2015年同等学力英语模拟训练(3)

2015-01-30 11:53:54来源：网络

【考试动态】同等学力申硕报名条件(必看) 同等学力申硕考试时间申硕学籍保留几年？
【重点推荐】同等学力英语阅读理解四个技巧同等学力英语常考词组盘点英语作文高分技巧
【常识问题】申硕必看八大报考常识申硕考试复习需准备的材料同等学力申硕如何备考

　　The United States has historically had higher rates of marriage than those of other industrialized countries . The current annual marriage 1 in the United States—about 9 new marriages for every ， 1000 people—is 2 higher than it is in other industrialized countries . However ， marriage is 3 as widespread as it was several decades ago . 4 of American adults who are married 60 from 72 percent in 1970 to 5 percent in 2002 . This does not mean that large numbers of people will remain unmarried 6 thir lives . Throughout the 20th century ， about 90 percent of Americans married at some 7 in their lives . Experts 8 that about the same proportion of today's young adults will eventually marry .

　　The timing of marriage has varied 9 over the past century . In 1995 the average age of women in the United States at the time of their first marriage was 25 . The average age of men was about 27 . Men and women in the United States marry for the first time an average of five years later than people did in the 1950s . 10 ， young adults of the 1950s married younger than did any previous 11 in U . S . history . Today's later age of marriage is 12 the age of marriage between 1890 and 1940 . Moreover ， a greater proportion of the population was married (95 percent) during the 1950s than at any time before 13 . Experts do not agree on why the “marriage rush” of the late 1940s and 1950s occurred ， but most social scientists believe it represented a 14 to the return of peaceful and prosperity after 15 years of severe economic 15 and war .

　　1 . A . rate B . ratio C . percentage D . poll

　　2 . A . potentially B . intentionally C . randomly D . substantially

　　3 . A . not any longer B . no more C . no longer D . not any more

　　4 . A . A proportion B . The proportion C . The number D . A number

　　5 . A . declined B . deteriorated C . deduced D . demolished

　　6 . A . past B . passing C . throughout D . through

　　7 . A . period B . level C . point D . respect

　　8 . A . project B . plan C . promise D . propose

　　9 . A . unexpectedly B . irregularly C . flexibly D . consistently

　　10 . A . Beside B . However C . Whereas D . Nevertheless

　　11 . A . descendants B . ascendants C . population D . generation

　　12 . A . according to B . in line with C . based D . caused by