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The stress of organising a big wedding can leave many couples at breaking po

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问题     The stress of organising a big wedding can leave many couples at breaking point, as they battle to coordinate a celebration on a scale which would tax even professional event planners.
    But couples wrestling with 150-seat table plans should take heart, for new research suggests that bigger weddings predict more successful marriages.
    Although cynics may argue that people who can afford an opulent (奢华的) wedding are likely to be financially secure, and therefore happier, the researchers claim that the correlation remains even when controlling for wealth.
    They believe that marrying in front of a large number of people demonstrates greater commitment to the union while also discouraging divorce.
    "There is some reason to believe that having more witnesses at a wedding may actually strengthen marital quality," said lead author Dr. Galena Rhoades.
    "We try to keep our present attitudes and behaviours in line with our past conduct. The desire for consistency is likely enhanced by public expressions of intention.
    "Weddings may foster support for the new marriage from within a couple’s network of friends and family. Those who hold a formal wedding are likely to have stronger social networks in the first place."
    The report is part of the ongoing National Marriage Project in the US which has been studying what makes marriages work since 1997.
    The survey of 418 people found that only 30 percent of couples who had 50 or fewer guests at the wedding had highly-successful marriages. In contrast, nearly half (47 percent) of couples who had 150 guests or more had strong unions.
    National Marriage Project director Brad Wilcox added: "Couples with larger networks of friends and family may have more help, and encouragement, in navigating the challenges of married life."
    The research also discovered that couples who had fewer partners before marriage were happier and more content. Having several relationships before getting married may lead couples to compare their current partners with former lovers, the authors warn.
    "We generally think that having more experience is better. If you were hiring an architect, for example, you would want to hire an architect with more, not less, experience to build your house," said Dr. Rhoades.
    "But what we find for relationships is just the opposite. Having more experience was related to having a less happy marriage.
    "Having more relationship experience may lead to a greater sense of what the alternatives are. If you have a greater sense of other options it may be harder to invest in, or commit to a marriage."
    The researchers call it the "Vegas Fallacy"—not everything that happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas, they warn.
    "The past does not always stay in the past" added Dr. Rhoades. [br] What do we learn about the National Marriage Project from the passage?
选项 A、It was started in 1977 and is still going on.
B、It mainly studies what improves relationships.
C、It did a survey among 418 people in the UK.
D、It aims to find out what makes marriage work.
答案 D
解析 (细节题。根据题干中的National Marriage Project定位到原文第八段，该段明确地提到了该项目，指出National Marriage Project从1997年开始便致力于研究婚姻长久幸福的秘密。D项表述符合原文，故选D。A项中提到的始于1977年这一说法不符合原文。该项目研究的是婚姻长久的因素，而不是改善情感关系的因素，故B项表述也不正确。该段提到了该研究是在美国进行的，而非英国，故也可以排除C项。
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