Married people live “happily ever after” in fairy tales, but they do so less and less often in real life. I, like many of my friends, got married, divorced, and remarried. I suppose, to some people, I’m a failure. After all, I broke my first solemn promise to “love and cherish until death us do part”. But I feel that I’m finally a success. I learned from the mistakes I made in my first marriage. This time around, the ways my husband and I share our free time, make decisions, and deal with problems are very different.
I learned, first of all, not to be a clinging vine （依赖男子的妇女）. In my first marriage, I felt the every moment we spent apart was wasted. If Ray wanted to go out to a bar with his friends to watch a football game, I felt rejected and talked him into staying home. I wouldn’t accept an offer to go to a movie or join an exercise class if it meant that Ray would be home alone. I realize now that we were often angry with each other just because we spent too much time together. In contrast, my second husband and I spend some of our free time apart and try to have interests of our own. I have started playing racquetball at a health club, and David sometimes takes off to go to the local auto races with his friends. When we are together, we aren’t bored with each other; our separate interests make us more interesting people.
I learned not only to be apart sometimes but also to work together when it’s time to make decisions. When Ray and I were married, I left all the important decisions to him. He decided how we would spend money, whether we should sell the car or fix it, and where to take a vacation. I know now that I went along with this so that I wouldn’t have to take the responsibility when things went wrong. I could always end an argument by saying, “It was your fault!” With my second marriage, I am trying to be a full partner. We ask each other’s opinions on major decisions and try to compromise if we disagree. If we make the wrong choice, we’re equally guilty. When we rented an apartment, for example, we both had to take the blame for not noticing the drafty windows and the “no pets” clause in our lease.
Maybe the most important thing I’ve learned is to be a grown-up about facing problems. David and I have made a vow to face our troubles like adults. If we’re mad at each other or worried and upset, we say how we feel. Rather than hide behind our own misery, we talk about the problem until we discover how to fix it. Everybody argues or has to deal with the occasional crisis, but Ray and I always reacted like children to these stormy times. I would lock myself in the spare bedroom. Ray would stalk out of the house, slam the door, and race off in the car. Then I would cry and worry till he returned.
I wish that my first marriage hadn’t been the place where I learned how to make a relationship work, but at least I did learn. I feel better now about being an independent person, about making decisions, and about facing problems. My second marriage isn’t perfect, but it doesn’t have the deep flaws that made the first one fall apart.
1. Which of the following has contributed to the writer’s divorce?
2. It can be learned from the passage that the writer, in her first marriage, ________.
3. Which of the following that the author should have said when she quarreled with her former husband but she did not?
4. All the problems between the writer and David can be resolved because ________.
5. The writer’s second marriage is different from the first one in all the following ways except ________.
6. The best title for the passage is ________.
问题1选项
A.Her former husband went out to watch football games.
B.She started to play racquetball at a health club.
C.They spent too much time together and got bored with each other.
D.They spent so little time together that they could not talk to each other.
问题2选项
A.took less responsibility than she should for major decision
B.took the same responsibility as her husband
C.took more blame when things went wrong
D.felt equally guilty when things went wrong
问题3选项
A.“It was your fault!”
B.“Maybe you’re right.”
C.“It’s none of your business.”
D.“It’s none of my business.”
