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1、二0一一年职称英语综合类新增文章篇目阅读理解新增文章篇目第八篇TheStateofMarriageTodayC级*第三十八篇ExcessiveDemandsonYoungPeopleB级+第四十七篇SpoiltforChoiceA级第八篇TheStateofMarriageTodayC级Istheresomethingseriouslywrongwithmarriagetoday?Duringthepast50years，therateofdivorceintheUnitedStateshasexploded：almost50％ofmarriage

2、sendindivorcenow,andtheevidencesuggestsitisgoingtogetworse．Ifthistrendcontinues．itwillleadtothebreakupofthefamily，accordingtoaspokespersonfortheNationalFamilyAssociation．Somefuturistspredictthatinl00years．theaverageAmericanwillmarryatleastfourtimes．andextramaritalaffairswillbe

3、evenmorecommonthantheyarenow．Butwhatarethereasonsforthis，andisthepicturereallysogloomy?Theanswertothefirstquestionisreallyquitesimple：marriageisnolongerthenecessityitoncewas．Theinstitutionofmarriagehasbeenbasedforyearspartlyoneconomicneed．Womenusedtobeeconomicallydependentonth

4、eirhusbandsastheyusuallydidn’thavejobsoutsidethehome．Butwiththerisingnumberofwomeninwell—payingjobs，thisisnolongerthecase，sotheydon’tfeelthattheyneedtostayinafailingmarriage．Inanswertothesecondquestion，theoutlookmaynotbeaspessimisticasitseems．Whiletherateofdivorcehasrisen，ther

5、ateofcouplesmarryinghasneveractuallyfallenverymuch，somarriageisstillquitepopular．Inadditiontothis．manycouplesnowcohabitanddon’tbothertomarry．Thesecouplesareeffectivelymarried，buttheydonotappearineitherthemarriageordivorcestatistics．Infact．morethan50％Offirstmarriagessurvive．The

6、statisticsaredeceptivebecausethereisahighernumberofdivorcesinsecondandthirdmarriagesthaninfirstmarriages．Soismarriagereallyanoutdatedinstitution?Thefactthatmostpeoplestillgetmarriedindicatesthatitisn’t．Anditisalsotruethatmarriedcoupleshaveahealthierlifethansinglepeople：theysuf

7、ferlessfromstressanditsconsequences，suchasheartproblems，andmarriedmengenerallyconsiderthemselvesmorecontentedthantheirsinglecounterparts．Perhapsthekeyistofindoutwhatmakesasuccessfulmarriageandapplyittoallofourrelationships!练习：1．WhichistrueabouttheproblemofmarriageintheUnitedSt

8、atestoday?A)Divorceleadstothebreakupofthefamily．B)Halfofthema