初中英语阅读理解 难题训练集锦(一).docxVIP

初中英语阅读理解较难题集锦（一） （1） Trying?to?Find?a?Parther One?of?the?most?striking?findings?of?a?recent?poll in?the?UK?is?that?of?the?people inbterviewed,one?in?two?believes?that?it?is?becoming?more?difficult?to?meet?someone?to?start?a family?with. Why?are?many?finding?it?increasingly?difficult?to?start?and?sustain?intimate?relationships?Does modern?life?really?make?it?harder?to?fall?in?love?Or?are?we?making?it?harder?for?ourselves? It?is?certainly?the?case?today?that?contemporary?couples?benefit?in?different?ways?from relationships.Women?no?longer?rely?upon?partners?for?economic?security?or?status.A?man?doesnt expect?his?spouse?to?be in?sole?charge?of?running?his?household?and?raising?his?children. But?perhaps?the?knowledge?that?we?can?live?perfectly?well?without?a?partnership?means that it?takes?much?more?to?persuade?people?to?abandon?their?independence. In?theory,finding?a?partner?should?be?much?simpler?these?days.Only?a?few?generations ago,your?choice?of?soulmate?（心上人）?was?constrained?by?geography,social?convention?and family tradition.Although?it?was?never?explicit,many?marriages?were?essentially?arranged. Now?those?barriers?have?been?broken?down.You?can?approach?a?builder?or?a?brain?surgeon in?any?bar?in?any?city?on?any?given?evening.When?the?world?is?your?oyster （牡蛎）,you?surely have?a?better?chance?of?finding?a?pearl. But?it?seems?that?the?old?conventions?have?been?replaced?by?an?even?tighter?constraint:the tyranny?of?choice. The?expectations?of?partners?are?inflated?to?an?unmanageable?degree:good?looks,impressive salary,kind?to?grandmother,and?right?socks.There?is?no?room?for?error?in?the?first?impression. We?think?that?a?relationship?can?be?perfect.If?it?isnt,it?is?disposable.We?work?to?protect ourselves?against?future?heartache?and?dont?put?in?the?hard?emotional?labor?needed?to?build?a strong?relationship.Of?course,this?is?complicated?by?realities.The?cost?of?housing?and?child-rearing creates?pressure?to?have?a?stable?income?and?career?before?a?life?partnership. 31.W