Question

Divorces in Japan have more than doubled, according to health ministry statistics. One in three Japanese marriages now ends in divorce.
Atsuko Okano was in one of those failed marriages. Three years ago, she found herself alone in her 30s, with children to raise and a future full of question marks and social shame. But she also saw an opening, and became an advisor helping people like herself.
“My husband was cheating on me,” she recalled. ‘I did everything to bring him back to me but it didn’t work, so I dumped him.” Such frankness is a major characteristic of Japan’s recently divorced.
Divorced people – particularly woman – have long been looked down upon in Japan, where self-sacrifice and family stability are regarded as ideals. In the past, bored housewives remained bored. The security of the family unit was the most important thing. Now, young Japanese are increasingly choosing satisfaction in life over the demands of tradition, and more woman are financially independent. As a result, Japanese divorce rates are flying. Experts attribute this to the erosion of a long-standing double standard that granted divorced men respectability, but branded(gave somebody a bad name) divorced women as damaged goods.
Over the past decade, growing numbers of highly educated and successful professional women have challenged that assumption(something taken for granted) by turning their backs on unhappy marriages and paying no attention to the taboo（禁忌）of divorce. The majority of divorce behavior now is started by women.
【小題1】This passage mainly talks about the fact that nowadays Japanese women _________.

A．a(chǎn)re granted respectability after they get divorced

B．a(chǎn)re becoming brave enough to challenge the taboo of divorce

C．still consider the security of the family unit to be very important

D．a(chǎn)re becoming more financially independent

【小題2】It can be inferred from Paragraph 2 that Atsuko Okano __________.

A．had some children to raise

B．was very confident with her future

C．was not greatly respected by Japanese society

D．might have found a job to help divorced people

【小題3】The underlined word “dumped” in paragraph 3 probably means _________.

A．looked down upon

B．had a quarrel with

C．hated

D．divorced

【小題4】Which of the following is NOT mentioned as the reason for rising rate of Japanese divorces?

A．Self-sacrifice and family stability are not much appreciated in Japan as before.

B．More women can support themselves financially.

C．Divorced men and women can quickly find their new partners

D．Young Japanese care more about satisfaction in life than their elders did.

Answer 1

【小題1】B
【小題2】D
【小題3】D
【小題4】C

解析試題分析：本文講述的是現(xiàn)在的日本女性勇敢地走出失敗的婚姻，追求自己的幸福，導致日本的離婚率上升的現(xiàn)象。同時文章還分析了這一現(xiàn)象出現(xiàn)的具體原因。
【小題1】B 主旨大意題。根據(jù)文章主體段最后一段Over the past decade, growing numbers of highly educated and successful professional women have challenged that assumption(something taken for granted) by turning their backs on unhappy marriages and paying no attention to the taboo（禁忌）of divorce. The majority of divorce behavior now is started by women.可知本文講述的是現(xiàn)在的日本女性勇敢地走出失敗的婚姻，追求自己的幸福。導致日本的離婚率上升的現(xiàn)象。故B正確。
【小題2】D 推斷題。根據(jù)本段最后一句But she also saw an opening, and became an advisor helping people like herself.可知她現(xiàn)在是一個幫助離婚女性的advisor，她從事的是顧問，咨詢者這樣的一份工作。故D正確。
【小題3】D 推理題。根據(jù)本句“My husband was cheating on me,” she recalled. ‘I did everything to bring him back to me but it didn’t work, so I dumped him.”可知她努力挽回婚姻，可是她的丈夫卻欺騙了她，所以她離婚了。故D正確。
【小題4】C 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章最后一段可知B項正確，根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第二段可知AD項內(nèi)容正確，只有C項是文章沒有提及的內(nèi)容。故C符合要求。
考點：考察社會現(xiàn)象類短文閱讀
點評：本文講述的是現(xiàn)在的日本女性勇敢地走出失敗的婚姻，追求自己的幸福，導致日本的離婚率上升的現(xiàn)象。同時文章還分析了這一現(xiàn)象出現(xiàn)的具體原因。本文主旨鮮明,很容易在文中找到答案。做題時要注意文章的首段和每一段的首句或尾句，因為它們往往就是文章的主題句。閱讀中要注意要點之間的關系。然后帶著問題，再讀全文，找出答題所需要的依據(jù)，完成閱讀任務。