Questions are based on the following passage．England has long been the jurisdiction （辖区

Questions are based on the following passage．

England has long been the jurisdiction （辖区） of choice for wives who have the luxury of being able to choose where they divorce．English law tries to（36）lifelong need and fairness．The poorer partner（37）a wife bringing up children——can expect housing and many years of income， especially if she has（38）her career for the marriage．

A court ruling on February 23rd has nonetheless continued a recent（39）of turning the scales a little for husbands．Tracey Wright objected to her ex-husband"s bid to cut her ￡ 75，000 annual（40）， awarded after an 11-year marriage failed in 2008． She argued that she was too busy with the two children even to look for work．She lost， on（41）Lord Justice Pitchford said Mr．Wright"s payments should drop off as he neared retirement and that his ex-wife should get a job．

The ruling is a（42）landmark chiefly because it sets out a mother"s duty at least to have to seek a job as her children grow older．As David Hodson， a specialist lawyer， notes， that principle has long applied to poor women when it comes to（43）welfare benefits．But an ex-wife will still be able to argue that no（44）work is available for her and that she needs her ex-husband"s help in order to keep up her own and her children"s living standards．Such arguments would（45）little ice in most other countries．

A．appeal

B．balance

C．claiming

D．currently

E．cut

F．decent

G．legal

H．maintenance

I．provide

J．purpose

K．sacrificed

L．suitable

M．suspended

N．trend

O．Typically

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