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In some societies it is the custom for parents to arrange the marriages of their children. Often the bride and groom will not be
In some societies it is the custom for parents to arrange the marriages of their children. Often the bride and groom will not be
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2009-06-24
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In some societies it is the custom for parents to arrange the marriages of their children. Often the bride and groom will not be (31) for their opinion in this matter, and sometimes they do not even meet each other (32) the day of the wedding.
Most Americans find the idea of arranged (33) difficult to understand or accept. They believe that two people should marry for love, after a period of dating and courtship. During that period, the prospective marriage partners are supposed to (34) enough about each other to decide (35) or not they will be able to build a successful marriage.
In the United States marriages are seldom formally arranged, but quite a lot of informal arranging goes on before two people (36) husband and wife. People who get married are (37) to each other by friends. (38) friends have already decided that the two people are right for each other and arrange for them to meet. Friends have such great influence; their approval of a dating or mating partner is very (39).
Families also exert open and subtle (40) on their children to influence their (41) of marriage partners. Parents often arrange dates for their own children. Also, they can meet the perfect marriage prospect for their son or (42) through business relationships. Since parents often (43) their children financially, they feel that they have the (44) to help the bride and groom select (45) they will live, what type of furniture they will purchase, and (46) their life-style will be like.
To a large (47), social class determines the choices of a marriage partner in the United States. Marriages are usually arranged (48) people of similar religious, ethnic and financial, backgrounds. Despite what we see in the movies, the son of a bank president (49) marries or even meets a coal miner’s daughter. Americans may not accept or understand arranged marriages, (50) marriages in the United States are arranged nevertheless.
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rarely/seldom/hardly
解析
考查副词与上下文理解。由上下文可知逗号前后是排除即对立关系,并且由常识可知富翁与穷人结婚的事情是罕见和少有的,所以填入否定副词rarely/seldom/hardly。
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