In Jane Austin’s time, unmarried girls were always closely guarded, and hardly allowed to be alone with a young man; and during the Victorian period(just the period after Jane Austin) exposure of the body in particular was thought to be most immoral. Victorian ladies wore dresses reaching down to their feet, long in the sleeve and high at the neck. Since then, ways of dressing as well as times have changed. Girls are no longer closely guarded, and they can do more or less what they like. And yet among all these astonishing changes, one thing has remained much the same for most people, and that is the shame of becoming a mother before being married. If this does happen, there often comes a quick marriage with the man responsible. If this is impossible, the affair may bring considerable shame to the girl’s parents as well as to herself.
It is now quite normal for a girl, once past the age about fifteen, to go out with a boyfriend, and although her parents will probably insist that she come home at a certain time, beyond this they depend on her to look after herself. Kisses between young men and women are now considered to be perfectly normal. Although times have changed so much most people still believe that a woman should not become a mother before being married.
1. When girls lived in Jane Austin’s period they _______ before marriage.
A. usually stayed at home and felt lonely
B. were always carefully kept staying morally pure
C. always faced all kinds of dangers
D. were not permitted to get in touch with men
2. A Victorian’s lady would wear something like:
3. From this article we learn that _______.
A. an unmarried girl has to come back home for the night
B. a girl has the right to be alone with her boyfriend when she is fifteen
C. it is good for a girl of 15 to have a boyfriend
D. the unmarried girl who has a baby needn’t get married at once
4. Which is the most important to a girl when she is out with her boyfriend?
A. Having a strong guard. B. Ways of dressing.
C. Looking after herself. D. Coming back home on time at night.
5. It is still thought to be a shame that _______.
A. ways of dressing have changed with the times
B. a girl is no longer closely guarded
C. a girl exposes any of her body in public
D. a girl becomes a mother before being married
【答案与解析】此篇文章主要是关于不论在什么时代，女孩婚前生育是很羞耻的。
1. B。细节题。从文章第 1 句“在简·奥斯丁时代，未婚女子受到严密的保护，是不允许单独和男人在一起的。”可知B项与此意较符合，而D项中(get in touch with… 与…联系)与原文不合，所以答案选B。
2. B。细节题。由文中可知维多利亚时代的女士“穿着长裙子一直拖到脚底，衣袖很长，且是高领”所以答案选B。
3. B。细节题。从文中最后一段第 1 句once past the age about fifteen, to go out with a boyfriend可知C项错误，由 her parents will probably insist that she come home at a certain time可知B项错误，由文中最后一句可知D项错误，所以答案选B。
4. C。细节题。从 …beyond this they depend on her to look after herself 可知此题选C。
5. D。推断题。从…the affair may bring considerable shame to the girl’s parents as well as to herself和文章最后一句可知此题选D。
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