The horse and carriage is a thing of past, but love and marriage axe still with us and still closely interrelated. Most American marriages, (1) first marriage uniting young people, are the result of mutual attraction and affection (2) than practical considerations.

　　In the United States, parents do not (3) marriages for their children. Teenagers begin (4) in high school and usually find mates through their own academic and social (5) .

　　Though young people feel free to choose their friends from (6) groups, most choose a mate of similar (7) . This is due in part to parental guidance. Parents cannot (8) spouses (配偶) for their children, but they can usually (9) choices by voicing disapproval of someone they consider unsuitable.

　　(10) , marriages between members of different groups (interclass, interfaith, and interracial marriages) are (11) , probably because of the greater mobility of today's youth and the fact that they are (12) by fewer prejudices than their parents. Many young people leave their hometowns to attend college, serve in the armed forces, (13) pursue a career in a bigger city. Once away from home and family, they are more (14) to date and many outside their own social group.

　　In mobile American society, interclass marriages are neither (15) nor astonishing. Interfaith marriages are (16) the rise, especially between Protestants(基督教徒) and Catholics(天主教徒). On the other hand, interracial marriages are still very (17) . It can be difficult for interracial couples to find a place to live, maintain friendships, and (18) a family. Marriages between people of different national (19) (but the same race and religion) have been commonplace here (20) . colonial times.

　　1. [A] specially [B] naturally

　　[C] particularly[D] fortunately

　　2. [A] more [B] rather

　　[C] less [D] better

　　3. [A] arrange [B] engage

　　[C] manage [D] propose

　　4. [A] appointing [B] dating

　　[C] marrying [D] playing

　　5. [A] positions [B] associations

　　[C] contracts [D] contacts

　　6. [A] separate [B] identical

　　[C] independent [D] different

　　7. [A] background [B] situation

　　[C] circumstance [D] condition

　　8. [A] object [B] reject

　　[C] select [D] approve

　　9. [A] influence [B]make

　　[C] afford [D] provide

　　10. [A] Therefore [B] However

　　[C] Moreover [D] Likewise

　　11. [A] declining [B] prohibiting

　　[C] increasing [D] reducing

　　12. [A]respected [B]retained

　　[C] reserved [D] restricted

　　13. [A] but [B] or

　　[C] so [D] unless

　　14. [A] likely [B] possible

　　[C] reluctant [D] eager

　　15. [A] scarce [B] risky

　　[C] rare [D] rigid

　　16. [A] in [B] at

　　[C] for [D] on

　　17. [A] normal [B] uncommon

　　[C] ordinary [D] usual

　　18. [A] raise [B] settle

　　[C] grow [D] unite

　　19. [A] source [B] convention

　　[C] origin [D] immigrant

　　20. [A] since [B] with

　　[C] by [D] during

　　試題詳解

　　1.C副詞辨析。first marriage uniting young people是most American marriage中的一部分，由此可以作者在這里是以前者為例，particularly(尤其)多用于舉例。specially意為“特別地”，多用于表示不普通、不尋常的特點(diǎn)。naturally(自然地)和fortunately(幸運(yùn)地)與文意相差太遠(yuǎn)，可以首先排除。

　　2.B 固定搭配�？崭袼�在的句子講的是美國(guó)人結(jié)婚的原因，practical consideration(現(xiàn)實(shí)的考慮)與mutual attraction and affection(互相吸引和愛慕)在廣義上是一種對(duì)比關(guān)系，所以應(yīng)該選rather，rather than是固定搭配，表示“而不是”，相當(dāng)于instead of。

　　3.A動(dòng)詞辨析。本句的意思是：在美國(guó)，父母不______子女的婚姻，根據(jù)常識(shí)應(yīng)該選arrange，arrange marriage意為“包辦婚姻”。engage(訂婚)和 propose(求婚)不能與marriage搭配;manage(經(jīng)營(yíng))與原文不符。

　　4.B 動(dòng)詞辨析。由and usually find mates可知，空格處應(yīng)該填入與“交友”有關(guān)的詞，故選dating(約會(huì)，特指異性間)。appointing指用權(quán)力或共同約定來決定或安排，不合題意。

　　5.D名詞辨析。through their own academic and social______是美國(guó)中學(xué)生交友的途徑.故選contact(接觸，交往)。positions意為“地位”，associations意為“聯(lián)系”，contracts意為“合同”，均不符合文意。

