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1、2011年职称英语综合类类阅读理解新增文章篇目第八篇TheStateofMarriageToday*第三十八篇ExcessiveDemandsonYoungPeople+第四十七篇SpoiltforChoice注：1、+表示A级文章；*表示B即文章；其他为C级文章；2、完形填空请参见第13页；3、2011年词汇部分与2010年教材相比未作任何变化。第八篇TheStateofMarriageTodayIstheresomethingseriouslywrongwithmarriagetoday?Duringthepast50years，therateofdivorceintheUnitedSta

2、teshasexploded：almost50％ofmarriagesendindivorcenow,andtheevidencesuggestsitisgoingtogetworse．Ifthistrendcontinues．itwillleadtothebreakupofthefamily，accordingtoaspokespersonfortheNationalFamilyAssociation．Somefuturistspredictthatinl00years．theaverageAmericanwillmarryatleastfourtimes．andextramaritalaf

3、fairswillbeevenmorecommonthantheyarenow．Butwhatarethereasonsforthis，andisthepicturereallysogloomy?Theanswertothefirstquestionisreallyquitesimple：marriageisnolongerthenecessityitoncewas．Theinstitutionofmarriagehasbeenbasedforyearspartlyoneconomicneed．Womenusedtobeeconomicallydependentontheirhusbandsa

4、stheyusuallydidn’thavejobsoutsidethehome．Butwiththerisingnumberofwomeninwell—payingjobs，thisisnolongerthecase，sotheydon’tfeelthattheyneedtostayinafailingmarriage．Inanswertothesecondquestion，theoutlookmaynotbeaspessimisticasitseems．Whiletherateofdivorcehasrisen，therateofcouplesmarryinghasneveractuall

5、yfallenverymuch，somarriageisstillquitepopular．Inadditiontothis．manycouplesnowcohabitanddon’tbothertomarry．Thesecouplesareeffectivelymarried，buttheydonotappearineitherthemarriageordivorcestatistics．Infact．morethan50％Offirstmarriagessurvive．Thestatisticsaredeceptivebecausethereisahighernumberofdivorce

6、sinsecondandthirdmarriagesthaninfirstmarriages．Soismarriagereallyanoutdatedinstitution?Thefactthatmostpeoplestillgetmarriedindicatesthatitisn’t．Anditisalsotruethatmarriedcoupleshaveahealthierlifethansinglepeople：theysufferlessfromstressanditsconsequences，suchasheartproblems，andmarriedmengenerallycon

7、siderthemselvesmorecontentedthantheirsingle10/10counterparts．Perhapsthekeyistofindoutwhatmakesasuccessfulmarriageandapplyittoallofourrelationships!词汇：Divorcen．离婚Evidencen．证据，迹象Futuristn．未来主义者Explodev．