辽宁省葫芦岛市第一高级中学2017-2018学年高一下学期英语4.25拓展---精校Word版

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1、www.ks5u.com葫芦岛市第一高级中学课外拓展训练高一年级英语学科(六)第一部分阅读理解：第一节阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。Marriagesimproveafterchildrengrowupandmoveout，accordingtoanacademicstudy，whichsuggestsan“emptynest”isnotalwaysabadthing.Popularwisdomhasitthatparents’relationshipsmaysufferoncetheiryoungflythecoop(逃走,走掉），b

2、ecausetheyfeeltheyhavelosttheirpurposeinlife.However，anewstudybyresearchersattheUniversityofCalifornia，Berkeley，hasfoundthatmanycouplesactuallyfeelhappierwhentheirchildrenleavehomebecausetheyareabletoenjoyspendingtimetogether.Intotal,123Americanmothersborninthe1930sweretrackedfor18yearsanda

3、skedtoratetheirsatisfactionlevelsshortlyaftermarrying，whentheywerebringingupbabies，oncetheirchildrenreachedtheirteenageyearsandfinallyatage61，whenalmostallhad“emptynests”．Althoughnotallsaidtheywerehappieringeneral，mostclaimedtheirmarriageshadimprovedsincetheirchildrenhadlefthome.Researchers

4、believethisisnotjustbecausethespouseswerespendingmoretimetogether，butbecausetheywereabletoenjoyeachother’scompanymore.Oneoftheparticipantsinthestudy，whichispublishedinthejournalPsychologicalScience，said,"Oncethekidsgrowup,there'ssomeofthatstressremoved,thatresponsibilityremoved，sothingsarea

5、littlemorerelaxing.”PsychologistSaraGorchoff，whocarriedouttheinvestigation，said,"Thetake-homemessageforcoupleswithyoungchildrenis‘hanginthere’．”Hercoauthor(合著者)OliverJohnadded,"Don'twaituntilyourkidsleavehometoschedulequalitytimewithyourpartner.”However，DrDorothyRowe，fromtheBritishPsycholog

6、icalSociety，saidtheeffectsoflivinginan“emptynest”willdependontheparents’relationshipwiththeirchildren.“Ifyou’rejustwaitingforthemtoleavehomesoyoucangetonwithyourlife，thenofcourseyou’llbepleasedtoseethemgo，”shesaid，“Butifyou’vebuiltyourlifearoundyourchildrenyou’llbeterriblylonely.Forsome-6-p

7、arents，theirworldfallsapartwhentheirchildrenleave.”1．Itiscommonlybelievedthat________.A．marriagesimproveafterchildrenleavehomeB．an“emptynest”isalwaysahappythingC．parents’relationshipsmaysufferoncetheiryounggrowupandmoveoutD．parentswillbepleasedaftertheir