GCT英语阅读理解强化练习与答案

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1、阅读理解强化练习ReadingComprehension1Passage1“Family”isofcourseanelasticword.ButwhenBritishpeoplesaythattheir societyisbasedonfamilylife,theyarethinkingof“family”initsnarrow,peculiarlyEuropeansenseofmother,fatherandchildrenlivingtogetheraloneintheirownhouseasaneconomicandsocialunit.Thus,ever

2、yBritishmarriageindicatesthebeginningofanewandindependentfamily—hencethetremendousimportanceofmarriageinBritishlife.Forboththemanandthewoman,marriagemeansleavingone’sparentsandstartingone’sownlife.Theman’sfirstdutywillthenbe tohiswife,andthewife’stoherhusband.Hewillbeentirelyresponsi

3、bleforherfinancialsupport,andshefortherunningofthenewhome.Theirchildrenwill betheircommonresponsibilityandtheirsalone.Neitherthewife’sparentsnor thehusband’s,northeirbrothersorsisters,auntsoruncles,haveanyrighttointerferewiththem—theyaretheirownmasters.ReadersofnovelslikeJaneAusten’

4、sPrideandPrejudicewillknowthatinformertimesmarriageamongwealthyfamilieswerearrangedbythegirl’sparents,thatis,itwastheparents’dutytofindasuitablehusbandfortheirdaughter,preferablyarichone,andbyskillfulencouragementtoleadhimeventuallytoask theirpermissiontomarryher.Untilthattime,thegir

5、lwasprotectedandmaintainedintheparents’home,andthefinancialreliefofgettingridofhercouldbeseenintheirgivingthenewlymarriedpairasumofmoneycalledadowry.Itisverydifferenttoday.Mostgirlsoftodaygetajobwhentheyleaveschooland becomefinanciallyindependentbeforetheirmarriage.Thishashadtworesul

6、ts.A girlchoosesherownhusband,andshegetsnodowry.1.Whatdoestheauthormeanby“Familyisofcourseanelasticword”?A.Differentfamilieshavedifferentwaysoflife.B.Differentdefinitionscouldbegiventotheword.C.Differentnationshavedifferentfamilies.D.Differenttimesproducedifferentfamilies.2.ForanEngl

7、ishfamily,thehusband’sdutyis____.A.supportingthefamilywhilethewifeisfinancialB.defendingthefamilywhilethewifeisrunningthehomeC.financialwhilethewifeisrunningthehomeD.independentwhilethewifeisdependent3.Everythingisdecidedinafamily____.A.bythecoupleB.withthehelpoftheirparentsC.bybro

8、thersandsist