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 this 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：本文敘述的是社會中的剩女剩男現(xiàn)象，以及人們對于這些大齡未婚的人的錯誤觀點。

1. 推理題。根據(jù)文章第一段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. 可知很多大齡青年都收到人們的歧視，認為剩男或者剩女不好。文章接下來以Kate為例說明剩女也應該收到尊敬。所以本文的中心思想是為了告訴我們晚婚的人也應該被尊敬。故C正確。

2. 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第四段第二句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.可知她到現(xiàn)在還單身是因為她認為自己還沒有遇見合適的人。這也是她拒絕和朋友介紹的那些人見面的原因。故A正確。

3. 猜測詞義題。根據(jù)本句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中后半句social blame and pressure可知如果你30歲還不結婚，你會承受社會的壓力以及責備，故in for應該表示D項含義。

4. 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章最后一段第一句Happily for her, her parents are open-minded and not lay stress on her.可知她的父母親是很開明的，沒有給她很大的壓力。所以B項說法是錯誤的。

5. 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第二段“Many people think marriage is a duty---to your parents, family and society. Nobody cares if your marriage is happy or not可知如果婚姻真的是責任，也就不會有人注意到是否幸福了。故B正確。

考點：考查社會現(xiàn)象類閱讀理解