还有两个多月的时间2014年6月的英语就要来了,下面小编为大家整理的2014年英语练习及答案讲解,供各位考生参考。
Reading Comprehension
Section B
Passage Two
It s an annual argument. Do we or do we not go on holiday? My partner says no because the boiler could go, or the roof fall off, and we have no savings to save us. I say that you only live once and we work hard and what s the point if you can t go on holiday. The joy of a recession means no argument next year we just won t go.
Since money is known to be one of the things most likely to bring a relationship to its knees, we should be grateful. For many families the recession means more than not booking a holiday. A YouGov poll of 2,000 people found 22% said they were arguing more with their partners because of concerns about money. What s less clear is whether divorce and separation rates rise in a recession financial pressures mean couples argue more but make splitting up less affordable. A recent research shows arguments about money were especially damaging to couples. Disputes were characterized by intense verbal aggression, tended to be repeated and not resolved, and made men, more than women, extremely angry.
Kim Stephenson, an occupational psychologist, believes money is such a big deal because of what it symbolizes, which may be different things to men and women. People can say the same things about money but have different conceptions of what it is for, he explains. They will say it s to save, to spend, for security, for freedom, to show someone you love them He says men are more likely to see money as a way of buying status and of showing their parents that they ve achieved something.
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