Question

In China, if you are not married by the time you are 30, you are in for trouble social blame and pressure from family and friends can get you down. And if you are a woman, it’s even worse.

Many young people get married simply to get other people off their backs (免受別人的指責) . This is a serious compromise. One ends up not marrying the ideal partner.

There are, however, a few young people who refuse to compromise if they can’t find a good marriage partner, they say, they would rather not marry at all.

34-year-old Kate is a university lecturer in English. She said she would not describe herself as celibatarian (獨身主義者) but simply a woman who hasn’t come across the right man yet. She has sharp comments for the way in which the old generation looks at marriage.
“Many people think marriage is a duty---to your parents, family and society. Nobody cares if your marriage is happy or not, she said, I think this is very wrong and I intend to live and act according to my own will.”

Happily for her, her parents are open-minded and not lay stress on her. But the same does not apply to her friends. They are constantly trying to get her together with some young man or another. She always refuses politely.

1.The main idea of the passage is that

A. marriage is a duty to society

B. people should get married before 30 years old

C. late marriage should be respected

D. women should get married earlier than men

2.Miss Kate refuses to get together with some young man or another because __________.

A. she doesn’t think he is the right man she wants

B. he is either too old or too young

C. he is either important or little learned

D. he doesn’t have good manners

3.In the first paragraph the underlined words “in for” refer to _________.

A. interested in B. satisfied with

C. worried about D. likely to suffer

4. Which is NOT TRUE according to this passage?

A. In China, one may face social blame and family pressure if one hasn’t got married by 30.

B. Miss Kate’s parents are always worried about her marriage.

C. Miss Kate won’t compromise if she can’t have her ideal marriage.

D. Miss Kate wants to marry a worthy young man.

5.If marriage is regarded as a duty to society, __________.

A. everybody will be happy and satisfied

B. nobody will pay attention to whether you are happy or not in your family life

C. you can easily find an ideal partner

D. young people will have nothing to worry about in marriage

Answer 1

1.C

2.A

3.D

4.B

5.B

【解析】

試題分析：在中國，如果到30歲還沒有戀愛結婚，那就是一件很受人們議論的事情，尤其是女生。但是現在的年輕人仿佛已經改變了觀念，他們有自己理解的幸福觀和人生觀。

1.主旨大意題。根據第三段可知，現在的年輕人的婚姻觀改變了。他們認為晚結婚也應該得到尊重。

2.She said she would not describe herself as celibatarian (獨身主義者) but simply a woman who hasn’t come across the right man yet.”可知，凱特認為自己只是沒有找到自己想要的合適的人。故選A。

3.interested in 對……感興趣；satisfied with 對……感到滿意；worried about擔憂；likely to suffer可能遭受。故選D。

4.Happily for her, her parents are open-minded and not lay stress on her.”可知凱特的父母很開明，沒有給她太大的壓力。故選B。

5.Many people think marriage is a duty---to your parents, family and society. Nobody cares if your marriage is happy or not,”可知，很多人認為結婚是一項社會任務，沒人會關心你是否幸福快樂。故選B。

考點：社科類短文閱讀。