Passage One
[26]Are you looking for a good relationship with someone special? What type of person is the best person for you? Is it the person with the highest IQ? Is it the most beautiful or most handsome person? How about the richest person or the most ambitious? Is [26]your ideal partner the most traditional or the most modern person? Is he or she the person like you, or most unlike you?
The answer, psychologists say, is none of the above. Why? Because they are all extremes. In a number of research studies, psychologists asked couples these questions. The answers were clear. [27]Most people are happy with moderation-with partners who are not the most or the best, or the least or the worst. People are more comfortable with partners who are not so special.
The research showed several other important things. In a love relationship, two things can cause trouble. First, trouble happens when both people get angry quickly. This is not surprising. Second, trouble happens when people don't expect to change themselves in a relationship. Do you stay calm when you disagree with someone? Are you ready to change yourself? [26/28]If you can tolerate disagreement and are willing to change, maybe you are ready for a serious relationship.
Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.
26. What's the passage mainly about?
正確答案:A
解析:原文開頭用問句提到“和什么樣的人發展良好關系,怎樣的人最適合自己,理想伴侶”等,繼而談到心理學家的研究結果,最后總結戀愛關系中必要的兩點,因此A正確。
27. What's the result of the research studies?
正確答案:D
解析:原文說,大多數人對“適度”感到快樂,人們和不那么特別的伴侶在一起時更舒服。D表達的正是此含義,故為答案。
28. According to the speaker, what are essential for a serious love relationship?
正確答案:B
解析:原文最后提到,如果你能容忍不同意見,并且愿意做出改變,那就可能是為一段認真的關系做好準備了。B是對原文tolerate和change的同義表達。