Marriage is still a popular institution in the United States, but divorce(離婚) is becoming_1_as“popular”.Most American people get married, _2_,at the present time, and fifty percent of American marriages end _3_ divorce. However, four out of five divorced people do not _4_ single. They get married a second time to _5_ partners. Sociologists(社會學(xué)家)tell us that in the next century, _6_American people will marry three _7_ four times in one lifetime. Alvin Toffler, an American sociologist, _8_this new social form serial(連續(xù)的)marriages. In his book Future Shock, Toffler gives many _9_ for this change in American marriage. In modern society, _10_ lives don't stay the same for very long.Americans_11_ change their jobs, their homes, and their circles of _12_So,the person who was a _13_ husband or wife ten years ago is sometimes not as good ten years _14_After some years of marriage, a husband and wife can _15 _that their lives have become very different, and they don't 16the same interests anymore. For this reason, Toffler says, people in the twenty first century will not _17_ to marry only one person for an _18_ lifetime. They will plan to stay married to one person for perhaps five or ten years, and then marry _19_.Most Americans will expect to have a “marriage carrier”that _20_ three or four marriages.

1. A. already           B. almost          C. ever        D. even

2. A. anyway           B. then            C. but         D. therefore

3. A. with             B. from            C. in          D. for

4. A. live              B. take            C. make       D. stay

5. A .new             B. old              C. young       D. pretty

6. A. most             B. main            C. few         D. mostly

7. A. and              B. by              C. or          D. to

8. A. asks             B. calls             C. tells        D. lets

9. A. causes           B. chances           C. problems    D. reasons

10. A. human's         B. people's          C. person's      D. man's

11. A. frequently       B. quickly           C. rapidly      D. fast

12. A. parents         B. classmates         C. neighbors    D. friends

13. A. polite           B. strict              C. good      D. unfriendly

14. A. late             B. latter            C. lately       D. later

15. A. imagine         B. feel              C. believe     D. suppose

16. A. enjoy           B. hold             C. divide      D. share

17. A. desire          B. plan              C. wish       D. design

18. A. entire          B. extreme           C. total       D. whole

19. A. the other       B. others             C. other       D. another

20. A. appears        B. happens           C. includes     D. carries

1---20     BCCDA   ACBDB   ADCDB   DBADC 


解析:

1almost“幾乎”,這里表示在美國結(jié)婚和離婚都很普通。答案為B。?

2.多數(shù)美國人結(jié)婚,但是,美國又有一半的人最終離婚。答案為C。

3. end in divorce表示“以離婚結(jié)束”。答案為C。

4. stay single表示“保持單身”,五分之四離婚的人都不愿意保持單身。答案為D。?  5. get married to是一個固定搭配,表示“跟某人結(jié)婚”,這里指跟新的、另外的人結(jié)婚。答案為A。?

6. A表示“多數(shù)”。答案為A。?

7. C表示“三到四次”,多數(shù)美國人一輩子結(jié)婚三到四次。答案為C。?

8call表“稱作,稱為”。答案為B。?

9. reasons表示“原因,說明……的原因”。答案為D。?

10. people's lives表示人們的生活,不會保持很長。答案為B。?

11. frequently表示“經(jīng)常地,不斷地”,在這里指美國人不斷地改變自己的工作。答案為A。

12. 他們的朋友圈子也在改變。答案為D!

13. 人們的審美標(biāo)準(zhǔn)在不斷地發(fā)生變化。答案為C!

14. 十年前的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)和十年后的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)有很大區(qū)別。答案為D!

15. B表示“感覺到”,答案為B。 

16. share the same interests“有共同的興趣”。答案為D!

17. plan to do sth表示“計劃做……”。答案為B。 

18. an entire life表示“整個一生”。答案為A!

19. marry another表示“跟另外一個人結(jié)婚”。答案為D!

20. includes表示“包括,包含”。答案為C!

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