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  3. [A]Does high divorce rate mean refusal to marry? [B]Certain marriages are more likely to break [C]The root of high divorce

[A]Does high divorce rate mean refusal to marry? [B]Certain marriages are more likely to break [C]The root of high divorce

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问题    [A]Does high divorce rate mean refusal to marry?
   [B]Certain marriages are more likely to break
   [C]The root of high divorce rate in America
   [D]Children’s rights are well protected
   [E]The problems divorce has brought about
   [F]Sex equality is apparent in American divorces
   [G]Divorce have been recognized by the public
   During the traditional wedding ceremony, the bridal couples promise each other lifelong devotion. Yet, about one out of four American marriages ends in divorce. Since 1940, the divorce rate has more than doubled, and experts predict that, of all marriages that occurred in the 1970s, about 50% will end in divorce. The U.S.A. has one of the highest divorce rates in the world, perhaps even the highest.
   【R1】______
   What goes wrong? The fact that divorce is so common in the United States does not mean that Americans consider marriage a casual, unimportant relationship. Just the opposite is true. Americans expect a great deal from marriage. They seek physical, emotional, and intellectual compatibility. They want to be deeply loved and understood. It is because Americans expect so much from marriage that so many get divorced. They prefer no marriage at all to a marriage without love and understanding.
   【R2】______
   Which marriages are most likely to end in divorce? Marriages between people with low incomes or limited education and marriages between teenagers are at greatest risk. The number of divorces between couples with children under the age of 18 is declining, and almost 45% of divorcing couples are childless.
   【R3】______
   When a couple gets divorced, the court may require the man to pay his former wife a monthly sum of money called alimony. The amount of alimony depends on the husband’s income, the wife’ s needs, and the length of the marriage. If the woman is working and earns a good salary, she may receive no alimony at all. Occasionally, the court decides that a woman should pay her husband alimony. About 10% of American women outearn their husbands. If the woman has totally supported her husband during the marriage, the court may decide that she must continue to support him after the divorce. This is a rather new concept in the United States.
   【R4】______
   If a divorcing couple has children, the court must determine which parent the children will live with and who will provide for their support. In most cases, the children live with the mother, and the father pays child support and has visitation rights. However, it is not uncommon for a father to get full custody or joint custody of his children when this arrangement seems to be in the children’s best interest.
   【R5】______
   The high risk of divorce doesn’t seem to make Americans afraid to try marriage—again and again. By middle age, about 95% of Americans have been married at least once. About 80% of those who get divorced eventually remarry. Only in Japan is the married proportion of the population as high as it is in the U.S.A. In fact, remarriage and the creation of new families is so common in the United States that one American joke tells of a wife calling to her second husband, "Quick, John! Come here and help me! Your children and my children are beating up our children!"
   Despite the dominance of the married lifestyle, the number of people choosing alternative lifestyles is increasing, and their behavior is increasingly accepted by the general population. The number of unmarried couples living together rose from about 500 ,000 in 1970 to about 2. 6 million in 1988. Many older people are horrified by the growing trend of unmarried couples living together. However, it is not just an American trend. It’s even more common in Europe than in the U.S.A.
【R1】
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答案C
解析 第二段第一句提出问题：“问题究竟出在哪里呢?”接着第二句指出：“离婚在美国司空见惯。”第三句分析原因：因为他们寻找身体、情感和智力的契合，他们渴求被深爱和理解。正是因为美国人对婚姻的期望值太高，才会有许多人离异。可见，本段的中心思想是美国人为什么频繁离婚。C选项“美国离婚率高的根源”正好与论点相符，为正确答案。
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