3.Why may the outlook of marriage not be as gloomy as it appears？
A) Many people still like to get married.
B)The rate of divorce has actually decreased.
C)Over 50%of the marriages continue to exist.
D)The statistics of divorce is not quite true.
4.How do people usually feel in their marriage life？
A)They are much healthier.
B)They feel no longer single.
C)They are more satisfied.
D)They suffer a lot less.
5.Which of the following about marriage is NOT mentioned in the passage？
A)There will be more relationships outside marriage.
B)Many people try to get married again after divorce.
C)Marriage has long been partly an economical need.
D)It is a fact that most people choose to get married.
答案与题解：
1. D 从第一段里可以了解到选项A与C都是预计将来会发生的，而不是如今的情况。
B选项与第一段第二句“almost 50%of the marriages end in divorce”不符。第一段第二句里的“the rate of divorce in the United States has exploded”“the evidence suggests it is going to get worse”话语正好说明了D选项的情况。
2. C 第二段第四句、第五句说得很清楚，妇女们如今在外工作在经济上不再依赖她们的丈夫，因此觉得无需维持行将失败的婚姻。
3. A 从第二段里可以了解到离婚率并没有下降而是上升了，因此B选项不对。而C选项与第三段里“In fact，more than 50%of first marriages survive”所说不符，该选项没有提到是第一次婚姻。同样，D选项在文中也没有说到，文中第三段的最后一句只是说统计数据具有欺骗性，而没有说数据失实。
4. C 文中第四段第三句的后半句说得很清楚，结了婚的人比单身的人更满足。A，D选项提到的是实际情况而不是婚后人们的感觉，因此不对。文中并没有提到选项B所说的情况。
5. B A选项在第一段最后一句里提到了，C选项和D选项分别在第二段、第四段里提到了，而B选项却没有哪一段具体提到。