北外考题 Since World War II
1989年属啥Since World War II,there has been a clearly discernible 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.However,emotional maturity is no respecter of birthday;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.And it can almost be put down as s dictum that any marriage ldom solves one’s problems,more often,it merely makes them wor.Furthermore,it is doubtful whether the home is an institution that is capable of carrying all that the young are eking to put into it.Young people correctly understand that their parents are wrong in believing that“success”is the ultimate good,but they erroneously believe that they themlves have found the true center of life’s meaning.Their expectations
of marriage are esntially utopian and therefore incapable of fulfillment.They want too much,and disappointments are often bound to follow.
我做了Shall we,then,join the chorus of“Miries”over early marriage?One cannot generalize:all early marriages are not bad any more than all later ones are good.Satisfactory marriages are determined not by time,but by the emotional maturity of the partners.Therefore,each ca 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 fal expectations,and if it is economically feasible,why not?Good marriages can be made from sixteen to sixty,and so are bad ones.(301 words)
1、According to this article the trend toward early marriage（）.
A、was the result of the Great Depression of the 1930’s
B、could not be easily determined
C、is one that could be clearly en
is a result of the emotional maturity of the young
优秀的管理者【解析】：该题属于细节题，答案来自第一段的“…there has been a clearly discernible trend,…”(有一种显而易见的趋势)；也许，“discernible”属于生词，这样，也可以用排除法来解答这道题，我们发现其他3项都是不符合原文想要表达的意思。所以，应选C。
2、The author suggests that many of today’s early marriages are a result of（）.
如何查询名下房产A、escapism
B、theological dictum
C、lack of formal education
D、convenience
【解析】：该题属于推断题，答案源自第二段的第一句的前半句“Many students are marrying as an escape,…”(早婚是为了逃避不满意的家庭生活，……)。所以，应选A。
3、More often than not,early marriage will（）.邮箱登
A、not affect one’s problems
B、solve a person’s problems
C、intensify one’s problems
D、ea one’s problems
【解析】：该题属于细节题，答案来自第一段的“…there has been a clearly discernible trend,…”(有一种显而易见的趋势)；也许，“discernible”属于生词，这样，也可以用排除法来解答这道题，我们发现其他3项都是不符合原文想要表达的意思。所以，应选C。轻轻松松过一生
衬衫的英文4、The author states that the home as an institution is（）.
A、overrated
B、unworthy of worship
C、a god who can grant everything that you wish for
D、probably not capable of being what many young people expect it to be
【解析】：该题属于细节题，答案源自第二段的第三句“It is doubtful whether the home is an institution that is capable of carrying all that the young are eking to put into it.”(指年轻人对家庭抱有的美好期望，而作者却持怀疑态度。)所以，应选D。
5、Many young people who marry early believe that（）.
A、their parents have found the true meaning of life
B、they have found the true center of life’s meaning
C、“success”is the ultimate good
D、to succeed is not at all important
【解析】：该题属于细节题，答案源自第二段的倒数第三句的后半句“…they erroneously believe that they themlves have found the true center of life’s meaning.”所以，应选B。
