单项选择题

Article One: The attraction need not be electric. Rather, it builds gradually and gently, sometimes taking years to ripen. All that’’s required in the beginning is some attraction, mutual openness, affection, and desire for intimacy. With the development of your relationship, the physical attraction gradually recedes to the background, while the partner’’s personality and other qualities tend to stand out. This is the transitional process of going beyond physical attraction and touching the real person. Article Two: It is natural for people in love to expect further improvement in every aspect of their lives, be it personality, capacity, or living standard. However, you don’’t have to be perfect to love and be loved. True love involves a measure of self-acceptance and self-respect. The expectations should be based both on the requirements of true love and on your individual personalities and needs. It is not only unattainable but also destructive to demand the impossible. So the recommendable practice is to discuss them openly, recognizing that some are nonnegotiable while others need to remain flexible. Article Three: Conflict and struggle are necessary to life and therefore also to love. Just as the old saying goes, true love never runs smooth. You and your partner must accept this fact from the start and figure out how to deal with problems when they arise. Take these difficulties as welcome ordeals to test your problem-solving abilities and co-operation capacities. This process can enlighten you with more self-knowledge and knowledge about your relationship. In a word, the process of negotiating through difficulties should help you understand each other better and bring you closer together. Article Four: True love requires a connection, but not the submersion of two individuals. Mature lovers don’’t melt completely into each other, nor do they remain disconnected. Rather, they interlock, so that parts of their lives become shared. To succeed in love, you and your partner must be able to rely on each other for comfort and support without expecting all your needs to be met within the relationship. Part of your life must remain separate. You need some friends, activities, and interests that your partner doesn’’t share. In addition to the personal benefits you get from these outside sources, they provide ideas, energy and information that keep the relationship open and developing. Article Five: True love is more likely to involve a process of "growing" in love rather than "falling" in love. This may sound terribly romantic to some who are used to hearing talk about "falling in love" or being "head over heels in love". True love doesn’’t occur without effort and it doesn’’t develop overnight. For most of us, it takes years to reach fulfillment. Through the routine of daily life, you and your partner come to know each other’’s deepest hopes, fears and feelings, and discover and become part of each other’’s inner rhythms. Now match each of the articles to the appropriate statement. Note: There are two extra statements. Statements A. Mutual honesty and trust. B. Realistic expectations for each other and the relationship. C. A cooperative approach to problems. D. A balance of dependence and independence. E. Shared goals, interests and belief systems. F. Role of physical attraction. G. True love as an ever-deepening process.