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1、外语教育网（www.for68.com）编辑整理2011年职称英语综合类类阅读理解新增文章篇目第八篇TheStateofMarriageToday*第三十八篇ExcessiveDemandsonYoungPeople+第四十七篇SpoiltforChoice注：1、+表示A级文章；*表示B即文章；其他为C级文章；2、完形填空请参见第13页；3、2011年词汇部分与2010年教材相比未作任何变化。21最新、最全、最权威的职称英语考试辅导资料、每日一练、网络课程，尽在外语教育网（www.for68.com）、人事考试教育网（www.chinatat.com

2、）职称英语频道外语教育网（www.for68.com）编辑整理第八篇TheStateofMarriageTodayIstheresomethingseriouslywrongwithmarriagetoday?Duringthepast50years，therateofdivorceintheUnitedStateshasexploded：almost50％ofmarriagesendindivorcenow,andtheevidencesuggestsitisgoingtogetworse．Ifthistrendcontinues．itwilllea

3、dtothebreakupofthefamily，accordingtoaspokespersonfortheNationalFamilyAssociation．Somefuturistspredictthatinl00years．theaverageAmericanwillmarryatleastfourtimes．andextramaritalaffairswillbeevenmorecommonthantheyarenow．Butwhatarethereasonsforthis，andisthepicturereallysogloomy?Thea

4、nswertothefirstquestionisreallyquitesimple：marriageisnolongerthenecessityitoncewas．Theinstitutionofmarriagehasbeenbasedforyearspartlyoneconomicneed．Womenusedtobeeconomicallydependentontheirhusbandsastheyusuallydidn’thavejobsoutsidethehome．Butwiththerisingnumberofwomeninwell—payi

5、ngjobs，thisisnolongerthecase，sotheydon’tfeelthattheyneedtostayinafailingmarriage．Inanswertothesecondquestion，theoutlookmaynotbeaspessimisticasitseems．Whiletherateofdivorcehasrisen，therateofcouplesmarryinghasneveractuallyfallenverymuch，somarriageisstillquitepopular．Inadditiontoth

6、is．manycouplesnowcohabitanddon’tbothertomarry．Thesecouplesareeffectivelymarried，buttheydonotappearineitherthemarriageordivorcestatistics．Infact．morethan50％Offirstmarriagessurvive．Thestatisticsaredeceptivebecausethereisahighernumberofdivorcesinsecondandthirdmarriagesthaninfirstma

7、rriages．Soismarriagereallyanoutdatedinstitution?Thefactthatmostpeoplestillgetmarriedindicatesthatitisn’t．Anditisalsotruethatmarriedcoupleshaveahealthierlifethansinglepeople：theysufferlessfromstressanditsconsequences，suchasheartproblems，andmarriedmengenerallyconsiderthemselvesmor

8、econtentedthantheirsinglecounterparts．Perhapsth