问题4选项
A.they hide their feelings
B.they lock themselves in their bedroom
C.they have promised not to be mad at each other
D.they dare to face them
问题5选项
A.that they share their free time
B.that they make their decisions together
C.that they talk to each other
D.that they deal with their troubles together
问题6选项
A.First Marriage
B.Second Marriage
C.Divorce
D.Perfect Marriage
第1题:C
第2题:A
第3题:B
第4题:D
第5题:A
第6题:D
第1题:
【选项释义】
Which of the following has contributed to the writer’s divorce? 以下哪项导致了作者的离婚？
A. Her former husband went out to watch football games. A. 她的前夫出去看足球比赛。
B. She started to play racquetball at a health club. B. 她开始在一家健身俱乐部打壁球。
C. They spent too much time together and got bored with each other. C. 他们在一起的时间太长了，彼此感到厌倦。
D. They spent so little time together that they could not talk to each other. D. 他们在一起的时间太少，以至于彼此无法交谈。
【考查点】事实细节题。
【解题思路】根据题干关键词contributed to the writer’s divorce可以定位到文章第二段第五句I realize now that we were often angry with each other just because we spent too much time together.（我现在意识到，我们经常对对方发火，只是因为我们在一起的时间太长了。），说明他们离婚的原因之一是他们在一起的时间太多，以至于对彼此感到厌倦。因此C选项“他们在一起的时间太长了，彼此感到厌倦。”正确。
【干扰项排除】
A选项“她的前夫出去看足球比赛。”，文章虽然提到前夫出去看足球比赛确实引起了作者的不快，但这并不是导致他们离婚的原因，属于曲解原文；
B选项“她开始在一家健身俱乐部打壁球。”，文章中提到作者在第二次婚姻中开始在健康俱乐部打壁球，这与她第一次婚姻的离婚原因无关，属于出处错位；
D选项“他们在一起的时间太少，以至于彼此无法交谈。”，文章中提到的问题是他们在一起的时间太多，而不是太少，属于反向干扰。
第2题:
【选项释义】
It can be learned from the passage that the writer, in her first marriage, ________. 从文中可以看出，作者在她的第一段婚姻中________。
A. took less responsibility than she should for major decision A. 对重大决定承担的责任比她应该承担的少
B. took the same responsibility as her husband B. 与丈夫承担同样的责任
C. took more blame when things went wrong C. 当事情出错时，她承担了更多的责任
D. felt equally guilty when things went wrong D. 当事情出错时，她同样感到内疚
【考查点】事实细节题。
【解题思路】根据题干关键词in her first marriage可以定位到文章第三段第二句When Ray and I were married, I left all the important decisions to him.（雷和我结婚时，我把所有重要的决定都留给了他。）和第四句I know now that I went along with this so that I wouldn’t have to take the responsibility when things went wrong.（我现在知道，我这样做是为了在事情出错时不用承担责任。），说明在第一次婚姻中，作者把重要决定的责任都推给了丈夫，并在出现问题时推卸责任。因此A选项“对重大决定承担的责任比她应该承担的少”正确。
【干扰项排除】
B选项“与丈夫承担同样的责任”，文中明确表示作者把所有重要决定都交给了她的丈夫，所以她并没有承担与丈夫同等的责任，属于曲解原文；
C选项“当事情出错时，她承担了更多的责任”，文中提到的是作者在问题发生时会将责任归咎于丈夫，而不是自己承担更多责任，属于反向干扰；
D选项“当事情出错时，她同样感到内疚”在文中没有提及，属于无中生有。
第3题:
【选项释义】
Which of the following that the author should have said when she quarreled with her former husband but she did not? 以下哪项是作者在与前夫争吵时应该说而没有说的？
A. “It was your fault!” A. “都是你的错！”
B. “Maybe you’re right.” B. “也许你是对的。”
C. “It’s none of your business.” C. “这不关你的事。”
D. “It’s none of my business.” D. “这不关我的事。”
【考查点】推理判断题。
