It is easier to get divorced today than in times past, but it is no less painful. Studies have shown that both men and women suffer significant stress at two key points: before the decision to divorce and at the time of the final separation. Poor health,difficulty in sleeping and working,loneliness,depression,anxiety, lowered self-esteem, and impaired memory are all associated with the divorce process. In their study of 252 men and women currently undergoing a divorce, David A. Chiriboga and Loraine Cutler found that men were more vulnerable to stress than women. At the same time, close to 50 percent of both men and women reported that they felt some relief as a result of having initiated the divorce process.
The children of a couple planning to divorce also share in the pain, especially immediately following the separation. In their study of family breakup,Judith S. Wallerstein and Joan B. Kelly found that parents rarely prepare their children for the coming crisis, nor do they provide them with the necessary assurances that they will be cared for. Preoccupied by their personal problems, the parents are often insensitive to their children's anger, fear or perplexity. When divorce necessitates that the mother go to work, the child may be placed in unfamiliar child care arrangements, and both mother and father become substantially less available. The first year following a divorce is typically the most stressful for the parents and for the child. In the long run, however, divorce is not necessarily psychologically damaging to children, particularly when both parents remain accessible and loving.
Whatever the pain that divorce inflicts, it does not seem to sour people on the institution of marriage. A fourth of the people who get divorced are remarried within the year, and 75 percent remarry within nine years of divorce. About five of every six divorced men and three of every four divorced women marry again. One reason that men are more likely to remarry than women is that men typically marry younger women. When we consider that by age twenty-seven women begin outnumbering men, we can see how middle-aged and older men have a larger pool of potential partners from which to choose than do women. In sum, while marriage may be difficult to sustain, it is certainly not going out of style.
1.According to the passage, women suffer significant stress when（ ）
2.The divorced parents ignore their children's anger and fear because（ ）.
3.From this passage we can know that （ ） .
4.According to the passage, the percentage of remarrying man is higher than that of the women by （ ）.
问题1选项
A.they are forced to leave their children
B.the property is divided
C.making up their mind to get a divorce
D.going to a court
问题2选项
A.they are poorly prepared for the coming crisis
B.they are under great stress
C.they think too much about their own problems
D.they have to live on their own
问题3选项
A.divorce may do greater harm to children mentally and physically than the parents
B.family breakup can be avoided if the couple's personal problems are settled
C.marriage remains popular in spite of rising divorce rate
D.Children will lose the parental care and love after their parents get divorced
问题4选项
A.25%
B.75%
C.8%
D.27%
第1题:
1.【选项释义】
1. According to the passage, women suffer significant stress when ______. 1. 根据这篇文章，当女性______时，她们会承受巨大的压力。
A. they are forced to leave their children A. 女性被迫离开她们的孩子
B. the property is divided B. 财产被分割
C. making up their mind to get a divorce C. 决定离婚
D. going to a court D. 上法庭
【考查点】事实细节题。
【解题思路】根据关键词women suffer significant stress可定位到第一段第二句“研究表明，男人和女人都在两个关键时刻承受着巨大的压力，即在决定离婚之前和最后分居的时候（before the decision to divorce and at the time of the final separation）”。所以选项C符合原文。
【干扰项排除】A项“女性被迫离开她们的孩子”、B项“财产被分割”和D项“上法庭”都没提到，无中生有。
第2题:
2.【选项释义】
2. The divorced parents ignore their children’s anger and fear because ______. 2. 离婚的父母无视孩子的愤怒和恐惧，因为______。
A. they are poorly prepared for the coming crisis A. 他们对即将到来的危机准备不足
B. they are under great stress B. 他们的压力很大
C. they think too much about their own problems C. 他们对自己的问题想得太多了
D. they have to live on their own D. 他们必须靠自己生活
【考查点】事实细节题。
【解题思路】根据题干关键词children’s anger and fear定位到第二段的第三句“父母往往被自己的个人问题所困扰（Preoccupied by their personal problems），所以对孩子的愤怒、恐惧或困惑无动于衷”。理解可知，离婚的父母无视孩子的愤怒和恐惧，是因为父母被自己的个人问题所困扰，C项“他们对自己的问题想得太多了”与原文一致。
【干扰项排除】
A项“他们对即将到来的危机准备不足”和B项“他们的压力很大”在文中有提及，但不是对孩子的愤怒等情绪无动于衷的原因，张冠李戴；
D项“他们必须靠自己生活”在文中没有原文依据，无中生有。
第3题:
3.【选项释义】
3. From this passage we can know that ______. 3. 从这篇文章中我们可以知道______。
A. divorce may do greater harm to children mentally and physically than the parents A. 离婚对孩子的身心伤害可能比父母更大
B. family breakup can be avoided if the couple’s personal problems are settled B. 如果夫妻俩的个人问题得到解决，家庭破裂是可以避免的
C. marriage remains popular in spite of rising divorce rate C. 尽管离婚率不断上升，婚姻仍然很受欢迎
D. children will lose the parental care and love after their parents get divorced D. 父母离婚后，孩子就会失去父母的关爱
【考查点】推理判断题。
【解题思路】根据第三段第一句话“不管离婚会带来怎样的痛苦，它似乎不会让人们对婚姻制度感到厌恶（it does not seem to sour people on the institution of marriage）”以及最后一句话“尽管婚姻难以维持，但它肯定不会过时（it is certainly not going out of style）”，从not going out of style（不过时）可推测，尽管离婚率升高，但结婚依然很流行。C项“尽管离婚率不断上升，婚姻仍然很受欢迎”正确。
【干扰项排除】
A项“离婚对孩子的身心伤害可能比父母更大”，第二段虽然提到“离婚后的第一年对父母和孩子来说通常是压力最大的一年”，但并没有孩子与父母受到伤害之间的比较，属于曲解原文；
B项“如果夫妻俩的个人问题得到解决，家庭破裂是可以避免的”，由第二段可知，文中提到父母总是忙于自己的个人问题，往往对孩子的愤怒、恐惧或困惑无动于衷，但是并没有个人问题解决，家庭就不会破碎的相关说法，该项无中生有；
D项“父母离婚后，孩子就会失去父母的关爱”从第二段最后一句话“然而，从长远来看，离婚并不一定会对孩子造成心理伤害，尤其是当父母双方都能保持亲近和关爱的时候”可知，离婚会导致孩子失去关爱不是必然事件，而是在于父母的态度，该项曲解原文。
第4题:
4.【选项释义】
4. According to the passage, the percentage of remarrying man is higher than that of the women by ______. 4. 根据这篇文章，再婚的男性比再婚的女性高______。
A. 25% A. 25%
B. 75% B. 75%
C. 8% C. 8%
D. 27% D. 27%
【考查点】推理判断题。
【解题思路】由题干关键词the percentage of remarrying定位到本文最后一段的第三句“大约六分之五的离婚男性和四分之三的离婚女性会再婚”，所以六分之五减去四分之三等于十二分之一，约等于8%。故该题选择C项正确。
【干扰项排除】
A项“25%”是离婚者再婚的百分比，张冠李戴；
B项“75%”是离婚女性再婚的百分比，张冠李戴；
D项“27%”没有提到，无中生有。
