2018年4月自考英语二试题及答案详解.pdfVIP

D-00015 ★ 绝密 启用前 2018年4月高等教育自学考试全国统一命题考试 英语 （二）试题 （课程代码00015） 本试卷共8页，满分100分，考试时间150分钟。 考生答卷前必须将自己的姓名和转考证号写在答题卡上。 必须在答题卡上答题，试卷答题无效。 一、阅读判断(共 1题，合计 10 分) 回答题 MarriageAdvertisementsin India Every Sunday morning millions of Indians settle down with a cup oftea and specialweekend issues of their newspapersjust asAmericans do.But here, with the marriage season approaching, many of them quickly to a Sunday feature that is particularly Indian-the-col-umns of marriage advertisements in which young people look for husbands and wives. This is relatively modern change in the age-old custom of the arranged marriage. The thousands of advertisements published each week increasingly reflect social changesthat coming tothistraditional society.For example, although women are still described in terms of appearance or skill in the wifely arts, information about her earning power is entering more and more of the advertisements. This reflectsthearrivalin Indiaoftheworkingwife. Divorce which used to be almost unheard of in India, is sometimes now mentioned in the advertisements asin the case of awoman whose advertisement in New Delhinewspaper explained thathadbeen theinnocentpartywhenhermarriagebrokeup. Because the custom of the dowry(marriage payment)is now illegal some advertisements say no dowry or simple marriage ,which means the same thing. However, the fathers of many bridegrooms still require it. In a land where light skin is often regarded as socially preferable many also require that a woman have a wheatcolor complexion or that a man be tall, fair and handsome.Advertisements are placed and eagerly read by a wide range of people in the upper classes, mostly in cities.Many of them receive dozens of answers. Theres nothing embarrassing about it,explained a Calcutta businessman advertising a son-in-law. Its just another way of broadening the contacts and i