泽熙美文Cloze Test
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 societies, 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, though sometimes a payments 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 bride wealth, is in the 13 of cattle. Once the 14 of bride wealth 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
正确答案：C
[解析] 本句意为“在不同的社会里，这种合约采取不同的形式”。take the form of是固定搭配，意为“采取……形式”。
2.
A.condition
B.difference
C.union
D.divorce
正确答案：C
[解析] 本句是说“在西方社会，男女的结合只有由政府认可的官员登记后才成为合法婚姻”。union“结合”；difference“区别”；condition“条件”；divorce“离婚”。
3.
A.is
B.are
C.was
D.were
正确答案：A
[解析] 主语是the union，为单数，而且从上下文的时态看应用现在时。
4.
A.recognizing
B.recognize
C.to recognize
D.recognized
正确答案：D
[解析] recognized，过去分词作定语，修饰official，意为“被认可的官员”。
5.
A.however
B.yet
C.though
D.still
正确答案：A
[解析] though为连词，连接主语和从句，表“虽然……但是”；yet一般用在否定句或疑问句尾，表示“已经”；still用在动词前后，表示“仍然”；however可用逗号与前后隔开，在意思上与前句转折。
6.
A.with
B.from
C.for
D.to
正确答案：A
[解析] have nothing to do with…“与……无关”，固定搭配。
7.
A.exchange
B.contact
C.communication
D.connection
正确答案：A
[解析] 符合“商品交换”的选项只有exchange。contact“接触”；communication指“交流、交换(消息)”；connection“连接”。
8.
A.mat
B.this
C.one
D.it
正确答案：D
[解析] 此处是强调句型，使用It is…who/that结构，故只能用it。
9.
A.money
B.payment
C.cost
D.consumption
正确答案：B
[解析] make a payment of是固定搭配，意为“支付……”。money是不可数名词，故不能用a money；cost和consumption是“花费、消费”的意思，后面一般不跟to结构。
10.
A.also
B.too
C.either
D.as well
正确答案：A
[解析] also, too, as well都表示“也，都，同样”，但是它们的在句中的位置不同。also一般跟在谓语动词后面；too与as well一般放在句尾，too有时也放在句中，用逗号隔开；either表示否定，意为“也(不)”。
11.
A.a person
B.a people
C.a man
D.a couple
正确答案：B
[解析] a people是指“一个民族”，a people living in southern Sudan是Nuer的同位语，从among the Nuer中可以看出，选项不可能是a man或a person或a couple。
12.
A.called
B.known
C.named
D.looked
正确答案：B
[解析] be known as…“作为……而得名”；如用call或name，后面的as应去掉。be looked as…是“被看作……”。
13.
A.shape
B.size
C.form
D.type
正确答案：C
[解析] in the form of“以……形式”，是固定搭配。其他各项分别为“形状”；“大小”；“类型”。
14.
A.amount
B.number
C.figure
D.volume
正确答案：A
[解析] number；figure都表示数字；volume意为“容量”；只有amount“数量”可与新娘彩礼相搭配。
15.
A.upon
