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1、2012PassageOne Questions57to61arebasedonthefollowingpassage. Intimesofeconomiccrisis.Americansturntotheirfamiliesforsupport.IftheGreatDepressionisanyguide,wemayseeadropinourskyhighdivorcerate.Butthiswon'tnecessarilyrepresent.anincreaseinhappymarriages.Inthelongru
2、n,theDepressionweakenedAmericanfamilies,andthecurrentcrisiswillprobablydothesame. WetendtothinkoftheDepressionasatimewhenfamiliespulledtogethertosurvivehugejoblosses,By1932.whennearlyone-quarteroftheworkforcewasunemployed,thedivorceratehaddeclinedbyaround25%from19
3、29Butthisdoesn'tmeanpeopleweresuddenlyhappierwiththeirmarriages.Rather,withincomesdecreasingandinsecurejobs,unhappycouplesoftencouldn'taffordtodivorce.Theyfearedneitherspousecouldmanagealone. Today,giventhejoblossesofthepastyear,fewerunhappycoupleswillriskstarting
4、separatehouseholds,Furthermore,thehousingmarketmeltdownwillmakeitmoredifficultforthemtofinancetheirseparationsbysellingtheirhomes. Afterfinancialdisastersfamilymembersalsotendtodowhatevertheycantohelpeachotherandtheircommunities,A1940book.TheUnemployedManandHisFam
5、ily,describedafamilyinwhichthehusbandinitiallyreactedtolosinghisjob"withtirelesssearchforwork."Hewasalwaysactive,lookingforoddjobstodo. TheproblemisthatsuchanimpulseishardtosustainAcrossthecountry,manysimilarfamilieswereunabletomaintaintheinitialboostinmorale(士气).
6、Forsome,thehardshipsoflifewithoutsteadyworkeventuallyoverwhelmedtheirattemptstokeeptheirfamiliestogether.Thedivorcerateroseagainduringtherestofthedecadeastherecoverytookhold. MillionsofAmericanfamiliesmaynowbeintheinitialstageoftheirresponsestothecurrentcrisis,wor
7、kingtogetherandsupportingoneanotherthroughtheearlymonthsofunemployment. Today'seconomiccrisiscouldwellgenerateasimilarnumberofcoupleswhoserelationshipshavebeenirreparably(无法弥补地)ruined.Soit'sonlywhentheeconomyishealthyagainthatwe'llbegintoseejusthowmanybrokenfamili
8、eshavebeencreated. 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。 57．Intheinitialstage,thecurrenteconomiccrisisislikelyto__________. A)tearmanytroubledfamiliesapart B)co
