Section B ( 10 marks)
Directions : Read the following passage. Answer the questions according to the information given in the passage No marriage is a breeze by any stretch of the imagination. When you take two people and make them live under one roof, there are going to be problems. Make one of them a man and the other a woman, and you can multiply those problems by ten!
When trouble appears in
a
marriage, most people
choose to
simply walk away
from the
marriage. Because not many
people
have the qualities—selfless
ness, responsibility, commitm
ent, loyalty—that a
marriage
requires any more. So you
should first be congratulated on trying to do something to save your marriage, like I did.
I believe my story is similar to yours. My husband’s interest and attraction in me had gradually gone away. I sensed a divorce coming—but still, when I heard it, I was completely shocked and I was doubtful about it. I immediately went wild with desperation since I didn’t want a divorce. I did my fair share of the wrong things—such as trying to talk him out of it, crying and then begging. Of course, those didn’t work.
But today I am still with my husband and things couldn’t be better! So what made this change?
It was a realization on my part that I wasn’t in the best state of mind to really come up with ways which really save a marriage. When you are desperate, your judgment is not clear and your mind is filled with intense emotions, which replace your rationality (合理性) and force you into doing the wrong things.