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2016 年全国硕士研究生招生考试英语 (一 )试题
Section I Use of English
Directions:
Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on the ANSWER SHEET .(10 points)
In Cambodia, the choice of a spouse is a complex one for the young male. It may involve not
only his parents and his friends, 1 those of the young woman, but also a matchmaker.
A young man can 2 a likely spouse on his own and then ask his parents to 3 the
marriage negotiations, or the young man ’s parents may make the choice of a spouse, giving the child
little
to say in the selection.
4
, a girl may veto the spouse her parents have chosen.
5
a
spouse has been selected, each family investigates the other to make sure its child is marrying
6
a good family.
The traditional wedding is
a long
and colorful affair. Formerly it
lasted three
days,
7
by the 1980s it more commonly lasted a day and a half. Buddhist priests offer a short sermon and
8
prayers
of
blessing.
Parts of
the
ceremony
involve
ritual
hair
cutting,
9
cotton
threads soaked in
holy water around the bride ’s and groom’s wrists, and
10
a
candle around a circle
of happily married and respected couples to bless the
11 . Newlyweds traditionally move in
with the wife ’s parents and may
12
with them up to a year,
13
they can build
a new house nearby.
Divorce
is legal and easy to
14
, but not common. Divorced persons are
15
with some disapproval. Each spouse retains
16
property he or she
17
into the
marriage, and jointly-acquired
property is
18
equally.
Divorced
persons
may
remarry, but
a gender prejudice
19
up: the divorced
male doesn’t have a waiting
period
before he can remarry
20
the woman must wait ten months.
1.
[A] by way