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1、2011年综合类职称英语教材新增文章下载阅读理解新增文章（共3篇）第八篇TheStateofMarriageToday　　Istheresomethingseriouslywrongwithmarriagetoday?Duringthepast50years，therateofdivorceintheUnitedStateshasexploded：almost50%ofmarriagesendindivorcenow，andtheevidencesuggestsitisgoingtogetworse.Ifthi

2、strendcontinues，itwillleadtothebreakupofthefamily，accordingtoaspokespersonfortheNationalFamilyAssociation.Somefuturistspredictthatin100years，theaverageAmericanwillmarryatleastfourtimes，andextramaritalaffairswillbeevenmorecommonthantheyarenow.　　Butwhatarether

3、easonsforthis，andisthepicturereallysogloomy?Theanswertothefirstquestionisreallyquitesimple：marriageisnolongerthenecessityitoncewas.Theinstitutionofmarriagehasbeenbasedforyearspartlyoneconomicneed.Womenusedtobeeconomicallydependentontheirhusbandsastheyusually

4、didn’thavejobsoutsidethehome.Butwiththerisingnumberofwomeninwell-payingjobs，thisisnolongerthecase,sotheydon’tfeelthattheyneedtostayinafailingmarriage.　　Inanswertothesecondquestion，theoutlookmaynotbeaspessimisticasitseems.Whiletherateofdivorcehasrisen，therate

5、ofcouplesmarryinghasneveractuallyfallenverymuch，somarriageisstillquitepopular.Inadditiontothis，manycouplesnowcohabitanddon’tbothertomarry.Thesecouplesareeffectivelymarried，buttheydonotappearineitherthemarriageordivorcestatistics.Infact，morethan50%offirstmarr

6、iagessurvive.Thestatisticsaredeceptivebecausethereisahighernumberofdivorcesinsecondandthirdmarriagesthaninfirstmarriages.　　Soismarriagereallyanoutdatedinstitution?Thefactthatmostpeoplestillgetmarriedindicatesthatitisn't.Anditisalsotruethatmarriedcoupleshavea

7、healthierlifethansinglepeople：theysufferlessfromstressanditsconsequences，suchasheartproblems，andmarriedmengenerallyconsiderthemselvesmorecontentedthantheirsinglecounterparts.Perhapsthekeyistofindoutwhatmakesasuccessfulmarriageandapplyittoallofourrelationship

8、s!　　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outdatedadj.旧式的，过时的　　extramaritaladj