河南成教 / 大学英语3
（阅读理解题）Passage 1
After 17 years of marriage, my husband left me for my best friend, Monica. What I had feared most became reality: I became the single parent of two young children. My daughter grew increasingly unhappy. Seven-year-old Joanna had anxiety attacks when ever she was left alone for more than a few minutes. Five-year-old Sophie would vomit every meal. Under the psychological pressure, I thought about remarriage. My friends arranged dinner with single men and invited me to parties to meet the latest “someone special”.
But later I changed my mind. A colleague of mine said, “Second marriages usually end in divorce, and children are destroyed by it.” There is some truth in his words. Research published in 2004 showed that children in blended families were no more emotionally healthy than those in single-parent families.
Not long ago, my now-teenage daughter and I went to lunch at our favorite Italian restaurant. While eating, we talked about a friend of ours who was divorcing her second husband. We were worried about how the break would harm her three children, two of whom were struggling to get free of drugs. Joanna put down her fork and looked at me. “Mom, I’m glad you didn’t remarry,” she said. “If you had divorced again, I might have tried drugs or even consider suicide.” At that moment, I realized, once again, that singleness was right choice for me.
1. What was the speaker most afraid of?( )
2. Which of the following is NOT true?( )
3. What did the speaker’s colleague say?( )
4. Which of the following is true?( )
5. If the speaker had divorced again, what might her daughter, Joanna, have done?( )
After 17 years of marriage, my husband left me for my best friend, Monica. What I had feared most became reality: I became the single parent of two young children. My daughter grew increasingly unhappy. Seven-year-old Joanna had anxiety attacks when ever she was left alone for more than a few minutes. Five-year-old Sophie would vomit every meal. Under the psychological pressure, I thought about remarriage. My friends arranged dinner with single men and invited me to parties to meet the latest “someone special”.
But later I changed my mind. A colleague of mine said, “Second marriages usually end in divorce, and children are destroyed by it.” There is some truth in his words. Research published in 2004 showed that children in blended families were no more emotionally healthy than those in single-parent families.
Not long ago, my now-teenage daughter and I went to lunch at our favorite Italian restaurant. While eating, we talked about a friend of ours who was divorcing her second husband. We were worried about how the break would harm her three children, two of whom were struggling to get free of drugs. Joanna put down her fork and looked at me. “Mom, I’m glad you didn’t remarry,” she said. “If you had divorced again, I might have tried drugs or even consider suicide.” At that moment, I realized, once again, that singleness was right choice for me.
1. What was the speaker most afraid of?( )
A.
Her husband was thinking about leaving her
B.
Monica wanted to take her children away
C.
she would become a single parent
D.
All of the above
2. Which of the following is NOT true?( )
A.
The two daughters liked to stay alone
B.
7-year-old Joanna could not bear being left home
C.
The five-year-old daughter would vomit after each meal.
D.
The two daughters were in low moods
3. What did the speaker’s colleague say?( )
A.
Remarriage seldom collapse in the end
B.
Children are harmed in their parents’ remarriage
C.
Children and parents get on well in blended families
D.
Children in blended families are more emotionally healthy
4. Which of the following is true?( )
A.
Children in blended families feel much better than in single-parent families
B.
Children in blended families feel no better than in single-parent families
C.
Children in blended families feel much worse than in single-parent families
D.
Children in both blended families and single-parent families take drugs
5. If the speaker had divorced again, what might her daughter, Joanna, have done?( )
A.
She might have sold drugs
B.
She might have killed herself
C.
She might have left home
D.
She might have remained single all her life
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