Section B Reading and Matching
Read the following passage with ten statements attached to it．Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs．Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived．You may choose a paragraph more than once．
Secrets to Marriage
［A］For Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne，it’s perseverance．For Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter，it’s maintaining separate work lives．For Doyle and Louise Brunson，having separate bank accounts helps．Each of them has stayed married—to the same person—for a very long time．And each considers his or her marriage to be happy，strong and mutually supportive．
［B］It is often possible to understand why a marriage fails，as so many do．It is much more difficult，though，to figure out why one succeeds．Why do some couples thrive（繁荣），while others fail，despite their best intentions？
［C］Happily married people believe they married their soul mates，and for good reason．Even marrying the right person gets you only part way．Ask the couples themselves，and they’ll likely credit some combination of hard work and sheer blind luck．No one says that every day，or even every year，was rosy．And there are plenty of long marriages that are unhappy．But there are some strategies that happily married couples say work．
［D］To Marlene Critch，a retired hospital director in Tucson，love is all about give-and-take．She met her husband Bill on a blind date in 1959．He took her on a picnic with a thermos of gin and tonics；they married two months later．Flash ahead 50 years．The Critches have raised two daughters in Seattle and weathered his severe heart condition．They swim together each morning，and he reads her children’s books when she has trouble falling asleep at night．
［E］Compromise（妥协），or find the middle ground．they say，got them through the good and bad times．Mr．Critch，75，says he compromised by quitting the Air Force early in their marriage，because it bothered her that he was away from home so much．Ms．Critch，74，says she made her own compromise by agreeing to retire to Arizona，where her husband preferred the climate．（She wanted to stay in Seattle to be close to their daughters．）“If each person can give 75 percent，you’ve got 150 percent，”says Ms．Critch．Her husband agrees．“Many men would call that wussy（懦弱的人），”he says．“But I don’t because I value her more than anything else in the world．”
［F］Similarly，Jan and Len Konkel，who have been married for 62 years，long ago made a contract to never argue over anything that wasn’t very important，saving their battles for things like how to raise their three children．Ms．Konkel，84，thinks everything else is minor and can be settled in a discussion．Her husband agrees well．“I say‘Yes ma’am’and‘No ma’am’a lot，”says Mr．Konkel，88．
［G］Being funny is important to couples．On the night in 1967 that Jackie and Ken Egan met at a dance club in Newton，Mass．，he asked her for a kiss．She declined：“I don’t know you，”she told him．“And my kisses are like Lay’s potato chips—you wouldn’t want just one．”The Egans，who live in Marshfield，Mass．，and have four children，just celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary on Monday．Ms．Egan says laughter helps them deal with issues that would otherwise drive them nuts—such as Mr．Egan’s fussy eating habits and forgetfulness about putting the toilet seat down．Or Ms．Egan’s inability to let her husband finish a story without interrupting him，or her many knickknacks（小玩意）．
“You need to learn to find the humor in each other’s annoying habits．It helps you keep the affection，”says Ms．Egan，69．
［H］Keeping（some）secrets is necessary for any relationship．When poker legend（传奇）Doyle Brunson met his wife Louise at a country-and-western club in Texas in 1961，he told her he gambled（赌博）for a living．And she accepted him for who he is．Louise Brunson，78，says love is the most important thing between couples and people have to love their spouse（配偶）more than life itself．
［I］The Brunsons，who live in Las Vegas，have stood by each other through some serious trials in their 47 years of marriage，including the death of a daughter and an armed robbery of their home，during which they were tied up at gunpoint．“You have to go forward，you can’t go back，”says Mr．Brunson，76．Even so，the Brunsons don’t share everything．He does not discuss his business with her．He has won and lost millions of dollars without her knowing，but Ms．Brunson says that’s just fine with her．“I have my own bank account，”she says．
［J］Never，ever give up making effort to save a relationship．This tip is really important，so pay attention．Sharon Osbourne says it is how she stayed with her husband Ozzy for 28 years and counting．And she’s married to the Prince of Darkness．He spent years on drugs and alcohol．Never mind the near-fatal overdoses（过量）．This man set fire to his house，passed out on a freeway median（中线），and once tried to strangle（掐死）his wife．Ms．Osbourne，for her part，tried to run him over with a car，smashing his gold records with a hammer and taking out a restraining order．To Ms．Osbourne，57，who is her husband’s manager，their life became like a soap opera．
［K］And yet she stuck by her man．Why？Because she felt he was a good person when sober（清醒）and that he would kick his addictions one day．And she still believes he is her soul mate．（“Twice recently we’ve had the same dream on the same night，”she says．）Ms．Osbourne who has three children with her husband，was stubborn（固执的）．When she went into marriage，she thought it was forever．Mr．Osbourne，who had been married once before，finally did sober up“six or seven years”ago．He says he is very glad his wife stuck it out（坚持）．“You don’t throw in the towel（认输）at the first sign of trouble，”he says．And so Mr．Osbourne says he has made a point of telling his wife he loved her every single day—no matter where he was in the world，no matter how drunk or high．“She sometimes said‘Drop dead’or‘F—off’，”he says．“But at least if you are arguing，you are talking．If you stop talking，it’s time to call it a day．”
［L］At last，stay alive．My sister，a doctor，told me about one of her patients，a 92-year-old woman who showed up for her appointment with her husband，who is 94．They said they have been married for almost 70 years．My sister，highly impressed，asked the couple the secret to their union’s longevity．And they looked at each other for a long moment．Then the wife spoke：“Eh，neither of us died．”
________1．Happily married couples attribute their happy marriage to efforts they make in handling marriage．
________2．For the couple who met at a dance club in Newton，being humorous is their secret for successful marriage．
________3．To the couple who has been married for 62 years，good communication instead of arguing is the key to happy marital life．
________4．To the retired hospital director in Tucson，she maintained their marriage successfully by adjusting appropriately for family life．
________5．In their 28 year dramatic marital life，the Osbourns did terrible things to hurt each other．
________6．To the wife who thought she’s married to the Prince of Darkness，being persistent helps maintain her marriage．
________7．The old couple in hospital reveals good health is the secret to happy marriage．
________8．The poker legend’s wife does not care about the money her husband won and lost in gambling．
________9．A long marriage is not necessarily happy marriage．
________10．One secret to happy marriage is to keep the other half from knowing of one’s business．