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We have spoken of marriage as a formal should be noted, however, that this contract does not 1 the same form in different 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 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 rally 8 is the bridegroom who is required to make a 9 of goods to the bride's kin(亲戚), 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 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 remain 18 children even 19 the wife subsequently leaves him to live with 20 man.
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参考答案与解析
1.【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.【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.【答案】A
【解析】主语是the union，为单数，从上下文的时态看应用现在时。
4.【答案】D
【解析】过去分词做定语修饰official，意为被认可的官员。
5.【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.【答案】A
【解析】have nothing to do with，与……无关，固定搭配。
7.【答案】A
【解析】符合商品交换的选项只有act“接触”;communication指“交流、交换(消息)”;connection“连接”。
8.【答案】D
【解析】此处是强调句型，It is…who/that结构，故只能用it.
9.【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 和consumption是花费、消费的意思，后面一般没有to的结构。
10.【答案】A
【解析】also一般跟着谓语动词;too与as well一般放在句尾，too有时也放在句中，用逗号隔开。
11.【答案】B
【解析】a people“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.【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。
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表示数字;volume意为“容量”;只有amount“数量”可与新娘彩礼相搭配。
15.【答案】A
【解析】动词agree后面可接不同的介词，agree on/upon表示就一点双方达成一致意见;agree to同意对方建议;agree with同意某人意见，双方在观点意见上的吻合。无agree for的说法。
16.【答案】A
【解析】casual“偶尔的”;progressive“进步的”;direct“直接的”。根据上下文。此处应填legal“合法的”。
17.【答案】D
【解析】“联姻的后代成为”，不可能选bride或cattle.但从后面的句子中可以看出，此处选children最为合适。
18.【答案】A
【解析】本句的意思是“即使妻子离开丈夫后，同别人生活，他们的孩子应属于夫方。His指代husband.
19.【答案】D
【解析】根据上题的译文，本句用even if“即使”，符合句意。
20.【答案】B
【解析】other后接复数名词;表示单数概念时用another.
