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1、ReadingComprehension(SkimmingandScanning)(15minutes)Directions:Inthispart,youwillhave15minutestogooverthepassagequicklyandanswerthequestions.Forquestions1-7,markY(forYES)ifthestatementagreeswiththeinformationgiveninthepassage;N(forNO)ifthestatementcontradictsthe
2、informationgiveninthepassage;NG(forNOTGIVEN)iftheinformationisnotgiveninthepassage.Forquestions8-10,completethesentenceswiththeinformationgiveninthepassage.Passage1Thereasonwhypeoplemarryarefarmorecomplexthan“becausewewereinlove.”Foritisacombinationofmanycomplic
3、atedsituationsandneedsthatmotivatespeopletomarry.We’lllookatseveralcommonreasons----first,thosethatarenegative;andsecond,positivereasons----andseehoweachrelatestothepossibilityofamarriage’ssuccess.NegativeReasonsRebounds.Onenegativereasonformarryingisrebound.Mar
4、riageonthereboundoccurswhenapersonmarriesveryshortlyafterbreakingupanotherrelationship.Tomarryonthereboundisundesirablebecausetheweddingoccursasareactiontoone’spreviouspartner,ratherthanrealloveforthepartnerbeingmarried.However,asociologistexperimentedwiththecon
5、ceptofloveontherebound.Sheconcludedthatwhenpeoplehavelowself-esteem,duetohavingbrokenupwithsomeone,theymaybelessdiscriminatinginchoosinglovepartnersandmayfallinlovemoreeasily.Rebellion.Marriageforthesakeofrebellionoccurswhenyoungpeoplemarryprimarilybecausetheirp
6、arentsdisapprove.Social-psychologicaltheoryandresearchshowthatparentalinterferencecanincreasefeelingofromanticattractionbetweenpartners.ThishasbeencalledtheRomeoandJulieteffect.Aswithmarriageontherebound,theweddingisaresponsetosomeoneelse(one’sparents)ratherthan
7、toone’spartner.Escape.Somepeoplemarrytoescapeanunhappyhomesituation.Theworking-classmalewhohasn’tgonetocollege,forinstance,mayreasonthatgettingmarriedistheonewayhecankeepforhimselfanymoneyhemakes,insteadofhandingitovertohisparents;or,deniedtheopportunitytogoaway
8、tocollege,working-classyouthoftenusemarriageasanescapefromparentalauthority.Physicalappearance.Physicalattractivenessofone’spartnerseldomleadstolifelonghappiness.Foro
