- 閱讀理解A
題干：It'sanannualargument.Doweordowenotgoonholiday?Mypartnersaysnobecausetheboilercouldgo,ortherooffalloff,andwehavenosavingstosaveus.Isayyouonlyliveonceandweworkhardandwhat'sthepointifyoucan'tgoonholiday.Thejoyofarecessionmeansnoargumentnextyear–wejustwon'tgo.Sincemoneyisknowntobeoneofthethingsmostlikelytobringarelationshiptoitsknees,weshouldbegrateful.Formanyfamiliestherecessionmeansmorethannotbookingaholiday.AYouGovpollof2,000peoplefound22%saidtheywerearguingmorewiththeirpartnersbecauseofconcernsaboutmoney.What'slesscleariswhetherdivorceandseparationratesriseinarecession–financialpressuresmeancouplesarguemorebutmakesplittinguplessaffordable.Arecentresearchshowsargumentsaboutmoneywereespeciallydamagingtocouples.Disputeswerecharacterizedbyintenseverbalaggression,tendedtoberepeatedandnotresolved,andmademen,morethanwomen,extremelyangry.KimStephenson,anoccupationalpsychologist,believesmoneyissuchabigdealbecauseofwhatitsymbolizes,whichmaybedifferentthingstomenandwomen.“Peoplecansaythesamethingsaboutmoneybuthavedifferentideasofwhatit'sfor,”heexplains.“They'llsayit'stosave,tospend,forsecurity,forfreedom,toshowsomeoneyoulovethem.”Hesaysmenaremorelikelytoseemoneyasawayofbuyingstatusandofshowingtheirparentsthatthey'veachievedsomething.“Thebiggestproblemisthatcouplesassumeeachotherknowswhat'sgoingonwiththeirfinances,buttheydon't.Thereseemstobemoreofatabooabouttalkingaboutmoneythanaboutdeath.Butyoubothneedtoknowwhatyou'redoing,who'spayingwhatintothejointaccountandhowmuchyoukeepseparately.Inahealthyrelationship,youdon'thavetoagreeaboutmoney,butyouhavetotalkaboutit.”
題目：What does the author say about vacationing?（） - A 、People enjoy it all the more during a recession
- B 、Few people can afford it without working hard
- C 、It is the chief cause of family disputes
- D 、It makes all the hard work worthwhile
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參考答案【正確答案：D】
細(xì)節(jié)題。文章首段就以作者和自己配偶之間有關(guān)是否應(yīng)該度假作為引子，引出文章話題。在他們各自的意見中，作者提到自己的觀點(diǎn)是“I say you only live once and we work hard and what’s the point if you can’t go on holiday.”恰好對(duì)應(yīng)了第一題的信息，即作者對(duì)假期的看法是怎樣的。所以選項(xiàng)D是本題正確答案。
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