InChinaifyouarenotmarriedbythetimeyouare30youareinfortroublesocialblameandpressurefromfamilyandfriendscangetyoudown.Andifyouareawomanit’sevenworse.Manyyoungpeoplegetmarriedsimplytogetother
InChinaifyouarenotmarriedbythetimeyouare30youareinfortroublesocialblameandpressurefromfamilyandfriendscangetyoudown.Andifyouareawomanit’sevenworse.
Manyyoungpeoplegetmarriedsimplytogetotherpeopleofftheirbacks(免受别人的指责).Thisisaseriouscompromise.Oneendsupnotmarryingtheidealpartner.
Therearehoweverafewyoungpeoplewhorefusetocompromiseiftheycan’tfindagoodmarriagepartnertheysaytheywouldrathernotmarryatall.
34-year-oldKateisauniversitylecturerinEnglish.Shesaidshewouldnotdescribeherselfascelibatarian(独身主义者)butsimplyawomanwhohasn’tcomeacrosstherightmanyet.Shehassharpcommentsforthewayinwhichtheoldgenerationlooksatmarriage.
“Manypeoplethinkmarriageisaduty---toyourparentsfamilyandsociety.NobodycaresifyourmarriageishappyornotshesaidIthinkthisisverywrongandIintendtoliveandactaccordingtomyownwill.”
Happilyforherherparentsareopen-mindedandnotlaystressonher.Butthesamedoesnotapplytoherfriends.Theyareconstantlytryingtogethertogetherwithsomeyoungmanoranother.Shealwaysrefusespolitely.
1.Themainideaofthepassageisthat
A.marriageisadutytosociety
B.peopleshouldgetmarriedbefore30yearsold
C.latemarriageshouldberespected
D.womenshouldgetmarriedearlierthanmen
2.MissKaterefusestogettogetherwithsomeyoungmanoranotherbecause__________.
A.shedoesn’tthinkheistherightmanshewants
B.heiseithertoooldortooyoung
C.heiseitherimportantorlittlelearned
D.hedoesn’thavegoodmanners
3.Inthefirstparagraphtheunderlinedwords“infor”referto_________.
A.interestedinB.satisfiedwith
C.worriedaboutD.likelytosuffer
4.WhichisNOTTRUEaccordingtothispassage?
A.InChinaonemayfacesocialblameandfamilypressureifonehasn’tgotmarriedby30.
B.MissKate’sparentsarealwaysworriedabouthermarriage.
C.MissKatewon’tcompromiseifshecan’thaveheridealmarriage.
D.MissKatewantstomarryaworthyyoungman.
5.Ifmarriageisregardedasadutytosoci