According to the passage, what plays a crucial role in a happy marriage?
A. Economic status of the couple.
B. Emotional maturity of the couple.
C. The couples’ expectations of their marriage.
D. The ages of the couple when they get married.
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According to the passage, which of the following statements about marriages is true?
A. Marriages should become the center of one’s life.
B. Marriages can only solve the problem of loneliness.
C. Marriages can seldom solve people’s personal problems.
D. Marriages are not as important as success to the young.
Which of the following best describes the author’s attitude toward “nice lies” mentioned in the passage?
A. Surprised.
B. Relieved.
C. Concerned.
D. Accustomed.
What is the meaning of the quotation from Sir Walter Scott “What a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive”?
A. Telling lies is the first step for a person to form a deceiving personality.
B. After we lie the first time, we need to tell more lies to cover up the first one.
C. If you tell lies, people around you will tell lies, too, so a web will be formed.
D. Once you start to tell lies, your character will gradually become complicated.
What does “And then there are professions, such as lawyers and consultants, whose members seem to specialize in shaping the truth to suit clients’ needs” in Paragraph 1 mean?
A. These professions encourage their members to tell lies.
B. The members working in these professions tell nothing but lies.
C. Lawyers and consultants change the truth to benefit their clients.
D. Lawyers and consultants tell the truth because their clients need the truth.