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Questionsarebasedonthefollowingpassage. Formostofrecordedhumanhistory,marriagewasanarrangementdesignedtomaximize(最大化)financialstability.ElizabethAbbott,theauthorofAHistoryofMarriage,explainsthatinancienttimes,marriagewasintendedtounitevariouspartsofacommunity,establishingbeneficialeconomicrelationships.
"Becauseitwasafinancialarrangement,itwasthoughtofandoperatedassuch.Itwasacontractbetweenfamilies.Forexample,let'ssayI'maprinterandyoumakepaper,wemightwantamarriagebetweenourchildrenbecausethatwillimproveourbusinesses."Eventhehoneymoon,oftencalledthe"bridaltour",wasacommunal(群体的)affair,withparents,brothersandsisters,andothercloserelativestravelingtogethertoreinforcetheirnewfamilialrelationships.
BytheMiddleAges,genderinequalitywasnotonlyhonoredinsocialcustoms,butalsocommonlaw.InmostEuropeancountries,marriedwomenwereforcedtogiveupcontroloveranypersonalwealthandpropertyrightstotheirhusbands.Eventually,thesystembecameknownas"coverture"(有夫之妇),wherebymarriedcouplesbecameasinglelegalentityinwhichthehusbandhadallpower.
Bythe19thcentury,theconflictbetweenloveandmoneyhadcometoahead.AstheWesternworldadvancedtowardsamoremodern,industrializedsocietybuiltonwagelabor,emotionalbondsbecamemoreprivate,focusedmoreonimmediatefamilyandfriendsthancommunalcelebrations.Simultaneously,massmediahelpedmakesentimentalinclinationsalargerpartofpopularculture,withtheflourishingofholidayslikeValentine'sDayandvarioushobbies.
Culturallyspeaking,lovewasintheair,andtheunionofQueenVictoriaandPrinceAlbertin1840onlyservedtosealthedeal.ThoughVictoriaandAlbert'smarriagewassanctionedbytheirroyalfamilies,itwasalsohailedasatrue"lovematch",strengtheningthenewidealofromanticpartnership.Theirweddingalsocoincidedwiththesurgeofearlyprintmedia,makingtheeventvisibletoreadersallacrossEuropeandNorthAmerica.
What'sthepurposeofmarriageinancienttimes? A．Tounitevariouscommunities.
B．Tohaveeconomicbenefits.
C．Topursuetruelove.
D．Tocarryonthetamilyline.
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