单选题 Christine was recently digging through old boxes in her storeroom preparing to move to a new house. In one box, she came across a magazine of June 2, 1986.
There's a reason Christine had saved the magazine for 20 years. In its pages, she was one of more than a dozen women reported in an article discussing the "cruel reality" of their poor marriage prospects(前景). At the time Christine was living in Chicago and greatly annoyed by the fact that her social life didn't seem to be progressing toward {{U}}a trip down the aisle{{/U}}. "I had a lot of girlfriends in the same boat," she says.
But a funny thing happened. At age 40, she married; a few weeks ago she and her husband celebrated their 10th anniversary(周年纪念). Today she's the happy mom to two children from her husband's first marriage. Looking back on her single days, she remembers her unhappiness. "I had the same feeling that many women have, which is that you're not considered a whole person unless you're married with children," she says. "But as I reached my 40s, I realized that was totally wrong ... I could still have a very fulfilling life." It was only after she'd come to peace with the fact that she might never marry that she met her future husband while shopping in a supermarket.
To mark the 20th anniversary of this story, reporters sought out as many of the women in the story as they could find. Out of 14 single women in the article, 11 were found. Among them, eight ended up marrying, and three remain single. Several had children. None divorced(离婚). For her part, Christine isn't surprised. "I've watched a lot of people, married while young, get divorced," she says. "I think that if you do wait until Mr Right comes along, you have a much better chance."

单选题 How old was Christine 20 years ago?

A. 20.
B. 30.
C. 40.
D. 50.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 分析推理题。推断的依据是第二段第二句：At age 40, she married; a few weeks ago she and her husband celebrated their 10th anniversary(她40岁结的婚，而几周前她和丈夫进行了结婚10周年纪念的庆贺)，也就是说，现在的Christine已经50岁了，那么20年前她就是30岁。

单选题 We learn from the text that twenty years ago, Christine ______.

A. started her hobby by collecting magazines
B. had a lot of girlfriends visiting her
C. was worried about her marriage
D. was in an unhappy marriage

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 分析推理题。短文第二段第二、三两句指出，(20年前)杂志刊文报道了她和十多位女性一起讨论她们糟糕的婚姻前景这一“残酷的现实”，那时她正被其社交生活似乎没有朝着正常方向发展的事实困扰着。再结合短文谈论的是婚姻这一主旨可以推知，那时她很担心自己的婚姻(前景)，故选[C]。其余三项中，[A]、[B]两项都属于抓住原文中的词句进行发挥，而[D]则与后文对Christine结婚情况的说明不符。

单选题 Why had Christine saved the magazine for so many years?

A. An article about her was printed in it.
B. It described her social life in Chicago.
C. An article written by her was published in it.
D. It helped women like her to find their Mr Right.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。短文第二段第一句指出Christine有理由保存那本杂志20年，紧跟着第二句就说明杂志里有她参与的一场讨论的文章。也就是说，她保存杂志就是因为杂志中有关于她的文章，故答案是[A]。其余三项都属于利用原文中的个别词句而设置的干扰项，都与原文不符。

单选题 The underlined phrase "a trip down the aisle" (Line 4, Para. 2) probably means ______.

A. getting married
B. becoming famous
C. travelling by plane
D. going on a honeymoon

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 词句理解题。从字面上来理解，该句指的是她的社交生活似乎没有朝“正常方向”发展。由于文章主旨是婚姻，并且后文指出那时许多女性认为如果不结婚生子，自己就会被人看作是个不完整的人(you're not considered a whole person unless you're married with children)，那时的Christine担心的就是这个，所以此处的“正常方向”指的无疑就是结婚、生子，故本题答案是[A]。

单选题 What was Christine's idea about marriage and life when she was going on 40?

A. One cannot be a whole person without marriage and children.
B. One can live a happy life whether married or unmarried.
C. She might meet her future husband in a supermarket.
D. She will never think of divorce once married.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。短文第三段中部引用Christine的话说：...I could still have a very fulfilling life (我仍然能生活得很充实)，由于前一句中她明确否定了那种“如果不结婚生子，自己就会被人看作是个不完整的人”这种观点，所以她的意思就是不结婚也可以活得很充实。选项[B]与此意相符，故是正确答案。其余三项中，[A]是其明确否定了的观点，而[C]、[D]两项则明显与原文不符，根据常识也可排除。