单选题
We have spoken of marriage as a formal contract. It should be noted, however, that this contract does not
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the same form in different societies. In Western societies, the
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of a man and a woman
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given the status of legal marriage by being registered by an official
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by the state. In some African societies,
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, marriage has nothing to do
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an official registration of this kind but is legalized by the formal
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of goods. Generally
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is the bridegroom who is required to make a
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of goods to the bride"s kin, though sometimes a payments
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made by the bridegroom"s kin to that of the bride.
Among the Nuer, a
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living in Southern Sudan, the payment made to the bride"s kin,
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as bride wealth, is in the
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of cattle. Once the
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of bride wealth is agreed
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, and the formal payment is made, the marriage becomes a
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union and the offspring of the union become the acceptable
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of the husband. They remain
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children even
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the wife subsequently leaves him to live with
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man.
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] 本句意为“在不同的社会里，这种合约采取不同的形式”。take the form of是固定搭配，意为“采取……形式”。