单选题 In Mr. Allen" s high school class, all the students have to "get married". However, the wedding ceremonies are not real ones but【C1】______These mock ceremonies sometimes become so【C2】______that the loud laughter drowns out the voice of the " minister". Even the two students getting married often begin to giggle. The teacher, Mr. Allen, believes that marriage is a difficult and serious business. He wants young people to understand that there are many changes that【C3】______take place after marriage. He believes that the need for these psychological and financial【C4】______should be understood before people marry. Mr. Allen doesn"t only introduce his students to major problems【C5】______in marriage such as illness or unemployment. He also exposes them to nitty-gritty problems they will face every day. He wants to introduce young people to all the trials and【C6】______that can strain a marriage to the breaking point. He even【C7】______his students with the problems of divorced men who must pay child support money for their wives. It has been upsetting for some of the students to see the problems that a married couple often faces.【C8】______they took the course, they had not worried much about the problems of marriage. However, both students and parents feel that Mr. Allen" s course is valuable and have【C9】______the course publicly. Their statements and letters supporting the class have【C10】______the school to offer the course again.
单选题 【C1】
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】解析:not real ones but不是真正的而是…。根据下句的mock ceremonies可知婚礼仪式是模仿的,故应选imitation。duplication复制。assumption假定,设想。fantasy梦想,幻想。
单选题 【C2】
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】解析:下文通过描述欢笑声压过了牧师的声音,即使模仿结婚的学生也开始傻笑,以此来说明假的婚礼仪式是如此之假,即这出闹剧是如此之滑稽,故选择artificial,人造的,假的。noisy吵杂的,聒噪的,与下文loud对应,但不能与之后的even所在句衔接。graceful优美的。real与上下文逻辑不符。
单选题 【C3】
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】解析:might表示“也许,可能”。此处指婚后可能有许多变化。
单选题 【C4】
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】解析:adjustment调整,调节。此处指婚前调节,同时和婚后可能的变化呼应。
单选题 【C5】
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】解析:face此处作major problems的后置定语,且两者是动宾关系,故用被动,故D项正确。
单选题 【C6】
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】解析:trials and tribulations,是压头韵的惯用语,为了修辞效果,重复使用意义相同的两个词。
单选题 【C7】
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】解析:familiarize使熟悉,即教育的目的所在。concern with使关心,这里老师不是让学生们真正去关心这些离婚男人的问题,而是让他们知晓、了解这些问题。inform“通知,告知”,常与of连用。associate使发生联系,使联合。
单选题 【C8】
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】解析:until与主句中的not搭配,强调“直到…才”,且主句中谓语动词是连续性的。
单选题 【C9】
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】解析:此句提到家长和学生认为Mr.Allen的课是有价值的,由此可以推出应该是认可这门课的。故endorse“认可,赞成”正确。reproach责备。
单选题 【C10】
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】解析:convince使确信,说服。confine限制,禁闭。compromise妥协,折衷。conceive构思,想象,常与of连用。