单选题 In India, almost all marriages are arranged. Even among the educated middle classes in modern, urban India, marriage is as much a concern of the families as it is of the individuals. So customary is the practice of arranged marriage that there is a special name for a marriage which is not 1 : It is called a "love match".
On my first field trip to India, I met many young men and women whose parents were in the process of "getting them married." In many cases, the bride and groom would not meet each other before the marriage. At most they might meet for a 2 conversation, and this meeting would take place only after their parents had decided that the match was 3 . Parents do not force their children to marry a person who either marriage partner finds objectionable. But only after one match is refused will another be sought.
As a young American woman in India for the first time, I found this custom of arranged marriage strange. How could any intelligent young person 4 to such a marriage without great reluctance? It was 5 to everything I believed about the importance of romantic love as the only basis of a happy marriage. It was also in conflict with my strongly held beliefs that the choice of such a close and permanent relationship could be made only by individuals involved. If anyone had tried to arrange my marriage, I would have been 6 !
Sita, one of my young friends, was a college graduate with a degree in political science. She had been waiting for over a year while her parents were arranging a match for her. I found it difficult to accept the obedient (顺从的) manner in which this well-educated young woman awaited the outcome of a process that would 7 her spending the rest of her life with a man she hardly knew, a total stranger, 8 by her parents.
In frustration and distress, I asked her, "Don"t you care who you 9 ?" "Of course I care," she answered. "This is why I must let my parents choose a boy for me. My marriage is too important to be arranged by such a (n) inexperienced person as myself. In such matters, it is better to have my parents" 10 "

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 本句的前一句介绍了许多情况下新郎和新娘在结婚前往往互不相见，接着本句指出，“大多数情况下，他们可能为了一个______的谈话而相见”。纵观四个选项，brief“简短的”，故A选项符合题意，为正确答案。frequent“频繁的”，regular“定期的”，basic“基本的”，均不符合题意。

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 本段首句介绍了作者作为一个年轻的美国女性，认为这种婚姻习俗是很奇怪的。接下来指出：聪明的年轻人怎么会情愿______这样的婚姻呢?agree to“同意，赞成”符合题意，故选A。resort to“求助于，诉诸”不符合题意；exchange to“……的交流、交换”，可排除；devote to"把……奉献给”亦不符合题意。

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] 空格前一句说聪明的年轻人怎么会情愿同意这样的婚姻呢?紧接着给出了作者的观点：我认为浪漫爱情是幸福婚姻的唯一基石，这种婚姻习俗与浪漫爱情的一切重要性是______的。contrary to“与……相反，违反”符合题意，为正确答案。customary“习惯的”；remarkable“卓越的，非凡的”；objective“客观的”，均不符合题意。

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] 本句意为“我很难接受这种顺从的方式：一个受过良好教育的年轻女孩等待过程的结果，这种结果将______她与一个由她父母挑选的根本不了解的陌生人共度一生”。result in“导致”符合题意，故选D。come from“来自”；result from“起因于”；let out“放出，泄露”，均不符合题意。