In China, if you are not married by the time you are 30, you are in for trouble: social blame and pressure from family and friends can get you down. And if you are a woman, it’s even worse.

Many young people get married simply to get other people off their backs (免受別人的指責(zé)) . This is a serious compromise (妥協(xié)). One ends up not marrying the ideal partner.

There are, however, a few young people who refuse to compromise: if they can’t find a good marriage partner, they say, they would rather not marry at all.

34-year-old Kate is a university lecturer in English. She said she would not describe herself as celibatarian (獨(dú)身主義者) but simply a woman who hasn’t come across the right man yet. She has sharp comments for the way in which the old generation looks at marriage.

“Many people think marriage is a duty---to your parents, family and society. Nobody cares if your marriage is happy or not, she said, I think this is very wrong and I intend to live and act according to my own will.”

Happily for her, her parents are open-minded and not put pressure on her. But the same does not apply to her friends. They are constantly trying to get her together with some young man or another. She always refuses politely.

1.Miss Kate refuses to get together with some young man or another because _______.

A. he is either too old or too young

B. she doesn’t think he is the right man she wants

C. he is either important or little learned

D. he doesn’t have good manners

2.In the first paragraph the underlined words “in for” refer to _______.

A. interested in B. possible to suffer

C. worried about D. satisfied with

3.Which is NOT TRUE according to this passage?

A. In China, one may face social blame and family pressure if one hasn’t got married by the age of 30.

B. Miss Kate wants to many a worthy young man.

C. Miss Kate won’t compromise if she can’t have her ideal marriage.

D. Miss Kate’s parents are always worried about her marriage.

4.If marriage is regarded as a duty to society, __________.

A. nobody will pay attention to whether you are happy or not in your family life

B. everybody will be happy and satisfied

C. you can easily find an ideal partner

D. young people will have nothing to worry about in marriage

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