英语考试完形填空模拟练习及答案详解(四)

　　9.答案B

　　【解析】ago“以前”，指从现在算起;before是从过去某个时刻算起。

　　10.答案A

　　【解析】share，共享的，常与common搭配。consent同意。

　　11.答案B

　　【解析】这里要用复数，故选people。

　　12.答案C

　　【解析】would表示一种意愿，can表示能力。主句是过去时，故选could。

　　13.答案B

　　【解析】questioned和inquired表示“询问、疑问”;interrogate“审问”。故interviewed“面试、访问”符合句意。

　　14.答案C

　　【解析】take on“承担”;take in“欺骗、收容”;take up“从事”;take off“脱下”、“起飞”。take on符合句意，承担照顾年老亲戚的责任。

　　15.答案D

　　【解析】obligation“责任、义务”;admiration“羡慕”;initiative“首创的，开始的”;necessity“必要性”。本句与上句意思相近，故选obligation。

　　16.答案C

　　【解析】make sb do sth.表示“使某人……”，符合句意。

　　17.答案A

　　【解析】someone在这里泛指某个人。Anyone、anybody指任何人，everyone指每个人。

　　18.答案B

　　【解析】dependent“依靠别人的”;dependable“可靠的”;independent“独立的”。

　　19.答案C

　　【解析】mutually“共同地”;similarly“同样地、相似的”;differently“不同地”;certainly“当然地”。只有共同地符合句意。

　　20.答案A

　　【解析】involved“涉及、牵涉到”;included“包含”;excluded“排除在外、不包括”;considered“考虑到”。本句意为可能涉及到的每一个人。

　　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(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 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