Question

    Since the Second World War, there has been an obvious trend, especially among the growing group of college students, toward early marriage. Many youths begin dating in the first stages of adolescence, ''go steady'' through high school, and marry before their formal education has been completed. In some quarters, there is much shaking of graying heads over the ways of rebellious youth. However, emotional maturity does not grow with age; it does not arrive automatically at twenty-one or twenty-five. Some achieve it surprisingly early, while others never do, even in three-score years and ten.

Many students are marrying as an escape, not only from an unsatisfying home life, but also from their own personal problems of isolation and loneliness. However, any marriage entered into as an escape cannot prove entirely successful. The sad fact is that marriage seldom solves one's problems; more often, it merely worsens them. Furthermore, it is doubtful whether the home is capable of carrying all that the young are seeking to put into it; one might say that they are abandoning one idol only to worship another. Young people correctly understand that their parents are wrong in believing that success is the ultimate good, but they themselves are wrong in believing that they have found the true center of life's meaning. Their expectations of marriage are essentially unrealistic and therefore incapable of fulfillment. They want too much, and tragic disillusionment (幻想破灭) is often bound to follow.

Shall we, then, join the chorus of those against early marriages? One cannot generalize: all early marriages are not bad any more than all later ones are good. Satisfactory marriages are determined not by how old one is, but by the emotional maturity of the partners. Therefore, each case must be judged on its own merits. If the early marriage is not an escape, if it is entered into with relatively few illusions or false expectations, and if it is economically practicable, why not? Good marriages can be made from sixteen to sixty, and so can bad ones.

1.From Para. 1 we can learn that     .

A.emotional maturity automatically grow with age

B.some old people disapprove of early marriage

C.growing group of college students are against early marriage

D.the emotional expectations of young lovers are too high

2.The author's attitude to marriage as an escape is     .

A.negative B.unsure

C.indifferent D.acceptable

3.It can be implied from the last paragraph that     .

A.early marriages should not be encouraged

B.later marriages are always better than early marriages

C.each marriage should be looked at differently

D.young people can benefit a lot from early marriage

4.What's the best title of the passage?

A.Disillusionment in Marriage B.Expectations for Marriage

C.Marriages and Emotional Maturity D.The Trend of Early Marriages

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.C

【解析】

这是一篇议论文。文章主要介绍了二战后，人们结婚年龄普遍偏小的现象，以及这一现象引起的问题。作者认为成功的婚姻取决于心理的成熟。

1.细节理解题。根据第一段的In some quarters, there is much shaking of graying heads over the ways of rebellious youth.(在一些地区，有许多老人对叛逆青年的生活方式摇头叹息)可知，有的老人不赞成早结婚。B. some old people disapprove of early marriage (一些老人不赞成早结婚)符合以上说法，故选B项。

2.推理判断题。根据第二段的Many students are marrying as an escape, not only from an unsatisfying home life, but also from their own personal problems of isolation and loneliness. However, any marriage entered into as an escape cannot prove entirely successful. (很多学生把结婚作为一种逃避，不仅是逃避不满意的家庭生活，也是逃避他们自己的孤独。然而，任何作为逃避的婚姻都不可能完全成功)可推测，作者反对把婚姻当成逃避方法。A. negative(反对的)符合以上推测，故选A项。

3.推理判断题。根据最后一段的One cannot generalize: all early marriages are not bad any more than all later ones are good.(不能一概而论：所有早婚并不都是坏事，正如所有晚婚并不都是好事)和Therefore, each case must be judged on its own merits.(因此，每个案件都必须要根据它本身的是非曲直来判断)可推测，每一种婚姻都应该被区别对待。 C. each marriage should be looked at differently (每种婚姻都应该被区别对待)符合以上推测二，故选C项。

4.主旨大意题。根据文章的主要内容，尤其是最后一段的Satisfactory marriages are determined not by how old one is, but by the emotional maturity of the partners。(满意的婚姻不是由年龄决定的，而是结婚双方的感情成熟度决定)可知，本文由二战后结婚年龄普遍偏小的现象，提出满意的婚姻和年龄无关，但和双方的感情成熟度有关。C. Marriages and Emotional Maturity (婚姻和感情成熟度)可以作为本文标题，故选C项。