填空题

When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 26 to 33 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered 34 to 36 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.
Why do people marry People divorce often, but they remarry soon enough after they divorce. Now many of them divorce at a much younger age than before. But what many sociologists find difficult to understand is that they seem to be more eager to (26) into marriage than get out of it.
In the old days there was every reason to marry young-- (27) among the working class. In Chinese (28) . unmarried men and women seemed to be (29) in many ways. Women were in a more difficult (30) than men since in earlier times, girls were not allowed to be (31) . They also did not enjoy social freedom.
For men, they often led an (32) or uncomfortable life as they did not have a wife to do the (33) , cooking, cleaning and taking care of the husband and children. Both sexes needed marriage far more than now.
Many sociologists believe that the material conveniences (34) But such conveniences have also weakened the bonds of family life. (35) . We are close to crowds but we feel more alone than before. One feels lonely in the midst of crowds. (36) . All of a sudden, one is living in a world one does not understand. Thus one feels the need for somebody that one can be close to! Then one can share body and soul.