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66. F. This question tests the candidates' ability of understanding the context, Column B is the extension of Column A. Children have always been regarded as significant assets in most agricultural societies because large families were considered a mark of wealth.

67. J. This question tests the candidates' ability of understanding the context. Cost of dating and marriage leads young men to crime to pay for their wedding; it is a kind of social problem.

68. G. This question tests the candidates' ability of understanding the context and the cause and effect relationship. `The marriage of an eldest son has been an important event for families' is the cause; `great care and expense usually went into the planning and holding of the celebration' is the result.

69. K. This question tests the candidates' ability of understanding the context. The theme of this pair is `children' who can turn upside down contemporary Chinese society and culture. Children has the power to dominate their mothers, fathers, and other relatives.

70. D. This question tests the candidates' ability of understanding the context and the cause and effect relationship. Column B is an result of Column A. `Parents and government are trying to solve the problems of the cost of marriage' is the result of `the past inexpensive mass wedding ceremonies'.

71. E. This question tests the candidates' ability of understanding the context. The pair is having a similar theme: the way to spend in the marriage. `The cost of marriage in urban and rural areas appear to be the same' in Column A and `families in country-side tend to spend considerably more.

72. B. This question tests the candidates' ability of understanding the context. The theme of this pair is the character of one-child families. `Have not spent much time worrying about the character of one-child families' in Column A matches with `the leadership is beginning to be forced to examine its significance ' in Column B

73. C. This question tests the candidates' ability of understanding the context. Column B is the extension of Columna A. Columna B explains how equipped the young couples are: they have T.V sets, refrigerators, and washing machines.

74. A. This question tests the candidates' ability of understanding the context, and the use of discourse marker, showing a contrast. `Social and economic alliance' is a positive aspect, `an emotional union between man and woman' is negative.

75. I. This question tests the candidates' ability of understanding the context, and the theme which is the signs and endorsement of love. Column A points out the official endorsement, and Column B points out the signs of love.

76. H. This question tests the candidates' ability of understanding the context, and the matching of problem- solution. `1.2 billion' is a problem, and `the solution is the `successful enforcement of one-child policy.