复合题

Romantic love is a culture trait found primarily in industrialized societies. Elsewhere in the world, pragmatic considerations rather than flights of fancy are often used to make a choice of partner, and romantic love is seen as an unfortunate inconvenience that gets in the way of the ordinary, rational process of mate selection. Traces of this attitude persist in the American upper classes, where daughters are expected to marry “well”——that is, to a male who is eligible by reason of family background and earning potential. Most Americans, however, see romantic love as essential for a successful marriage, and tend to look askance (轻蔑地) at anyone who marries for a more practical reason in which love plays no part.

The phenomenon of romantic love occurs when two young people meet and find one another personally and physically attractive. They become mutually absorbed, start to behave in what appears to be a flighty (充满幻想的), even irrational manner, decide that they are right for one another, and may then enter a marriage whose success is expected to be guaranteed by their enduring love. Behavior of this kind is portrayed and warmly endorsed (赞同), throughout American popular culture, by books, magazines, comics, records, popular songs, movies, and TV.

Romantic love is a noble ideal, and it can certainly provide a basis for the spouses to “live happily ever after.” But a marriage can equally well be founded on much more practical considerations—as indeed they have been in most societies throughout most of history. Why is romantic love of such importance in the modern world? The reason seems to be that it has some basic functions in maintaining the institution of the nuclear family.

单选题 Romantic love is less frequently found in many non-industrial societies because people in these societies _____.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】文章第一段第二句提到“Elsewhere in the world, pragmatic considerations rather than flights of fancy are often used to make a choice of partner…”， 由此可知在世界的其他地方， 人们选择伴侣的时候通常是出于实用主义的考虑而不是单纯的美好爱情幻想。
单选题 The word eligible (in Line 5, Para.1), could best be replaced by _____.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】定位至文章第一段第三句话。 eligible意为“合格的， 合适的； 符合条件的”。 句意：这种态度依然存在于美国上流社会， 女儿们都被希望嫁给一个家庭背景和赚钱能力相符的男性。 qualified有资格的； 符合条件的， 与eligible表达意思相同。
单选题 According to the passage, most Americans _____.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】文章第一段最后一句提到“Most Americans, however, see romantic love as essential for a successful marriage …”， 由此可知大多数美国人把浪漫的爱情看作婚姻成功的基础。
单选题 What can we learn from the second paragraph about romantic love?
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】文章第二段第一、 二句指出两个年轻人相遇并发现彼此身上的吸引力， 这时美好的爱情便产生了。 他们相互吸引， 然后表现出似乎是充满幻想和不理智的行为， 认定对方就是自己要找的那个人。 由此可知浪漫的爱情的特征就是相互吸引的过程。
单选题 The author seems to believe that _____.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】文章最后一段第二句提到“But a marriage can equally well be founded on much more practical considerations…”， 由此可知作者认为婚姻也同样可以建立在更实际的基础上。