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According to a recent survey on money and relationships, 36 percent of people are keeping a bank account from their partner. Whi

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问题     According to a recent survey on money and relationships, 36 percent of people are keeping a bank account from their partner. While this financial unfaithfulness may appear as distrust in a relationship, in truth it may just be a form of financial protection.
    With almost half of all marriages ending in divorce, men and women are realizing they need to be financially savvy, regardless of whether they are in a relationship.
    The financial hardship on individuals after a divorce can be extremely difficult, even more so when children are involved. The lack of permanency in relationships, jobs and family life may be the cause of a growing trend to keep a secret bank account hidden from a partner, in other words, an "escape fund".
    Margaret’s story is far from unique. She is a representative of a growing number of women in long-term relationships who are becoming protective of their own earnings.
    Every month on pay day, she banks hundreds of dollars into a savings account she keeps from her husband. She has been doing this throughout their six-year marriage and has built a nest egg worth an incredible $100,000 on top of her pension.
    Margaret says if her husband found about her secret savings he’d hurt and would interpret this as a sign she wasn’t sure of the marriage. "He’d think it was my escape fund so that financially I could afford to get out of the relationship if it went wrong. I know you should approach marriage as being forever and I hope ours is, but you can never be sure."
    Like many of her fellow secret savers, Margaret was stung in a former relationship and has since been very guarded about her own money.
    Coming clean to your partner about being a secret saver may not be all that bad. Taken Colleen, for example, who had been saving secretly for a few years before she confessed to her partner. "I decided to open a savings account and start building a nest egg of my own. I wanted to prove to myself that I could put money in the bank and leave it there for a rainy day."
    "When John found out about my secret savings, he was a little suspicious of my motives. I reassured him that this was certainly not an escape fund that I feel very secure in our relationship. I have to admit that it does feel good to have my own money on reserve if ever there are rainy days in the future. It’s sensible to build and protect your personal financial security."
Which of the following best summarizes of this passage?
选项 A、Secret Savers.
B、Love Is What It’s Worth.
C、Banking Honesty.
D、Once Bitten, Twice Shy.
答案A
解析 记得我们以前多次讲过要解答主旨题，我们需要通过对第一段的研读领会文章写作手法，从而理解文章的主题。本文以调查数据开头，其目的是要引出本文的主题；第一段最后一句便是对主题的表述，其大意为：虽然这种经济上的不诚实行为被看成是对家庭关系的不信任，但是事实上它只是一种经济上的保护形式。由此我们基本确定本文主要是要论述“持有秘密银行账户是可以接受的”这一主题。由此判断A项是本题的最佳答案。
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