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1、2022-2023年考博英语-广西大学模拟考试题（含答案解析）1. 单选题The government（ ）a heavy tax on tobacco, which aroused opposition from the tobacco industry.问题1选项A.pronouncedB.imposedC.compliedD.prescribed【答案】B【解析】句意:政府征收烟草税，这激起烟草行业的反对。考查固定搭配pronounce 宣告，断言；impose 征税，强加，通常与on搭配使用;compile 编译，编制；prescribe指示，规定。因此，B项符合句意。2. 单选题Th
2、e decline of marriage: For richer, for smarterThe traditional family is now the preserve of a minority. Marriage, and its many ups and downs, still exercises a powerful hold over newspapers, magazines and the airwaves. Nearly 23m Americans watched Prince William being joined in holy matrimony to Kat
3、e Middleton. Millions more have wallowed in the break-up of Arnold Schwarzeneggers marriage after revelations that he fathered a son with a maid. And the tumescent tweets of congress man Anthony Weiner have stirred up endless speculation about the health of his own year-old marriage and the forbeara
4、nce of his newly pregnant wife.Less titillating are revelations about the sorry state of marriage across the United States. Data from the Census Bureau show that married couples, for the first time, now make up less than half (45%) of all households.The iconic American family, with mom, dad and kids
5、 under one roof, is fading. In ever, state the numbers of unmarried couples, childless households and single-person households are growing faster than those comprised of married people with children, finds the 2010 census. The latter accounted for 43% of households in 1950; they now account for just
6、 20%. And the trend has a potent class dimension. Traditional marriage has evolved from a near-universal rite to a luxury for the educated and affluent.There barely was a marriage gap in 1960: only four percentage points separated the wedded ways of college and high-school graduates (76% versus 72%)
7、. The gap has since widened to 16 percentage points, according to the Pew Research Centre. A Census Bureau analysis released this spring found that brides are significantly more likely to have a college degree than they were in the mid-1990s.“Marriage has become much more selective, and thats why th
8、e divorce rate has come down,” said Bradford Wilcox, become much more selective, and thats why the divorce rate has come down,” said Bradford Wilcox, director of the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. The project found that divorce rates for couples with coll
9、ege degrees are only a third as high as for those with a high-school degree.Americans with a high-school degree or less (who account for 58% of the population) tell researchers they would like to marry, but do not believe they can afford it. Instead, they raise children out of wedlock. Only 6% of ch
10、ildren born to college-educated mothers were born outside marriage, according to the National Marriage Project. That compares with 44% of babies born to mothers whose education ended with high school.Less marriage means less income and more poverty， reckons Isabel Sawhill, a senior fellow at the Bro
11、okings Institution. She and other researchers have linked as much as half of the income inequality in family composition: single-parent families (mostly those with a high-school degree or less) are getting poorer while married couples (with educations and dual incomes) are increasingly well-off. Thi
12、s is a striking gap that is not well understood by the public. she says.Do not expect the Democratic Party, however, to make an issue of the marriage gap in next years elections. Unmarried women voted overwhelmingly for Barack Obama. You dont want to suggest to someone who isnt married and has child
13、ren that they should be married. says Ms Sawhill. “That is a denigration of their lifestyle.1. According to the passage,（ ）.2. Which of the following is True?3. The divorce rate has come down because（ ）.4. “Less marriage means less income and more poverty” is（ ）.5. Unmarried women Voted overwhelming
14、ly for Barack Obama because （ ）.问题1选项A.less than half (45%) or people preserve the traditional marriage.B.nearly 23m Americans was sad at the break-up of Arnold Schwarzeneggers marriage.C.the iconic American family still dominates newspapers, Magazines and the airwaves.D.the numbers of unmarried cou
15、ples, childless households and single-person households grow by 20%.问题2选项A.Traditional marriage is a luxury for the educated and rich now.B.The state of marriage across the United States is titillating.C.The marriage gap is narrowed nowD.Girls with a college degree are easy to get married.问题3选项A.there are more selections in marriage.B.marriage couples are of high-school degree.C.people are more careful in marriage selection.D.people are unwilling to get married.问题4选项A.a very popular sayingB.not well understoodC.well received.D.research finding问题5选项A.marriage is a lifestyle to them.B.t
