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題干：IwasaddressingasmallgatheringinasuburbanVirginialivingroom—awomen'sgroupthathadinvitedmentojointhem.Throughouttheevening,onemanhadbeenparticularlytalkative,frequentlyofferingideasandanecdotes,whilehiswifesatsilentlybesidehimonthecouch.Towardtheendoftheevening,Icommentedthatwomenfrequentlycomplainthattheirhusbandsdon'ttalktothem.Thismanquicklynoddedinagreement.Hegesturedtowardhiswifeandsaid,"She'sthetalkerinourfamily."Theroomburstintolaughter;themanlookedpuzzledandhurt."It'strue,"heexplained."WhenIcomehomefromworkIhavenothingtosay.Ifshedidn'tkeeptheconversationgoing,we'dspendthewholeeveninginsilence."ThisepisodecrystallizestheironythatalthoughAmericanmentendtotalkmorethanwomeninpublicsituations,theyoftentalklessathome.Andthispatterniswreakinghavocwithmarriage.ThepatternwasobservedbypoliticalscientistAndrewHackerinthelate1970s.SociologistCatherineKohlerRiessmanreportsinhernewbookDivorceTalkthatmostofthewomensheinterviewed—butonlyafewofthemen—gavelackofcommunicationasthereasonfortheirdivorces.Giventhecurrentdivorcerateofnearly50percent,thatamountstomillionsofcasesintheUnitedStateseveryyear—avirtualepidemicoffailedconversation.Inmyownresearch,complaintsfromwomenabouttheirhusbandsmostoftenfocusednotontangibleinequitiessuchashavinggivenupthechanceforacareertoaccompanyahusbandtohis,ordoingfarmorethantheirshareofdailylife-supportworklikecleaning,cooking,socialarrangementsanderrands.Instead,theyfocusedoncommunication:"Hedoesn'tlistentome.""Hedoesn'ttalktome."Ifound,asHackerobservedyearsbefore,thatmostwiveswanttheirhusbandstobe,firstandforemost,conversationalpartners,butfewhusbandssharethisexpectationoftheirwives.Inshort,theimagethatbestrepresentsthecurrentcrisisisthestereotypicalcartoonsceneofamansittingatthebreakfasttablewithanewspaperheldupinfrontofhisface,whileawomanglaresatthebackofit,wantingtotalk.
題目： In the following part immediately after this text, the author will most probably focus on？（） - A 、a vivid account of the new book Divorce Talk
- B 、a detailed description of the stereotypical cartoon
- C 、other possible reasons for a high divorce rate in the U.S
- D 、other possible reasons for a high divorce rate in the U.S
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A.生動(dòng)描述Divorce Talk一書；B. 詳細(xì)描述這一老套漫畫；C. 闡述美國(guó)離婚率高的其它原因；D. 簡(jiǎn)單介紹政治家Andrew Hacker
文章最后一段作者描述了一個(gè)能代表這種婚姻危機(jī)的典型漫畫：丈夫在餐桌上讀報(bào)紙，妻子在他背后怒目而視，欲言又止。根據(jù)篇章的連貫性和一致性等語(yǔ)段特征，作者接下來應(yīng)該是繼續(xù)圍繞漫畫特點(diǎn)展開描述，因而答案為B。
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