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"Ah, yes, divorce", Robin Williams once mused, "from the Latin word meaning to rip out a man’s genitals through his wallet". The
"Ah, yes, divorce", Robin Williams once mused, "from the Latin word meaning to rip out a man’s genitals through his wallet". The
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2021-02-21
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"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 rates 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. Falling 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 rate 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 is being paid, even if they have no cash of their own to cover everyday expenses.
Which of the following is true of the text?
选项
A、There should be some correlations between economy and family.
B、Economic depression is sure to have caused the social instability.
C、If the economy grows fast, the lower-earning partners will claim more help.
D、Economic growth depends upon the happy relationship between social members.
答案
A
解析
主旨大意题。通观全文,都是在讲经济形势与离婚之间的关系,所以选A项。
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考研英语二
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