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essential for a successful marriage, and tend to look askance（轻蔑地）at anyone who marries for a more practical reason in which love plays no part.
The phenomenon of romantic love occurs when two young people meet and find one another personally and physically attractive. They become mutually absorbed, start to behave in what appears to be a flighty (充满幻想的), even irrational manner, decide that they are right for one another, and may then enter a marriage whose success is expected to be guaranteed by their enduring love. Behavior of this kind is portrayed and warmly endorsed(赞同) throughout American popular culture, by books, magazines, comics, records, popular songs, movies, and TV. Romantic love is a noble ideal, and it can certainly provide a basis for the spouses to “live happily ever after”. But a marriage can equally well be founded on much more practical considerations---as indeed they have been in most societies throughout most of history. Why is romantic love of such importance in the modern world? The reason seems to be that it has some
basic functions in maintaining the institution of nuclear family（小家庭)。
57.Romantic love is less frequently found in many non-industrial societies because people in these societies .
A)firmly believe that only money can make the world go round
B)fail to bring the imaginative power of the mind into full play
C)cannot find romantic love
D)have far more practical considerations to determine who will marry whom
58.The word “potential” (para.1) could best be replaced by .
A)energy B) ability C) voltage D) place
59.According to the passage, most Americans .
A)except their daughters to fall in love with a male at first sight
B)look up to those who marry for the sake of wealth
C)regard romantic love as the basis for a successful marriage
D)consider romantic love to be the most desirable thing in the world
60.What can we learn from the second paragraph about romantic love?
A)It is a common occurrence among the old.
B)It is primarily depicted by books.
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