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1、2011年职称英语考试《综合类》职称英语教材新增文章（完整版）阅读理解新增文章（共3篇）　　第八篇　　TheStateofMarriageToday　　Istheresomethingseriouslywrongwithmarriagetoday?Duringthepast50years，therateofdivorceintheUnitedStateshasexploded：almost50%ofmarriagesendindivorcenow，andtheevidencesuggestsitisgoingtogetworse.Ifthistrendcont

2、inues，itwillleadtothebreakupofthefamily，accordingtoaspokespersonfortheNationalFamilyAssociation.Somefuturistspredictthatin100years，theaverageAmericanwillmarryatleastfourtimes，andextramaritalaffairswillbeevenmorecommonthantheyarenow.　　Butwhatarethereasonsforthis，andisthepicturereally

3、sogloomy?Theanswertothefirstquestionisreallyquitesimple：marriageisnolongerthenecessityitoncewas.Theinstitutionofmarriagehasbeenbasedforyearspartlyoneconomicneed.Womenusedtobeeconomicallydependentontheirhusbandsastheyusuallydidn’thavejobsoutsidethehome.Butwiththerisingnumberofwomenin

4、well-payingjobs，thisisnolongerthecase,sotheydon’tfeelthattheyneedtostayinafailingmarriage.　　Inanswertothesecondquestion，theoutlookmaynotbeaspessimisticasitseems.Whiletherateofdivorcehasrisen，therateofcouplesmarryinghasneveractuallyfallenverymuch，somarriageisstillquitepopular.Inaddit

5、iontothis，manycouplesnowcohabitanddon’tbothertomarry.Thesecouplesareeffectivelymarried，buttheydonotappearineitherthemarriageordivorcestatistics.Infact，morethan50%offirstmarriagessurvive.Thestatisticsaredeceptivebecausethereisahighernumberofdivorcesinsecondandthirdmarriagesthaninfirs

6、tmarriages.　　Soismarriagereallyanoutdatedinstitution?Thefactthatmostpeoplestillgetmarriedindicatesthatitisn't.Anditisalsotruethatmarriedcoupleshaveahealthierlifethansinglepeople：theysufferlessfromstressanditsconsequences，suchasheartproblems，andmarriedmengenerallyconsiderthemselvesmo

7、recontentedthantheirsinglecounterparts.Perhapsthekeyistofindoutwhatmakesasuccessfulmarriageandapplyittoallofourrelationships!　　词汇：　　divorcen.离婚cohabitv.同居　　evidencen.证据，迹象effectivelyad.实际上　　futuristn.未来主义者statisticsn.统计，统计资料　　explodev.激增，迅速扩大deceptiveadj.迷惑的，骗人的　　predictv.预言，预料，预报ou

8、tdatedadj.旧式的，过时的