III阅读（共两节，满分40分）
第一节 阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从41~55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卷上将该项涂黑。
“Family”isofcourseanelasticword.ButwhenBritishpeoplesaythattheir societyisbasedonfamilylife,theyarethinkingof“family”initsnarrow,peculiarlyEuropeansenseofmother,fatherandchildrenlivingtogetheraloneintheirownhouseasaneconomicandsocialunit.Thus,everyBritishmarriageindicatesthebeginningofanewandindependentfamily—hencethetremendousimportanceofmarriageinBritishlife.Forboththemanandthewoman,marriagemeansleavingone´sparentsandstartingone´sownlife.Theman´sfirstdutywillthenbe tohiswife,andthewife´stoherhusband.Hewillbeentirelyresponsibleforherfinancialsupport,andshefortherunningofthenewhome.Theirchildrenwill betheircommonresponsibilityandtheirsalone.Neitherthewife´sparentsnor thehusband´s,northeirbrothersorsisters,auntsoruncles,haveanyrighttointerferewiththem—theyaretheirownmasters.
ReadersofnovelslikeJaneAusten´sPrideandPrejudicewillknowthatinformertimesmarriageamongwealthyfamilieswerearrangedbythegirl´sparents,thatis,itwastheparents´dutytofindasuitablehusbandfortheirdaughter,preferablyarichone,andbyskillfulencouragementtoleadhimeventuallytoask theirpermissiontomarryher.Untilthattime,thegirlwasprotectedandmaintainedintheparents´home,andthefinancialreliefofgettingridofhercouldbeseenintheirgivingthenewlymarriedpairasumofmoneycalledadowry.Itisverydifferenttoday.Mostgirlsoftodaygetajobwhentheyleaveschooland becomefinanciallyindependentbeforetheirmarriage.Thishashadtworesults.A girlchoosesherownhusband,andshegetsnodowry.
41.Whatdoestheauthormeanby“Familyisofcourseanelasticword”?
A.Differentfamilieshavedifferentwaysoflife.
B.Differentdefinitionscouldbegiventotheword.
C.Differentnationshavedifferentfamilies.
D.Differenttimesproducedifferentfamilies.
42.ForanEnglishfamily,thehusband´sdutyis____.
A.supportingthef