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1、2011年综合类职称英语教材新增文章综合类 阅读理解部分新增3篇（与2010职称英语教材对比）　　C级  第八篇       TheStateofMarriageToday当代婚姻　　B级 *第三十八篇    ExcessiveDemandsonYoungPeople 对年轻人的过高期望　　A级  +第四十七篇   SpoiltforChoice多不胜选综合类 完型填空部分新增3篇（与2010职称英语教材对比）　　C级 第五篇    WhyPeopleUsePseudonyms为什么人们用假名？　　B级 *

2、第十二篇  SportorSpectacle 竞技还是表演？　　A级 +第十五篇  LifeExpectancyinthelastHundredYears上世纪人类平均寿命的变化阅读理解新增文章（共3篇）第八篇TheStateofMarriageToday　　Istheresomethingseriouslywrongwithmarriagetoday?Duringthepast50years，therateofdivorceintheUnitedStateshasexploded：almost50%ofm

3、arriagesendindivorcenow，andtheevidencesuggestsitisgoingtogetworse.Ifthistrendcontinues，itwillleadtothebreakupofthefamily，accordingtoaspokespersonfortheNationalFamilyAssociation.Somefuturistspredictthatin100years，theaverageAmericanwillmarryatleastfourtimes，

4、andextramaritalaffairswillbeevenmorecommonthantheyarenow.　　Butwhatarethereasonsforthis，andisthepicturereallysogloomy?Theanswertothefirstquestionisreallyquitesimple：marriageisnolongerthenecessityitoncewas.Theinstitutionofmarriagehasbeenbasedforyearspartlyon

5、economicneed.Womenusedtobeeconomicallydependentontheirhusbandsastheyusuallydidn’thavejobsoutsidethehome.Butwiththerisingnumberofwomeninwell-payingjobs，thisisnolongerthecase,sotheydon’tfeelthattheyneedtostayinafailingmarriage.　　Inanswertothesecondquestion，t

6、heoutlookmaynotbeaspessimisticasitseems.Whiletherateofdivorcehasrisen，therateofcouplesmarryinghasneveractuallyfallenverymuch，somarriageisstillquitepopular.Inadditiontothis，manycouplesnowcohabitanddon’tbothertomarry.Thesecouplesareeffectivelymarried，butthey

7、donotappearineitherthemarriageordivorcestatistics.Infact，morethan50%offirstmarriagessurvive.Thestatisticsaredeceptivebecausethereisahighernumberofdivorcesinsecondandthirdmarriagesthaninfirstmarriages.　　Soismarriagereallyanoutdatedinstitution?Thefactthatmos

8、tpeoplestillgetmarriedindicatesthatitisn't.Anditisalsotruethatmarriedcoupleshaveahealthierlifethansinglepeople：theysufferlessfromstressanditsconsequences，suchasheartproblems，andmarriedmengenerallyconsiderthem