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1、江西景德镇市2020高考英语（二轮）阅读理解编练（3） 2020高考英语阅读理解人物传记/故事类More surprising，perhaps，than the current difficulties of traditional marriage is the fact that marriage itself is alive and thriving (兴盛)As Skolnick notes，Americans are marrying peoplerelative to Europeans，more of us marry and we marry at a younger age
2、Moreover，after a decline in the early 1970s，the rate of marriage in the United States is now increasingEven the divorce rate needs to be taken in this pro-marriage context: some 80 percent of divorced individuals remarryThus，marriage remains，by far，the preferred way of life for the vast majority of
3、people in our societyWhat has changed more than marriage is the nuclear familyTwenty-five years ago，the typical American family consisted of a husband，a wife and two or three childrenNow，there are many marriages in which couples have decided not to have any childrenAnd there are many marriages where
4、 at least some of the children are from the wifes previous marriage，or the husbands，or bothSometimes these children spend all of their time with one parent from the former marriage;sometimes they are shared between the two former spousesThus，one can find the very type of family arrangementThere are
5、marriages without children;marriages with children from only the present marriage;marriages with “full time”children from the present marriage and “part-time” children from former marriagesThere are stepfathers，stepmothers，half-brothers，and half-sistersIt is not all the unusual for a child to have f
6、our parents and eight grandparents！ There are enormous changes from the traditional nuclear familyBut even so，even in the midst of all this，one thing remains constant: most Americans spend most of their adult lives married【小题1】By calling Americans marrying people the author means that _Amore of Amer
7、icans，as compared with Europeans，prefer marriage and they accept it at a younger ageBAmericans expect more out of marriage than EuropeansCthere are more married couples in USA than in EuropeDAmericans are more traditional than Europeans【小题2】Which of the following can be presented as the picture of t
8、odays American families？AA typical American family consists of only a husband and a wifeBMany types of family arrangements have become socially acceptableCAmericans prefer to have more kids than beforeDThere are no nuclear families any more【小题3】Even though great changes have taken place in the struc
9、ture of American families _Athe functions of marriage remain unchangedBmost Americans prefer a second marriageCthe vast majority of Americans still have faith in marriageDmarriage is still enjoyed by all Americans2020高考英语阅读理解人物传记/故事类In Britain and other countries，young people sometimes take a “gap y
10、ear，” a year off between high school and collegeThis idea never gained a big following in AmericaRecent news reports have suggested that interest may be growing，though there are no official numbersCharles Deacon，Dean of Admissions at Georgetown University in Washington，DC，estimates that in the curre
11、nt first-year class of 1，600 students，only about 25 decided to take a year offHe says this number hasnt changed much over the yearsMrDeacon says the most common reason for taking a “gap year” is to have a chance to travel，but he says international students may take a “gap year” to meet requirements
12、at home for military dutySome high school graduates see a year off as a chance to recover after twelve years of required education，but it can also give students a chance to explore their interestsStudents hoping to be doctors，for example，could learn about the profession by volunteering in a hospital
13、Many colleges and universities support gap-year projects by permitting students to delay their admissionExperts say students can grow emotionally and intellectually as they work at something they enjoyThe Harvard admissions office has an essay on its Web site called “Time Out or Burn Out for the Nex
14、t Generation” It praises the idea of taking time off to step back，think and enjoy gaining life experiences outside the pressure of studiesIt also notes that students are sometimes admitted to Harvard or other colleges partly because they did something unusual with that timeOf course，a gap year is no
15、t for everyoneStudents might miss their friends who go on directly to college，and parents might worry that their children will decide not to go to college once they take time offAnother concern is moneyA year off，away from home，can be costlyHolly Bulls job is to specialize in helping students plan t
16、heir gap yearShe notes that several books have been written about this subjectShe says these books along with media attention and the availability of information on the Internet have increased interest in the idea of a year off，and she points out that many gap-year programs cost far less than a year of college【小题1】What is the passage mainly about？AIf
