Questions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage
In times of economic crisis Americans turn to their families for support If the Great
Depression is any guide we may see a drop in our skyhigh divorce rate But this won't
necessarily represent an increase in happy marriages In the long run the Depression weakened
American families and the current crisis will probably do the same
①We tend to think of the Depression as a time when families pulled together to survive huge
job losses By 1932 when nearly onequarter of the workforce was unemployed the divorce rate
had declined by around 25 from 1929 But this doesn't mean people were suddenly happier with
their marriages Rather with incomes decreasing and insecure jobs unhappy couples often
couldn't afford to divorce They feared neither spouse could manage alone
Today given the job losses of the past year fewer unhappy couples will risk starting separate
households Furthermore the housing market meltdown will make it more difficult for them to
finance their separations by selling their homes
After financial disasters family members also tend to do whatever they can to help each other
and their communities
A1940 book The Unemployed Man and His Family described a family
in which the husband initially reacted to losing his job with tireless search for workHe was
always active looking for odd jobs to do
The problem is that such an impulse is hard to sustain Across the country many similar
families were unable to maintain the initial boost in morale(士气) For some the hardships of life
without steady work eventually overwhelmed their attempts to keep their families together The
divorce rate rose again during the rest of the decade as the recovery took hold
②Millions ofAmerican families may now be in the initial stage of their responses to the
current crisis working together and supporting one another through the early months of
unemployment
Today's economic crisis could well generate a similar number of couples whose relationships
have been irreparably(法弥补)ruined③So it's only when the economy is healthy again that
we'll begin to see just how many broken families have been created
参考译文
济危机时期美国会家寻求帮助[57]果萧条指导作
话许会极高离婚率降未必代表幸福婚姻数量
增长长远萧条削弱美国家庭目前济危机会
认萧条样时期:家心协力渡规模失业难关1932
年四分劳动力处失业状态时1929年相离婚率降约25%
意味着突然时婚姻感满意[58]恰恰相反收入减少工作
稳定幸福夫妻通常负担起离婚担心意方法独应切
考虑年失业状况少幸福夫妻会承担分居风险[59]
房产市场崩溃夫妻卖房分居筹资变更加困难
历济灾难家庭成员愿意做帮助彼助社区事
情1940年出版位失业者家书描写家庭丈夫失业初
反应知疲倦找工作总非常积极四处找零活做
问题种动力难继全国许类似家庭法维持初高涨士气
家庭说没稳定工作导致生活艰辛终压倒维系家庭努力[61]
济开始恢复时候年代剩年中离婚率次升
数百万计美国家庭目前正处应前危机初始阶段失业初月
中合力拼相互扶持
[60]天济危机恰催生样关系破裂法修复夫妇[61]
济恢复健康时会少破裂家庭产生
议文:济危机导致家庭破裂
第1段:提出济萧条离婚率降低表面现象实际济危机导致更家庭破
裂
第2~3段:济萧条初期离婚率会夫妻负担起离婚降
第4~5段:济萧条导致生活艰辛终压倒维系家庭努力济恢复时离
婚率次升第6~7段:现美国家庭处济危机初始阶段等济恢复时
会少家庭济危机导致破裂
注意:部分试题请答题卡 2 作答
57.In the initial stage the current economic crisis is likely to __________
A)tear many troubled families apart
B)contribute to enduring family ties
C)bring about a drop in the divorce rate
D)cause a lot of conflicts in the family
正确答案 C
定位:根题干关键词in the initial stagethe current economic crisis误答案定位
文章倒数第二段根出题序文章序基致原知第题答案会
段落里题答案第段中
解析:文第段提萧条影响第段第二句说果萧条指导作
话许会极高离婚率降然接着说长远萧条削
弱美国家庭推断离婚率降萧条初表现第段提现
济危机萧条带影响样题干问初始阶段现
济危机会_________推断答案应该离婚率降选C选
项A许问题家庭破裂济危机长远影响初始阶段产生情况
排选项BD文章中没提排
58In the Great Depression many unhappy couples close to stick together because
A)starting a new family would be hard
B)they expected things would turn better
C)they wanted to better protect their kids
D)living separately would be too costly
正确答案 D
定位:根题干关键词unhappy couplesstick together答案定位文章第二段
解析:第二段两句收入减少工作稳定幸福夫妻通常负担起离
婚担心意方法独应切知萧条时期幸福夫妻离婚
原负担起选项D分居花费太高意思致选DABC三项原文
均未提排
59In addition to job losses What stands in the way of unhappy couples getting a divorce
A)Mounting family debts
B)Asense of insecurity
C)Difficulty in getting a loan
D)Falling housing prices
正确答案 D
定位:根题干关键词in addition to job lossesunhappy couples getting a divorce
答案定位文章第三段
解析:题问失业什素阻碍幸福夫妻离婚第二段整段
讲失业原幸福夫妻负担起离婚外原段文
章第三段第句起承启作第二句出素——房产市场
崩溃夫妻卖房分居筹资变更加困难知第二素房产市场
崩溃房价幅跌选项D正确ABC三项原文均未提排
60What will the current economic crisis eventually do to some married couples
A)It will force them to pull their efforts together
B)It will undermine their mutual understanding
C)It will help strengthen their emotional bonds
D)It will irreparably damage their relationship
正确答案 D
定位:根题干关键词 current economic crisiseventuallymarried couples 答案
定位文章末段
解析:末段首句作者指出天济危机恰催生样关系破裂法修复夫
妇D 项(济危机)弥补损坏(夫妻间)关系含义相符
答案ABC 三项原文均未提排
61What can be inferred from the last paragraph
A)The economic recovery will see a higher divorce rate
B)Few couples can stand the test of economic hardships
C)Astable family is the best protection against poverty
D)Money is the foundation of many a happy marriage
正确答案 A
定位:根题干关键词 last paragraph 答案定位文章末段
解析:末段作者指出济危机济萧条样催生样关系破
裂法修复夫妇济恢复正常会少家庭破裂联系第五段提
济萧条时期年中离婚率次升事实推断出济恢复时离婚
率回升A 项济恢复见证更高离婚率符合意答案BCD 三项均
法段中知排
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