Part Ⅴ Cloze (15 minutes)
Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D) on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
The horse and carriage is a thing of the past, but love and marriage are still with us and still closely interrelated. Most American marriages, 62 first marriages uniting young people, are the result of mutual attraction and affection 63 than practical considerations.
In the United States, parents do not 64 marriages for their children. Teenagers begin 65 in high school and usually find mates through their own academic and social 66 .
Though young people feel free to choose their friends from 67 groups, most choose a mate of similar 68 . This is due in part to parental guidance.
Parents can not 69 spouses (配偶) for their children, but they can usually 70 choices by voicing disapproval of someone they consider unsuitable. 71 , marriages between members of different groups (interclass, interfaith, and interracial marriages) are 72 , probably because of the greater mobility of today’s youth and the fact that they are 73 by fewer prejudices than their parents. Many young people leave their hometowns to attend college, serve in the armed forces, 74 pursue a career in a bigger city. Once away from home and family, they are more 75 to date and marry outside their own social group. In mobile American society, interclass marriages are neither 76 nor astonishing. Interfaith marriages are 77 the rise, especially between Protestants (基督教徒) and Catholics (天主教徒) . On the other hand, interracial marriages are still very 78 . It can be difficult for interracial couples to find a place to live, maintain friendships, and 79 a family. Marriages between people of different national 80 (but the same race and religion) have been commonplace here 81 colonial times. |
