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  3. The horse and carriage is a thing of the past, but love and marriage are still with us and still closely interrelated. Most Amer

The horse and carriage is a thing of the past, but love and marriage are still with us and still closely interrelated. Most Amer

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问题    The horse and carriage is a thing of the past, but love and marriage are still with us and still closely interrelated. Most American marriages, particularly first marriages 【21】______ young couples, are the result of 【22】______ attraction and affection 【23】______ than practical considerations.
   In the United States parents do not arrange marriages for their children. Teenagers begin 【24】______ in high school and usually find mates through their own academic and social 【25】______ . Though young people feel 【26】______ to choose their friends from 【27】______ groups, most choose a mate of similar background, This is 【28】______ in part to parental guidance. Parents cannot select spouses for their children, but they can usually 【29】______ choices by 【30】______ disapproval of someone they consider unsuitable.
    【31】______ , marriages between members of different groups (interclass, interfaith, and inter racial marriages) are increasing, probably because of the greater 【32】______ of today’s youth and the face that they are restricted by 【33】______ prejudices than their parents. Many young people leave their home towns to attend college, 【34】______ in the armed forces, 【35】______ pursue a career in a bigger city. Once away from home and family, they are more 【36】______ to date and marry outside their own social group. In mobile American society, interclass marriages are neither 【37】______ nor shocking. Interfaith marriages are 【38】______ the rise particularly between Protestants and Catholics. On the other hand, interracial marriage is still very uncommon. It can be difficult for interracial couples to find a place to live, maintain friendships, and 【39】______ a family. Marriage between people of different national 【40】______  (but the same race and religion) have been commonplace here since colonial times.
【29】
选项 A、give
B、influence
C、make
D、offer
答案B
解析 空格处的上文已经指出父母在一定程度上影响他们的子女选择配偶的习惯。 influence“影响”符合句意。
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