　　6. D形容詞辨析�？崭袼�在分句的句首出現(xiàn)轉(zhuǎn)折連詞though，所以前后分句為轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系。根據(jù)后一句中出現(xiàn)的similar可以推斷空格處應(yīng)該填入一個(gè)與之意義相反的詞匯，故選different。separate意為“分開的”，identical意為“相同的，同一的|”，independent意為“獨(dú)立的”。

　　7.A 名詞辨析。根據(jù)前半句可知，大多數(shù)美國(guó)年輕人不會(huì)選擇與自己來自不同 groups的人，即兩個(gè)人要有相似的background(背景)。situation意為“情況，情形”，circumstance意為“環(huán)境”，condition意為“條件”。

　　8.C 固定搭配。由上文可知，美國(guó)年輕人選擇和自己背景相似的人，部分的原因是父母的引導(dǎo)。本句說“父母不會(huì)…….但是會(huì)……”，根據(jù)常識(shí)，父母應(yīng)該不會(huì)為子女選擇配偶，故答案為select，select...for...是固定搭配，意為“為……選擇……”。object(協(xié))意為“反對(duì)”;reject意為“拒絕”，不能和for搭配;approve(of)意為“同意”。

　　9.A動(dòng)詞辨析。由轉(zhuǎn)折詞but可知，本句和前半句“不能為孩子選擇配偶”應(yīng)為轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，故選influence(影響)。

　　10.B副詞辨析。上文講年輕人喜歡找背景相同的配偶，但下文講的是不同階級(jí)、信仰、種族之間的婚姻，可見前后是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，故選however(然而)。 therefore意為“因此”，表因果關(guān)系;moreover童為“此外”，表遞進(jìn)關(guān)系; likewise意為“同樣地”，表對(duì)比關(guān)系。

　　11.C 動(dòng)詞辨析。由空格后的the greater mobility of today's youth(如今年輕人更大的流動(dòng)性)和_______by fewer prejudices than their parents(比他們的父母更少受到歧視的______)可知，不同groups之間的婚姻應(yīng)該是逐漸增加的，故選increasing。declining意為“下降”;prohibiting意為“禁止”;reducing“減少”，都不符合文意。

　　12.D動(dòng)詞辨析。此句意為：年輕人比他們的父母受到更少歧視的，結(jié)合上文應(yīng)選restricted(限制)。respected意為“尊敬”;retain意為“保持”;reserve意為“預(yù)訂”。

　　13.B 邏輯關(guān)系。根據(jù)上下文邏輯關(guān)系，前文的求學(xué)(attend college)、參軍(serve in the armed forces)與空格后的創(chuàng)業(yè)(pursue a career)應(yīng)是并列關(guān)系，故選 or。

　　14.A形容詞辨析。根據(jù)上下文邏輯關(guān)系，離開家鄉(xiāng)和家庭(home and family)之后，年輕人與其他社會(huì)群體的人約會(huì)及結(jié)婚的可能性應(yīng)該是增加了，故選 likely，be likely to意為“可能”。possible也意為“可能”，但不用這個(gè)結(jié)構(gòu)，且表示的可能性較小;be reluctant to意為“勉強(qiáng)”;be eager to意為“渴望”。

　　15.C 形容同辨析。此句意為：在美國(guó)，不同階級(jí)之間的婚姻既不_________，也不奇怪，or連接的是并列結(jié)構(gòu)，故空格處應(yīng)該填入astonishing的近義詞rare (稀少的)。scarce意為“不足的”;risky意為“冒險(xiǎn)的”;rigid意為“嚴(yán)格的”。

　　16.D 固定搭配。on the rise意為“不斷上升”，表上升趨勢(shì)。

　　17.B 形容詞辨析。由句首的on the other hand(另一方面)可知，此處應(yīng)是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，故處應(yīng)該填入與on the rise相反或相對(duì)的詞.答案是uncommon(不尋常的)。

　　18.A固定搭配。raise a family意為“養(yǎng)家”。

　　19.C名詞辨析。根據(jù)括號(hào)中的解釋，這種婚姻的雙方種族和信仰相同，但來自不同國(guó)家，故選origin(出身)。source意為“(信息等的)來源”，convention意為“習(xí)俗”，是干擾項(xiàng)，相同種族和信仰的人習(xí)俗應(yīng)相同，故可以排除; immigrant意為“移民”，也是干擾項(xiàng)，可數(shù)名詞應(yīng)使用復(fù)數(shù)形式。

　　20.A介詞辨析。空格所在句子為完成時(shí)態(tài)，而colonial times表示的是一個(gè)時(shí)間起點(diǎn)，故選since(自從)。