We have spoken of marriage as a formal contract.It should be noted, however, that this contract does not 1 the same form in different societies.In Western societies, the 2 of a man and a woman 3 given the status of legal marriage by being registered by an official 4 by the state.In some African so cieties, 5 , marriage has nothing to do 6 an official registration of this kind but is legalized by the formal 7 of goods.Generally 8 is the bridegroom who is required to make a 9 of goods to the bride's kin(親戚), though sometimes a payment is 10 made by the bridegroom's kin to that of the bride.

　　Among the Nuer, a 11 living in Southern Sudan, the payment made to the bride's kin, 12 as bridewealth, is in the 13 of cattle.Once the 14 of bridewealth is agreed 15 , and the formal payment is made, the marriage becomes a 16 union and the offspring of the union become the acceptable 17 of the husband.They remain 18 children even 19 the wife subsequently leaves him to live with 20 man.

　　1.A.make B.get C.take D.do

　　2.A.condition B.difference C.union D.divorce

　　3.A.is B.are C.was D.were

　　4.A.recognizing B.recognize C.to recognize D.recognized

　　5.A.however B.yet C.though D.still

　　6.A.with B.from C.for D.to

　　7.A.exchange B.contact C.communication D.connection

　　8.A.that B.this C.one D.it

　　9.A.money B.payment C.cost D.consumption

　　10.A.also B.too C.either D.as well

　　11.A.a person B.a people C.a man D.a couple

　　12.A.called B.known C.named D.looked

　　13.A.shape B.size C.form D.type

　　14.A.amount B.number C.figure D.volume

　　15.A.upon B.with C.to D.for

　　16.A.legal B.casual C.direct D.progressive

　　17.A.bride B.cattle C.wealth D.children

　　18.A.his B.her C.their D.one?s

　　19.A.before B.because C.while D.if

　　20.A.other B.another C.more D.farther

　　參考答案及解析

　　1.【答案】C

　　【解析】本句意為在不同的社會里，這種合約采取不同的形式。take the form of是固定搭配，意為“采取……形式”。

　　2.【答案】C

　　【解析】本句是說“在西方社會，男女的結(jié)合只有由政府認(rèn)可的官員登記后才成為合法婚姻�！眜nion“結(jié)合”;difference“區(qū)別”;condition“條件”;divorce“離婚”。

　　3.【答案】A

　　【解析】主語是the union，為單數(shù)，從上下文的時態(tài)看應(yīng)用現(xiàn)在時。

　　4.【答案】D

　　【解析】過去分詞做定語修飾official，意為被認(rèn)可的官員。

　　5.【答案】A

　　【解析】though為連詞，連接主語和從句，表“雖然……但是”;yet一般用在否定句或疑問句尾，表示“已經(jīng)”;still用在動詞前后，表示“仍然”;however可用逗號與前后隔開，在意思上與前句轉(zhuǎn)折。

　　6.【答案】A

　　【解析】have nothing to do with，與……無關(guān)，固定搭配。

　　7.【答案】A

　　【解析】符合商品交換的選項只有exchange.contact“接觸”;communication指“交流、交換(消息)”;connection“連接”。

　　8.【答案】D

　　【解析】此處是強(qiáng)調(diào)句型，It is…who/that結(jié)構(gòu)，故只能用it.

　　9.【答案】B

　　【解析】make a payment of是固定搭配，意為“支付”。money是不可數(shù)名詞，故不能用a money.cost和consumption是花費、消費的意思，后面一般沒有to的結(jié)構(gòu)。

　　10.【答案】A

　　【解析】also一般跟著謂語動詞;too與as well一般放在句尾，too有時也放在句中，用逗號隔開。

　　11.【答案】B

　　【解析】a people“一個民族”，a people living in southern Sudan是Nuer的同位語，從among the Nuer中可以看出，選項不可能是a man或a person或a couple.

　　12.【答案】B

　　【解析】be known as，作為……而得名;如用call或name，后面的as應(yīng)去掉。

　　13.【答案】C

　　【解析】in the form of“以……形式”，固定搭配。

　　14.【答案】A

　　【解析】number、figure表示數(shù)字;volume意為“容量”;只有amount“數(shù)量”可與新娘彩禮相搭配。

　　15.【答案】A

　　【解析】動詞agree后面可接不同的介詞，agree on/upon表示就一點雙方達(dá)成一致意見;agree to同意對方建議;agree with同意某人意見，雙方在觀點意見上的吻合。無agree for的說法。

　　16.【答案】A

　　【解析】casual“偶爾的”;progressive“進(jìn)步的”;direct“直接的”。根據(jù)上下文。此處應(yīng)填legal“合法的”。

　　17.【答案】D

　　【解析】“聯(lián)姻的后代成為”，不可能選bride或cattle.但從后面的句子中可以看出，此處選children最為合適。

　　18.【答案】A

　　【解析】本句的意思是“即使妻子離開丈夫后，同別人生活，他們的孩子應(yīng)屬于夫方。His指代husband.