Question

Marriage is still a popular institution in the United States, but divorce(离婚) 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(社会学家)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(连续的)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

Answer 1

1---20     BCCDA   ACBDB   ADCDB   DBADC 

解析:

1almost“几乎”，这里表示在美国结婚和离婚都很普通。答案为B。?

2.多数美国人结婚，但是，美国又有一半的人最终离婚。答案为C。

3. end in divorce表示“以离婚结束”。答案为C。

4. stay single表示“保持单身”，五分之四离婚的人都不愿意保持单身。答案为D。?  5. get married to是一个固定搭配，表示“跟某人结婚”，这里指跟新的、另外的人结婚。答案为A。?

6. A表示“多数”。答案为A。?

7. C表示“三到四次”，多数美国人一辈子结婚三到四次。答案为C。?

8call表“称作，称为”。答案为B。?

9. reasons表示“原因，说明……的原因”。答案为D。?

10. people's lives表示人们的生活，不会保持很长。答案为B。?

11. frequently表示“经常地，不断地”，在这里指美国人不断地改变自己的工作。答案为A。

12. 他们的朋友圈子也在改变。答案为D。　

13. 人们的审美标准在不断地发生变化。答案为C。　

14. 十年前的标准和十年后的标准有很大区别。答案为D。　

15. B表示“感觉到”，答案为B。　

16. share the same interests“有共同的兴趣”。答案为D。　

17. plan to do sth表示“计划做……”。答案为B。　

18. an entire life表示“整个一生”。答案为A。　

19. marry another表示“跟另外一个人结婚”。答案为D。　

20. includes表示“包括，包含”。答案为C。