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 (免受别人的指责) . 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 (独身主义者) 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.

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.D

4.B

【解析】本文是一篇说明文。文章以大龄剩女Kate为例，讲述现代社会中的剩女剩男现象，以及人们对于这些大龄未婚的人的错误观点。

1.主旨大意题。文章第一段讲述在中国大龄未婚青年收到歧视，接下来以Kate为例说明大龄未婚青年的具体情况以及他们愿意结婚的原因，告诉读者大龄未婚青年应该得到尊重。因此推断本文的中心思想是为了讲述晚婚的人也应该被尊敬。故选C项正确。

2.推理判断题。根据第四段第二句“She said she would not describe herself as celibatarian (独身主义者) but simply a woman who hasn’t come across the right man yet.”可知，Kate单身的原因是她认为自己还没有遇见合适的人。因此推断她婉拒朋友介绍的那些人是因为她认为那些人不是适合她的人。故选A项正确。

3.词句猜测题。根据画线句后半句“social blame and pressure from family and friends can get you down. And if you are a woman, it’s even worse”可知，如果你30岁还不结婚，你会承受极大的社会压力以及责备，如果你是女人就更糟糕，因此推断“in for”意思与D项“likely to suffer”“很可能会受苦”意义相近。故选D项正确。

4.细节理解题。根据最后一段第一句“Happily for her, her parents are open-minded and not lay stress on her.”可知，kate的父母亲是思想开放的，没有给她很大的压力，因此B项说法是错误的。故选B项正确。