单选题 Read the following text. Choose the best word for or phrase
each numbered blank and mark A, B, Cot D on ANSWER SHEET
1.
The United States has historically had higher rates
of marriage than those of other industrialized countries. The current annual
marriage {{U}}(21) {{/U}} in the United States—about 9 new marriages for
every 1,000 people—is {{U}}(22) {{/U}} higher than it is in other
industrialized countries. However, marriage is {{U}}(23) {{/U}} as
widespread as it was several decades ago. {{U}}(24) {{/U}} of American
adults who are married {{U}}(25) {{/U}} from 72 percent in 1970 to 60
percent in 2002. This does not mean that large numbers of people will remain
unmarried {{U}}(26) {{/U}} their lives. Throughout the 20th century,
about 90 percent of Americans married at some {{U}}(27) {{/U}} in their
lives. Experts {{U}}(28) {{/U}} that about the same proportion of
today's young adults will eventually marry. The timing of
marriage has varied {{U}}(29) {{/U}} over the past century. In 1995 the
average age of women in the United States at the {{U}}(30) {{/U}} of
their first marriage was 25. The average age of men was about 27. Men and women
in the United States marry {{U}}(31) {{/U}} the first time at an average
of five years later than people {{U}}(32) {{/U}} in the 1950s.
{{U}}(33) {{/U}} , young adults of the 1950s married younger than did
any previous {{U}}(34) {{/U}} in U. S. history. Today's later age of
marriage is {{U}}(35) {{/U}} the age of marriage between 1890 and 1940.
{{U}}(36) {{/U}} , a greater proportion of the population was married
(95 percent) during the 1950s than at any time before {{U}}(37) {{/U}}.
Experts do not agree on {{U}}(38) {{/U}} the "marriage rush" of the late
1940s and 1950s occurred, but most social scientists believe it represented a
{{U}}(39) {{/U}} to the return of peaceful life and prosperity after 15
years of severe economic {{U}}(40) {{/U}} and war.
【答案解析】[考点解析] 本题的考点为副词短语辨析。no longer不再(放在被修饰词之前)。其他选项：[A] not any longer不再(放在被修饰词之后)；[B] no more不再(放在被修饰词之后)，也不，都不；如：He can't afford a new car, and no more can I.他买不起新车，我也买不起。[C] not any more再也不(放在被修饰词之后)。
【答案解析】[考点解析] 本题的考点为动词的上下文辨析。根据下文的from 72 percent in 1970 to 60 percent in 2002我们知道数据呈下降趋势，因此正确答案为B：declined下倾，下降。其余选项意思不当：[A] deteriorated(使)恶化；[C] deduced推论，演绎出；[D] demolished毁坏，破坏。
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[考点解析] 本题的考点为介词的词义辨析。throughout their lives整个一生。其他选项：[A] past越过；[B] passing经过；[D] through穿过；均不合题意。
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[考点解析] 本题的考点为名词的辨析使用。some period in their lives他们生活中的某一阶段；其他选项：[B] level水平；[C] point点；[D] respect方面，均不合题意。
【答案解析】[考点解析] 本题的考点为副词搭配的选择；any time before or after…在……前后的任何时间。其他选项搭配或意思不对。
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[考点解析] 本题的考点为副词的上下文搭配，Experts do not agree on why the "marriage rush" of the late 1940s and 1950s occurred专家们在为什么“结婚热”会出现在20世纪四、五十年代这一问题上不能取得一致意见。其他选项不合题意。