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共用题干 第二篇Sometimes love really can be measured in pounds and pence.It's an a...

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Sometimes love really can be measured in pounds and pence.
It's an annual argument.Do we or do we not go on holiday?My partner says no because the boiler could go bad,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一we just won't go.
Since money is reputed 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 in May this year 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一financial pressures mean couples argue more but make splitting up less affordable.A recent report from ICOR(the online Information Centre on Relationships)cited research showing arguments about money were especially damaging to couple一even more so to their children.Disputes were characterised by intense verbal aggression,tended to be repeated and not re-solved,and made men,more than women,extremely angry.
So why are arguments about money so emotive?Since they seem to be so even without a recession,they have to be about more than literally pounds and pence.
Kim Stephenson,an occupational psychologist,believes money is such a big deal because of what it symbolises,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,to keep score."
He says men are more likely to see money as a way of buying status,of trying to best the man down the road who's just bought a flash car,and of showing their parents that they've achieved something. He warns that,while couples need enough money not to struggle and be unhappy,an extra ￡5,000 above that amount won't make them any happier.
"The biggest problem is that couples assume each other knows what is going on with their finances,but they don't. There seems to be more of a taboo about talking about money than talking about death.But you both need to know what you are doing,who is paying what into the joint account and how much you keep separately.In a healthy relationship,you don't have to agree about money, but you have to talk about it."
Research from a wholesome organization in the U.S. called the National Healthy Marriage Resource Center says that establishing a"fair and equitable pattern of handling money early in marriage appears to be important for the quality and stability of the marriage".Admitting your incomes to each other and making budgets for your household expenses may not seem romantic but it is,in fact, the real language of love.
选项 The author suggests at the end of the passage that couples should__________.
A:put their money together instead of keeping it separately
B:make efforts to reach agreement on their family budgets
C:discuss money matters to maintain a healthy relationship
D:avoid arguing about money matters to remain romantic
答案C
解析答案相关句是文章第二段中作者的评论句："I say that you only live once and we woEk hard and whats1he point if you can't go on holiday.”我会说人只能活一次，我们工作这么辛苦，不去度假生活又有什么意义。
作考折说的这句话的意思为“金钱是最有可能让一段关系跌入谷底的东西之一了”。全段又在说关于金钱的讨论片两人间关系的影响，可见应该选择D项。
本题对应文章第三段中的实验结果："...found 22% said they were arguing more with their partners because of concerns about money."22％的人表示，会因为对金钱的担忧跟伴侣吵架。
答案相关句在第五段的首句："Kim..., believes money is such a big deal because of'what it symboises,which may be different things to men and women."
答案相关句在第七段最后一句："In a healthy relationship,' you don't have to agree about money, but you have to talk about it.”
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