Questions57to61arebasedonthefollowingpassage.
Romanticloveisaculturetraitfoundprimarilyinindustrializedsocieties.Elsewhereintheworld,pragmaticconsiderationsratherthanflightsoffancyareoftenusedtomakeachoiceofpartner,andromanticloveisseenasanunfortunateinconveniencethatgetsinthewayoftheordinary,rationalprocessofmateselection.TracesofthisattitudepersistintheAmericanupperclasses,wheredaughtersareexpectedtomarry“well”-----thatis,toamalewhoiseligiblebyreasonoffamilybackgroundandearningpotential.MostAmericans,however,seeromanticloveasessentialforasuccessfulmarriage,andtendtolookaskance(轻蔑地)atanyonewhomarriesforamorepracticalreasoninwhichloveplaysnopart.
Thephenomenonofromanticloveoccurswhentwoyoungpeoplemeetandfindoneanotherpersonallyandphysicallyattractive.Theybecomemutuallyabsorbed,starttobehaveinwhatappearstobeaflighty(充满幻想的),evenirrationalmanner,decidethattheyarerightforoneanother,andmaythenenteramarriagewhosesuccessisexpectedtobeguaranteedbytheirenduringlove.Behaviorofthiskindisportrayedandwarmlyendorsed(赞同)throughoutAmericanpopularculture,bybooks,magazines,comics,records,popularsongs,movies,andTV.Romanticloveisanobleideal,anditcancertainlyprovideabasisforthespousesto“livehappilyeverafter.”Butamarriagecanequallywellbefoundedonmuchmorepracticalconsiderations”----asindeedtheyhavebeeninmostsocietiesthroughoutmostofhistory.Whyisromanticloveofsuchimportanceinthemodernworld?Thereasonseemstobethatithassomebasicfunctionsinmaintainingtheinstitutionofthenuclearfamily(小家庭).
57.Romanticloveislessfrequentlyfoundinmanynon-industrialsocietiesbecausepeopleinthesesocieties_______.
A)firmlybelievethatonlymoneycanmaketheworldgoround
B)failtobringtheimaginativepowerofthemindintofullplay
C)fondlythinkthatflightsoffancypreventthemfrommakingacorrectchoiceofpartner
D)havefarmorepracticalconsiderationstodeterminewhowillmarrywhom
58.Thewordeligible(inLine5,Para.l),couldbestbereplacedby____.
A)qualifiedB)availableC)chosenD)influential
59.Accordingtothepassage,mostAmericans_____.
A)expecttheirdaughterstofallinlovewithamaleatfirstsight
B)regardromanticloveasthebasisforasuccessfulmarriage
C)lookuptothosewhomarryforthesakeofwealth
D)considerromanticlovetobethemostdesirablethingintheworld
60.Whatcanwelearnfromthesecondparagraphaboutromanticlove?
A)Itisacommonoccurrenceamongtheold.B)Itisprimarilydepictedbybooks.
C)Itischaracterizedbymutualattractionandabsorption.D)Itisrejectedasflightyandirrational.
61.Theauthorseemstobelievethat___________
A)romanticlovemakespeopleunabletothinkclearlyintheprocessofmateselection
B)onlyromanticlovecanmakeamarriagehappyeverafter
C)muchmorepracticalconsiderationscanalsobethebasisforasuccessfulmarriage
D)romanticloveplaysaninsignificantroleinmaintainingtheinstitutionofthenuclearfamily
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