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Some marriages seem to collapse so suddenly that you’d need a crystal ball t

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问题     Some marriages seem to collapse so suddenly that you’d need a crystal ball to predict their demise (灭亡). In other cases, though, the seeds of marital【C1】______ are not only easier to see but they may be planted even before the honeymoon bills come【C2】______ According to UCLA psychologist Thomas
    Bradbury, Ph. D., the way a newlywed【C3】______ when his or her spouse is facing a personal problem is a surprisingly good window into their marital future.
    Bradbury and Lauri Pasch, Ph. D., invited 57 couples, all married less than six months, to discuss a difficulty that each partner was having. While some couples proved to be superstars at providing emotional support, others were【C4】______ inept (笨拙的).
    Two years later, nine of the couples had already【C5】______ and five other marriages were intact but hanging by a thread. These 14 couples, it turned out, had been far less likely to provide support to one another as newlyweds than the other 43 couples whose marriages were【C6】______ Bradbury thinks a couple’s【C7】______ to help each other through tough times is what often blossoms into full-fledged marital discord—and【C8】______ divorce.
    All of which suggests an obvious antidote to the sky-high divorce rate: if couples can learn how to provide emotional support before they marry, they【C9】______ a better chance of staying together. The trouble, Bradbury says, is that couples who go for premarital【C10】______ —where they can learn such skills—tend to be the ones with a lesser risk for marital problems in the first place.
A) thriving B) comments C) inability D) regretfully
E) committing F) dissolution G) stand H) intends
I) due J) reacts K) ultimately L) durable
M) split N) regularly O) counseling [br] 【C5】
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答案 M
解析 此处需填入不及物动词的过去分词形式。根据后面所说的hanging by a thread“岌岌可危”，可知该词表消极意义。split“分开”符合句意。
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