part b
　　directions:
　　read the following article in which five people talk about their ideas of marriage. for questions 61 to 65 , match name of each speaker to one of the statements (a to g) given below. mark your answers on your answer sheet.
　　lisa
　　sometimes i think that successful marriages are an endangered societal species. it seems as though every time i turn around, another couple i know is getting divorced. it' s a shame because marriage is very important. i believe that if people put more effort into making their marriages work, there would be fewer divorces. marriage takes certain qualities to make it a success, such as responsibility and a sense of humor. if partners all understand this, more happy marriages will be maintained.
　　wendy
　　one thing i think that is important to successful marriage is that you should not always think of yourself. my husband and i have stayed happily for about ten years. he makes me want to do things for him because of his generous nature. i know there are many times he would rather be reading, relaxing , or working on the car, but he only does something for himself when all the household chores are done and the kids have been taken care of. in return, i bake him all his favorite home-made cakes and cookies and try to go out of my way to do special things for him. i feel very fortunate to have married him.
　　catherine
　　my husband is my best friend, with whom i share most of my thought. we find it easy to talk about most things, so we don ' t have many secrets from each other. when my mother makes him upset , he tells me about it. things like that are easier to deal with when they ' re out in the open than when they're kept inside. thus, we have a very open, comfortable relationship.
　　arlene
　　i feel sorry for what my divorced friends have lost. no matter how earnestly the former spouses¹ try to "keep in touch", no matter how generous the visiting privileges for the parent who does not win custody² of the children, the continuity of their lives has been broken. the years they spent together have been cut off from the rest of their lives; they are an isolated³ memory, no more integral to their past than a snapshot.
　　kelicr
　　the very first trick to a happy marriage is to be a person of yourself who does not imagine a husband is necessary to make you magically complete. successful partnerships⁴ are not between those who cannot live without each other, but between those who can live with each other. there is no room even in daydreams⁵ for the stupid idea that there is on earth only one mate intended for another.
　　now match each of the persons to the appropriate statement.
　　note: there are two extra statements.
　　statements
　　61. lisa [a] being unselfish is very important to make a marriage work.
　　62. wendy [b] becoming a person of independence and pride leads to
　　successful marriage.
　　[c] being able to communicate makes our marriage happy.
　　63. catherine
　　[d] divorced people will live an incomplete life.
　　[e] marriage is the result of extended love.
　　[f] divorce results from a lack of responsibility.

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