after a 7．_______postwar peak; their marriages remained intact to a greater extent than did that of 8．_______couples who married in earlier as well as later decades. Since the United States 9．_______maintained its dubious distinction of having the highest divorce rate in the world,the temporary decline in divorce did not occur in the same extent in Europe. 10．_______Contrary to fears of the experts, the role of breadwinner and homemaker was notabandoned.正确答案：
1.height改为high或peak。 height高度,海拔。high高水平,高峰。peak山峰,最高点。
2.去掉第二个a。 decline在作名词时,表示具体的降低,前面要加a;表示抽象的降低或减少,则不用冠词。
3.在went后加on,或将went改为lasted。 go只有加on才可表示“延续,持续”之意。
4.high改为higher。 根据后面的连词than,就可知high在这里要用比较级。
5.Europe改为European。 根据句意可知这里需要用形容词作定语。
6.去掉equally或more。 equally和more不能连用。
7.nevertheless改为also。 这里要表达与前文相似的情况,所以要用表示“也,同样”之意的also。
8.that改为those。 这里要用those来替代前文的marriages。
9.Since改为Although/Though/while。 这里需要一个连词来引导出让步状语从句。
10.第二个in改为to。 extent要与介词to搭配来构成短语。解析： 暂无解析