Part IV Cloze Test(15 minutes,10 points)
Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A,B,C and D on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.
The horse and carriage is thing of the past. but love and marriage are still with us and still closely interrelated. Most American marriages, particularly first marriages 66 young couples. are the result of 67 attraction and affection 68 than practical considerations.
In the United States, parents do not arrange marriages for their children. Teenagers begin 69 in high school and usually find mates through their own academic and social 70 .Though young people feel 71 to choose their friends from 72 groups, most choose a mate of similar background.
This is 73 in part to parental guidance. Parents cannot select spouses for their children, but they can usually 74 choices by 75 disapproval of someone they consider unsuitable.
76 , marriages between members of different groups (interclass, interfaith, and interracial marriages) are increasing, probably because of the greater 77 of today’s youth and the fact that they are restricted by 78 prejudices than their parents. Many young people leave their home towns to attend college, 79 in the armed forces. 80 pursue a career in a bigger city.
Once away from home and family, they are more 81 to date and marry outside their own social group. In mobile American society, intercass marriages are neither 82 nor shocking. Interfaith marriages are 83 the rise particularly between Protestants and Catholics. On the other hand, interracial marriage is still very uncommon. It can be difficult for interracial couples to find a place to live, maintain friendships, and 84 a family. Marriages between people of different national 85 (but the same race and religion) have been commonplace here since colonial times.