首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
考研
Does Economic Recession and Divorce Rate have Something Related ? "Ah, yes, divorce", Robin Williams once mused, "from the L
Does Economic Recession and Divorce Rate have Something Related ? "Ah, yes, divorce", Robin Williams once mused, "from the L
admin
2013-07-08
78
问题
Does Economic Recession and Divorce Rate have Something Related ?
"Ah, yes, divorce", Robin Williams once mused, "from the Latin word meaning to rip out a man’s genitals through his wallet". The derivation may not be found in dictionaries, but he was on well-trodden ground in linking divorce to money. This month a survey conducted among financial analysts, stockbrokers and hedge-fund managers by Mishcon de Reya, a law firm, suggested that the economic downturn will prompt an upsurge in divorces among high-earners in London’s financial centre.
This pattern is not without precedent; Sandra Davis, who commissioned the study, says that the recession of the early 1990s led to a wave of divorces among the City’s wealthy people. A third of current inquiries to lawyers by those deciding to break the knot, she claims, are linked to the credit crunch.
One explanation is that the defecting spouses of high earners are getting out before the crunch reduces the potential for profitable settlements. As the City boom turns to bust, redundancies are becoming commonplace and huge bonuses a distant dream. Since recent earnings are one of the factors taken into account in divorce settlements, it makes sense to divorce sooner rather than later. Others argue that money and the distractions it buys allow couples to avoid addressing difficulties in their relationship, which come to the fore in more financially-distressed times.
For middle earners, the link between divorce rotes and economic conditions is less clear-cut, not least since the main marital asset is houses rather than spouses. Rising inflation and falling house prices put pressure on marriages and might thus contribute to higher divorce rates. Yet the same factors also make splitting up more complicated. Failing property prices mean that selling the family home may not provide sufficient funds for two separate homes, especially now that lenders have become much more choosy. "A flagging economy clearly leads to an increase in misery; whether or not it causes a rise in the divorce rote is a debatable point," sums up Stephen Jenkins, director of the Institute for Social and Economic Research
One consequence is that more couples are living together after divorce, which raises its own problems. Godfrey Freeman, chairman of Resolution, an association of family lawyers, points out that the lower-earning partners in such couples may find it harder to claim benefits. They are usually refused help, he says, on the grounds that their mortgage paid, even if they have no cash of their own to cover everyday expenses.
In the opening paragraph, the author introduces his topic by providing______.
选项
A、a well-known definition of divorce in the dictionary
B、a downright fact that divorce is linked to economy
C、an interesting quote of a famous person about divorce
D、a statistic survey that was conducted a long time ago
答案
C
解析
推理判断题。题目问的是作者是如何引入话题的。文章一开始便引入了罗宾·威廉姆斯的名言,即通过引用名人名言的方式引入话题,所以正确答案为[C]项。威廉姆斯所提到的离婚定义并不能在字典里找到,[A]项排除;作者开篇并没有引述事实证明离婚与经济形势相关,所以[B]项排除;文章在首段末尾才提到了调查数据,而且是最近的数据,所以[D]项也排除。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/DoO4777K
0
考研英语一
相关试题推荐
Oneofthemostimportantresultsofresearchintoageinghasbeentopinpointthesignificanceofshort-termmemory.Thisfacul
Oneofthemostimportantresultsofresearchintoageinghasbeentopinpointthesignificanceofshort-termmemory.Thisfacul
Oneofthemostimportantresultsofresearchintoageinghasbeentopinpointthesignificanceofshort-termmemory.Thisfacul
TheStudents’UnionofyouruniversityisplanningartEnglishSpeakingContest.Writeanannouncementwhichcoversthefollowin
Inrecentyears,Microsofthasfocusedonthreebigtasks:buildingrobustsecurityintoitssoftware,resolvingnumerousantitr
Studythefollowingtablecarefullyandwriteanarticleonthechangesofpeople’sdailyexpensesinXcity.Inyourarticle,y
Politicalcontroversyaboutthepublic-landpolicyoftheUnitedStatesbeganwiththeAmericaRevolution.(1)_____,evenbefore
Untilthelate1940s,whentelevisionbeganfindingitswayintoAmericanhomes,companiesreliedmainlyonprintandradiotop
Lookingathowfarwe’llbeabletofundtheHealthServiceinthe21stcenturyraisesanynumberofthornyissues.(46)Manyof
I’dliketo______aspecialseatfortheconcertofMay5.
随机试题
根据资本重组的内容不同,有三种资本重组战略方案供选择:(1)______;(2)______;(3)______。
将待估土地预期开发后的价值,扣除其正常的开发费用、销售费用、税金及开发利润,从而估算待估土地价格的方法是()
试指出在下述案例中,使用了何种探求因果联系的逻辑方法,并写出其逻辑结构。在19世纪80年代以前,许多科学家认为,有机体只需要蛋白质和数量不多的各种盐类。1880年,俄国医生鲁宁对上述观点表示质疑,他做了一个实验:把实验老鼠分成两组,一组用人造乳喂
普通混凝土配合比设计,选择水泥应从()方面进行考虑。
职业健康安全与环境管理体系是系统化、结构化、程序化的管理体系,是遵循()管理模式并以文件支持的管理制度和管理方法。
Thedeclineinmoralstandards--whichhaslongconcernedbysocialanalystsnhasatlastcapturedtheattentionofaverageAmeric
一、注意事项1.申论考试是对应试者阅读理解能力、综合分析能力、提出和解决问题能力、文字表达能力的综合测试。2.仔细阅读给定资料,按照后面提出的作答要求依次作答。二、给定资料1.连日来,一条消息在南京炒得沸沸扬扬:随着地铁三号线
简述刑事责任与犯罪、刑事责任与刑罚的关系。
下列程序段执行以后,内存变量y的值是CLEARx=56789y=0DOWHILEx>0y=y+x%10x=int(x/10)ENDDO?y
ご主人は何時______にお戻りになるでしょうか。
最新回复
(
0
)