完形題目

　　In most cultures throughout the world, there is an expectation that when a person reaches adulthood, marriage should soon follow. In the United States (62) ，each month upwards of 168,000 couples wed, (63) to love, honor, and respect their chosen life mates (64) death parts them. The expectation is deep-rooted。

　　(65) the social functions, purposes, and relevance of marriage are rapidly changing in (66) society, making them less clear-cut than they have been (67) history. For instance, in a Pew Research Center random polling of over 2,000 (68) fewer than half of all of the adults polled indicated that (69) a man and a woman plan to spend the (70) of their lives together as a couple, it was important than (71) marry。

　　Those of us who choose to marry have (72) reasons why we decide to marry the person we do. There is a (73) , however in our Western, individualistic culture: We tend to marry for reasons that benefit ourselves, (74) for reasons that benefit the society (75) , such as found in collectivist cultures. Research in Western cultures has found, for example, that the number-one (76) people cite for marrying to signify a lifelong commitment (77) someone they love. However, this reason is not the only response to why people wed—today, people get married for reasons of commitment, security, and personal belief systems. The Pew Research Center’s recent findings (78) that the main reasons people get married are for (79) happiness and commitment, and bearing and missing children. As the date from this (80) show us, there are racial, age, and religious differences in what people (81) to be the main purposes of getting married。

　　62. A)alone B) solely C) barely D) again

　　63. A)trusting B) competing C) vowing D) pretending

　　64. A)after B) until C) when D) though

　　65. A)However B) Hence C)Therefore D) Then

　　66. A) contemporary B) conventional C) constructive D)consequent

　　67. A) beyond B) throughout C) within D) amidst

　　68. A) objects B) specimens C) individuals D) incidents

　　69. A) whereas B) unless C) for D) if

　　70. A) whole B) total C) leftover D) rest

　　71. A) equally B) legally C) nominally D) vitally

　　72. A) radical B) constant C) specific D) designated

　　73. A) worry B) confidence C) myth D) tendency

　　74. A) rather than B) or else C) not only D) as well

　　75. A) at length B) at large C) at random D) at risk

　　76. A) ease B) belief C) reason D) notion

　　77. A) about B) over C) in D) to

　　78. A) suggest B) raise C) signify D) resolve

　　79. A) moral B) mutual C) visual D) versatile

　　80. A) legend B) episode C)survey D) blueprint

　　81. A) observe B) dispatch C) substitute D) consider

　　【參考答案】

　　62. A)alone

　　63. C) vowing

　　64. B) until#p#分頁(yè)標(biāo)題#e#

　　65. A)However

　　66. A) contemporary

　　67. B) throughout

　　68. B) specimens

　　69. D) if

　　70. D) rest

　　71. C) nominally

　　72. C) specific

　　73. D) tendency

　　74. A) rather than

　　75. A) at length

　　76. C) reason

　　77. D) to

　　78. A) suggest

　　79. B) mutual

　　80. C)survey

　　81. D) consider