【解题思路】根据题干关键词quarreled with her former husband可以定位到文章第三段第五句I could always end an argument by saying, “It was your fault!”（我总能以一句“都是你的错！”来结束争吵。）和第四段第四句Rather than hide behind our own misery, we talk about the problem until we discover how to fix it.（我们不会躲在自己的痛苦背后，而是谈论问题，直到发现如何解决问题。），说明作者在与前夫争吵时倾向于指责他，而在第二次婚姻中，她学会了面对问题并讨论解决方法，由此可以推断作者在与前夫争吵时没有说出的话应该是体现出她作为伴侣的责任感和合作态度。因此B选项“也许你是对的。”正确。
【干扰项排除】
A选项“都是你的错！”，文章提到作者在第一次婚姻中确实说过“It’s your fault!”这句话，属于反向干扰；
C选项“这不关你的事。”和D选项“这不关我的事。”是不负责任的说法，是不应该说的，属于反向干扰。
第4题:
【选项释义】
All the problems between the writer and David can be resolved because ________. 作者和大卫之间的所有问题都可以解决，因为________。
A. they hide their feelings A. 他们隐藏了自己的感情
B. they lock themselves in their bedroom B. 他们把自己锁在卧室里
C. they have promised not to be mad at each other C. 他们保证不对对方发火
D. they dare to face them D. 他们敢于面对
【考查点】事实细节题。
【解题思路】根据题干关键词problems between the writer and David can be resolved可以定位到文章第四段第二句David and I have made a vow to face our troubles like adults.（大卫和我发誓要像成年人一样面对我们的麻烦。），说明作者和大卫能够解决问题是因为他们敢于面对问题。因此D选项“他们敢于面对”正确。
【干扰项排除】
A选项“他们隐藏了自己的感情”，文章说的是他们解决问题的方法是面对和讨论问题，而不是隐藏感情，属于反向干扰；
B选项“他们把自己锁在卧室里”，文章说的是作者在第一次婚姻中会把自己锁在房间里，属于张冠李戴；
C选项“他们保证不对对方发火”，由If we’re mad at each other or worried and upset, we say how we feel.（如果我们彼此生气，或者担心和不安，我们会说出自己的感受。）可知，他们会对对方发火，但在发火后会想办法解决问题，属于反向干扰。
第5题:
【选项释义】
The writer’s second marriage is different from the first one in all the following ways except ________. 作者的第二段婚姻与第一段婚姻有以下所有不同之处，除了________。
A. that they share their free time A. 他们共享空闲时间
B. that they make their decisions together B. 他们一起做决定
C. that they talk to each other C. 他们互相交流
D. that they deal with their troubles together D. 他们一起处理麻烦
【考查点】事实细节题。
【解题思路】根据A选项关键词free time可以定位到文章第二段第六句In contrast, my second husband and I spend some of our free time apart and try to have interests of our own.（相反，我的第二任丈夫和我有时会分开度过空闲时间，并尝试拥有自己的兴趣爱好。），说明作者的第二段婚姻并不总是分享空闲时间。因此A选项“他们共享空闲时间”符合题意。
【干扰项排除】
B选项“他们一起做决定”，由We ask each other’s opinions on major decisions and try to compromise if we disagree.（我们在重大决策上互相征求意见，如果意见不一致，尽量妥协。）可知，一起做决定是第二段婚姻与第一段的不同之处，属于反向干扰；
C选项“他们互相交流”，由Rather than hide behind our own misery, we talk about the problem until we discover how to fix it.（我们不会躲在自己的痛苦背后，而是谈论问题，直到发现如何解决问题。）可知，互相交流是第二段婚姻与第一段的不同之处，属于反向干扰；
D选项“他们一起处理麻烦”，由David and I have made a vow to face our troubles like adults.（大卫和我发誓要像成年人一样面对我们的麻烦。）可知，一起处理麻烦是第二段婚姻与第一段的不同之处，属于反向干扰。
第6题:
【选项释义】
The best title for the passage is ________. 这篇文章的最佳标题是________。
A. First Marriage A. 第一次婚姻
B. Second Marriage B. 第二次婚姻
C. Divorce C. 离婚
D. Perfect Marriage D. 完美婚姻
【考查点】主旨大意题。
【解题思路】文章主要讲述了作者通过第一次婚姻的经历和失败中学到的教训，并如何将这些教训应用到第二次婚姻中，从而使第二次婚姻变得更加成熟和成功。文章强调了独 立性、共同决策和面对问题的重要性，这些都是实现完美婚姻的方法。因此D选项“完美婚姻”正确。
【干扰项排除】
A选项“第一次婚姻”，B选项“第二次婚姻”和C选项“离婚”均只在文章的某部分提及，不能概括全文的主旨大意，属于以偏概全。
