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1、2011年职称英语等级考试大纲没有变化，2010年考试大纲仍可沿用，2011年职称英语等级考试教材在2010年基础上进行了调整与修订，与2010年教材相比，2011年职称英语综合类教材在词汇选项、阅读判断、概括大意与完成句子、补全短文四大题型上都没有变换，只有阅读理解与完型填空两个题型上有部分变化，以下是具体变化：综合类教材变化内容：　　阅读理解：　　第八篇(C级)：TheStateofMarriageToday　　第三十八篇(B级)：ExcessiveDemandsonYoungPeople　　第四十七篇(A级)：SpoiltforChoice完型填空：　　第五篇(c级)：

2、WhyPeopleUsePseudonyms　　第十二篇(B级)：SportorSpectacle?　　第十五篇(A级)：LifeExpectancyintheLastHundredYears综合类阅读“TheBestWaytoReduceYourWeight”被更新成了“SpoiltforChoice”18/18第八篇TheStateofMarriageToday Istheresomethingseriouslywrongwithmarriagetoday?Duringthepast50years，therateofdivorceintheUnitedStateshase

3、xploded：almost50％ofmarriagesendindivorcenow,andtheevidencesuggestsitisgoingtogetworse．Ifthistrendcontinues．itwillleadtothebreakupofthefamily，accordingtoaspokespersonfortheNationalFamilyAssociation．Somefuturistspredictthatinl00years．theaverageAmericanwillmarryatleastfourtimes．andextramarital

4、affairswillbeevenmorecommonthantheyarenow． Butwhatarethereasonsforthis，andisthepicturereallysogloomy?Theanswertothefirstquestionisreallyquitesimple：marriageisnolongerthenecessityitoncewas．Theinstitutionofmarriagehasbeenbasedforyearspartlyoneconomicneed．Womenusedtobeeconomicallydependentonth

5、eirhusbandsastheyusuallydidn’thavejobsoutsidethehome．Butwiththerisingnumberofwomeninwell—payingjobs，thisisnolongerthecase，sotheydon’tfeelthattheyneedtostayinafailingmarriage． Inanswertothesecondquestion，theoutlookmaynotbeaspessimisticasitseems．Whiletherateofdivorcehasrisen，therateofcouplesm

6、arryinghasneveractuallyfallenverymuch，somarriageisstillquitepopular．Inadditiontothis．manycouplesnowcohabitanddon’tbothertomarry．Thesecouplesareeffectivelymarried，buttheydonotappearineitherthemarriageordivorcestatistics．Infact．morethan50％Offirstmarriagessurvive．Thestatisticsaredeceptivebecau

7、sethereisahighernumberofdivorcesinsecondandthirdmarriagesthaninfirstmarriages．Soismarriagereallyanoutdatedinstitution?Thefactthatmostpeoplestillgetmarriedindicatesthatitisn’t．Anditisalsotruethatmarriedcoupleshaveahealthierlifethansinglepeople：theysufferl