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Questions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.
Romantic love is a culture trait found primarily in industrialized
societies. Elsewhere in the world, pragmatic considerations rather than flights
of fancy are often used to make a choice of partner, and romantic love is seen
as an unfortunate inconvenience that gets in the way of the ordinary, rational
process of mate selection. Traces of this attitude persist in the American upper
classes, where daughters are expected to marry “well”-----that is, to a male who
is eligible by reason of family background and earning potential. Most
Americans, however, see romantic love as essential for a successful marriage,
and tend to look askance(轻蔑地)at anyone who marries for a more practical reason
in which love plays no part.
The phenomenon of romantic love occurs when two young people meet and find
one another personally and physically attractive. They become mutually absorbed,
start to behave in what appears to be a flighty(充满幻想的), even irrational manner,
decide that they are right for one another, and may then enter a marriage whose
success is expected to be guaranteed by their enduring love. Behavior of this
kind is portrayed and warmly endorsed(赞同)throughout American popular culture, by
books, magazines, comics, records, popular songs, movies, and TV. Romantic love
is a noble ideal, and it can certainly provide a basis for the spouses to “live
happily ever after.” But a marriage can equally well be founded on much more
practical considerations”----as indeed they have been in most societies
throughout most of history. Why is romantic love of such importance in the
modern world? The reason seems to be that it has some basic functions in
maintaining the institution of the nuclear family(小家庭).
57. Romantic love is less frequently found in many non-industrial societies
because people in these societies_______.
A ) firmly believe that only money can make the world go round
B ) fail to bring the imaginative power of the mind into full play
C ) fondly think that flights of fancy prevent them from making a correct
choice of partner
D ) have far more practical considerations to determine who will marry
whom
58. The word eligible (in Line5, Para. l), could best be replaced by
____.
A ) qualified B ) available C ) chosen D ) influential
59. According to the passage, most Americans _____.
A) expect their daughters to fall in love with a male at first sight
B) regard romantic love as the basis for a successful marriage
C) look up to those who marry for the sake of wealth
D) consider romantic love to be the most desirable thing in the world
60. What can we learn from the second paragraph about romantic love?
A) It is a common occurrence among the old. B) It is primarily depicted by
books.
C) It is characterized by mutual attraction and absorption. D) It is
rejected as flighty and irrational.
61. The author seems to believe that ___________
A) romantic love makes people unable to think clearly in the process of
mate selection
B) only romantic love can make a marriage happy ever after
C) much more practical considerations can also be the basis for a
successful marriage
D) romantic love plays an insignificant role in maintaining the institution
of the nuclear family
答案解析：
57-61 DABCC
(实习编辑：王晓晓) |
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发表于 2016-12-4 13:33:01