单选题 {{B}}Directions:{{/B}} Read the following text. Choose the best
word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSER SHEET 1.
Divorce is the act by which a valid
marriage is dissolved, usually freeing the parties to remarry. In regions
in {{U}}(1) {{/U}}ancient {{U}}(2) {{/U}} authority still
predominates, divorce may be {{U}}(3) {{/U}} and rare, especially when,
as among Roman Catholics and Hindus, the religious {{U}}(4) {{/U}} views
marriage {{U}}(5) {{/U}} indissoluble. Custom, {{U}}(6) {{/U}},
may make divorce a simple matter in {{U}}(7) {{/U}} societies.
{{U}}(8) {{/U}} some Pueblo Indian tribes a woman could divorce her
husband {{U}}(9) {{/U}} leaving his moccasins on the doorstep. The
{{U}}(10) {{/U}} of individual determination and mutual {{U}}(11)
{{/U}} are making divorce {{U}}(12) {{/U}} acceptable in the
{{U}}(13) {{/U}} parts of the world. Among premodern
societies, the rate of marital stability is difficult to {{U}}(14)
{{/U}} {{U}}(15) {{/U}} the varying definitions of {{U}}(16)
{{/U}} and divorce. It seems to be broadly true {{U}}(17) {{/U}}
wherever divorce is a legal impossibility the wedding is a well-defined event
conducted with {{U}}(18) {{/U}} formality. The {{U}}(19) {{/U}}
principle does not hold true: elaborate marriage ceremonial is quite compatible
with high divorce rates. Many anthropologists agree that divorce is generally
more permissible in matrilineal societies {{U}}(20) {{/U}} in
patrilineal ones, in which the procreative and sexual rights of the bride are
often symbolically transferred to the husband with the payment of
bride-price.
【答案解析】[解题思路] 本题考核的知识点是:前后呼应。[A] religious意为“宗教上的”;[B] national意为“国家的”;[C] federal意为“联邦的”;[D] local意为“本地的”。前后呼应,根据后文中出现的as among Roman Catholics and Hindus,the religious得到正确答案是[A]。