每日一練，專升本英語閱讀理解練習(3.13)

　　“Family” is of course an elastic word.But when British people say that their society is based on family life, they are thinking of “family” in its narrow, peculiarly European sense of mother, father and children living together alone in their own house as an economic and social unit. Thus, every British marriage indicates the beginning of a new and independent family—hence the tremendous importance of marriage in British life.

　　For both the man and the woman, marriage means leaving one’s parents and starting one’s own life. The man’s first duty will then be to his wife, and the wife’s to her husband.He will be entirely responsible for her financial support, and she for the running of the new home. Their children will be their common responsibility and theirs alone. Neither the wife’s parents nor the husband’s, nor their brothers or sisters, aunts or uncles, have any right to interfere with them—they are their own masters.

　　Readers of novels like Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice will know that in former times marriage among wealthy families was arranged by the girl’s parents, that is, it was the parents’ duty to find a suitable husband for their daughter, preferably a rich one, and by skillful encouragement to lead him eventually to ask their permission to marry her. Until that time, the girl was protected and maintained in the parents’ home, and the financial relief of getting rid of her could be seen in their giving the newly married pair a sum of money called a dowry(嫁妝). It is very different today. Most girls of today get a job when they leave school and become financially independent before their marriage. This has had two results: a girl chooses her own husband, and she gets no dowry.

　　問題：

　　1.What does the author mean by “‘Family’ is of course an elastic word”?

　　A.Different families have different ways of life.

　　B.Different definitions could be given to the word.

　　C.Different nations have different families.

　　D.Different times produce different families.

　　【參考答案】B

　　[考點]詞語理解題

　　【精析】B 作者說“Family是一個很有彈性的詞”是什么意思?此句主要是考查對elastic這個單詞的理解，elastic的意思是“有彈性的，可伸縮的，不是固定不變的”，整句話的意思是“家庭當然不是一個固定不變的概念”。本文主要講述了英國人對家庭的理解，所以可推知“family”一詞的含義也是不同的。

　　2. For an English family, the husband’s duty is ( ).

　　A.supporting the family while the wife is financial

　　B.defending the family while the wife is running the home

　　C.financial while the wife is running the home

　　D.independent while the wife is dependent

　　【參考答案】C

　　[考點]事實細節(jié)題

　　【精析】C 題干的大意是：對于一個英式家庭，丈夫的責任在于。從文中可找出關(guān)鍵句 “The man’s first duty...”和“responsible for her financial support”，此句意思是 “男人應是女人的財政支柱”，financial的意思是“財政的，金融的”。注意 “she for the running of the new home”的意思是“女人負責新家的運行”。故選C。

　　3.Everything is decided in a family ( ).

　　A.by the couple

　　B.with the help of their parents

　　C.by brothers and sisters

　　D.with the help of aunts and uncles

　　【參考答案】A

　　[考點]事實細節(jié)題

　　【精析】A 題干的大意是：在家庭中一切事物決定。由第二段最后一句“neither...nor...nor...have any right to interfere with them.”此處的“them”是指夫妻倆，neither...nor...是否定形式，此句意為“……都沒有權(quán)力干涉夫妻倆的事情——他們是自己的主人”，故此題的正確答案是A。

　　4.What is TRUE concerning the book Pride and Prejudice?

　　A.It is the best book on marriage.

　　B.It is a handbook of marriage.

　　C.It gives quite some ideas of English social life in the past.

　　D.It provides a lot of information of former time wealthy families.

　　【參考答案】C

　　[考點]推理判斷題

　　【精析】C 題干的大意是：關(guān)于《傲慢與偏見》這本書哪項(說法)是正確的?分析本文第二段可知，《傲慢與偏見》這本書中講述了當時的婚姻狀況，當時有錢人之間的婚姻都是由女方父母做主，并且父母給新婚夫婦一些錢做嫁妝之后就不再管他們的經(jīng)濟問題，這是當時英國社會生活的一個方面。

　　5.With regard to marriage in Britain, present day girls differ from former time girls in ( ).

　　A.the right to marry

　　B.more parental support

　　C.choosing husbands

　　D.social position

　　【參考答案】D

　　[考點]推理判斷題

　　【精析】D 題干的大意是：關(guān)于英國的婚姻，現(xiàn)在的女孩與之前的女孩在有所不同。從第三段中開始部分可知過去的女孩的社會地位，從后半部分可知現(xiàn)在的女孩的社會地位比以前有很大提高，表現(xiàn)在結(jié)婚前就可以經(jīng)濟獨立，婚姻自由，這些方面都屬于社會地位方面。

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