超星 - reading comprehension of unit 7

单选题

What does “the numbers” in Paragraph One refer to?

A. The cases of broken marriage.
B. The sufferings from broken marriages.
C. The sacred vows of marriage.
D. None of the above

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Which of the following statement is true?

A. Most of the marriages fail due to the outside pressure.
B. Some marriages survived the pressure as a result of luck.
C. Marriages fail mostly as a result of the couple’s weakness in their inner world.
D. Once a marriage passes the crisis point, it will be fine ever since.

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What is the main idea of the third paragraph?

A. We tend to consider our partner’s likeness to our parents at the beginning of the relationship.
B. We subconsiouly bring our parents’ characteristics into play when we choose a partner.
C. The turning of our partner toward the flaws of our parents explain the cause of our marriagefailure.
D. It is unrealistic to expect our partner to be like our parents throughout the relationship.

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Which of the following is not implied in Sigmund Freud’s quotation in Paragraph Four?

A marriage is often full of frustrations and mistrust.
B. A marriage often sees the replay of one’s negative emotions at one’s childhood.
C. A marriage is an entrapment reminiscent of one’s early negative experiences.
D. A desire to escape the entrapment often results in the failure of marriage.

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What does the writer think of the basic myth of the marriage?

A. easily disillusioned
B. likely to be explained
C. hard to resolve
D. never to be illuminated

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