新编四级听力练习 第404期

Passage One
[26]Are you looking for a good relationship with someone special? What type of person is the best person for you? Is it the person with the highest IQ? Is it the most beautiful or most handsome person? How about the richest person or the most ambitious? Is [26]your ideal partner the most traditional or the most modern person? Is he or she the person like you, or most unlike you?
The answer, psychologists say, is none of the above. Why? Because they are all extremes. In a number of research studies, psychologists asked couples these questions. The answers were clear. [27]Most people are happy with moderation-with partners who are not the most or the best, or the least or the worst. People are more comfortable with partners who are not so special.
The research showed several other important things. In a love relationship, two things can cause trouble. First, trouble happens when both people get angry quickly. This is not surprising. Second, trouble happens when people don't expect to change themselves in a relationship. Do you stay calm when you disagree with someone? Are you ready to change yourself? [26/28]If you can tolerate disagreement and are willing to change, maybe you are ready for a serious relationship.

Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.
26. What's the passage mainly about?
正确答案：A
解析：原文开头用问句提到“和什么样的人发展良好关系，怎样的人最适合自己，理想伴侣”等，继而谈到心理学家的研究结果，最后总结恋爱关系中必要的两点，因此A正确。
27. What's the result of the research studies?
正确答案：D
解析：原文说，大多数人对“适度”感到快乐，人们和不那么特别的伴侣在一起时更舒服。D表达的正是此含义，故为答案。
28. According to the speaker, what are essential for a serious love relationship?
正确答案：B
解析：原文最后提到，如果你能容忍不同意见，并且愿意做出改变，那就可能是为一段认真的关系做好准备了。B是对原文tolerate和change的同义表达。