Part V Cloze (15 minutes)

　　Directions：There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A),B),C) and D) on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.

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　　In most cultures , there is an expectation that when a person reaches adulthood, marriage should soon follow. In the United States __62__, each month upwards of 168 000 couples wed, __63__ to love, honor, and respect their chosen life mates __64__ death parts them. The expectation is deep-rooted.

　　__65__, the social functions, purposes, and relevance of marriage are rapidly changing in __66__ society, making them less clear-cut than they have been __67__ history. For instance, in a Pew Research Center random polling of over 2 000 __68__ , fewer than half of all of the adults polled indicated that __69__ a man and a woman plan to spend the __70__ of their lives together as a couple, it was important that they __71__ marry.

　　Those of us who choose to marry have __72__ reasons why we decide to marry the person we do. There is a __73__, however, in our Western, individualistic culture: We tend to marry for reasons that benefit ourselves, __74__ for reasons that benefit the society __75__, such as found in collectivist cultures. Research in Western cultures has found, for example, that the number-one __76__ people cite for marrying is to signify a lifelong commitment __77__ someone they love. However, this reason is not the only response to why people wed - today, people get married for reasons of commitment, security, and personal belief systems. The Pew Research Center's recent findings __78__ that the main reasons people get married are for __79__ happiness and commitment, and bearing and raising children. As the data from this __80__ show us, there are racial, age, and religious differences in what people __81__ to be the main purposes

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　　62. A) alone B) solely C) barely D) again

　　63. A) trusting B) competing C) vowing D) pretending

　　64. A) after B) until C) when D) though

　　65. A) However B) Hence C) Therefore D) Then

　　66. A) contemporary B) conventional C) constructive D) consequent

　　67. A) beyond B) throughout C) within D) amidst

　　68. A) objects B) specimens C) individuals D) incidents

　　69. A) whereas B) unless C) for D) if

　　70. A) whole B) total C) leftover D) rest

　　71. A) equally B) legally C) nominally D) vitally

　　72. A) radical B) constant C) specific D) designated

　　73. A) worry B) confidence C) myth D) tendency

　　74. A) rather than B) or else C) not only D) as well

　　75. A) at length B) at large C) at random D) at risk

　　76. A) case B) belief C) reason D) notion

　　77. A) about B) over C) in D) to

　　78. A) suggest B) raise C) signify D) resolve

　　79. A) moral B) mutual C) visual D) versatile

　　80. A) legend B) episode C) survey D) blueprint

　　81. A) observe B) dispatch C) substitute D) consider

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