2019年英语四级选词填空强化练习（18）

　　The horse and carriage is a thing of past, but love and marriage axe still with us and still closely interrelated. Most American marriages, (1) first marriage uniting young people, are the result of mutual attraction and affection (2) than practical considerations.

　　In the United States, parents do not (3) marriages for their children. Teenagers begin (4) in high school and usually find mates through their own academic and social (5) .

　　Though young people feel free to choose their friends from (6) groups, most choose a mate of similar (7) . This is due in part to parental guidance. Parents cannot (8) spouses (配偶) for their children, but they can usually (9) choices by voicing disapproval of someone they consider unsuitable.

　　(10) , marriages between members of different groups (interclass, interfaith, and interracial marriages) are (11) , probably because of the greater mobility of today's youth and the fact that they are (12) by fewer prejudices than their parents. Many young people leave their hometowns to attend college, serve in the armed forces, (13) pursue a career in a bigger city. Once away from home and family, they are more (14) to date and many outside their own social group.

　　In mobile American society, interclass marriages are neither (15) nor astonishing. Interfaith marriages are (16) the rise, especially between Protestants(基督教徒) and Catholics(天主教徒). On the other hand, interracial marriages are still very (17) . It can be difficult for interracial couples to find a place to live, maintain friendships, and (18) a family. Marriages between people of different national (19) (but the same race and religion) have been commonplace here (20) . colonial times.

　　1. [A] specially [B] naturally

　　[C] particularly[D] fortunately

　　2. [A] more [B] rather

　　[C] less [D] better

　　3. [A] arrange [B] engage

　　[C] manage [D] propose

　　4. [A] appointing [B] dating

　　[C] marrying [D] playing

　　5. [A] positions [B] associations

　　[C] contracts [D] contacts

　　6. [A] separate [B] identical

　　[C] independent [D] different

　　7. [A] background [B] situation

　　[C] circumstance [D] condition

　　8. [A] object [B] reject

　　[C] select [D] approve

　　9. [A] influence [B]make

　　[C] afford [D] provide

　　10. [A] Therefore [B] However

　　[C] Moreover [D] Likewise

　　11. [A] declining [B] prohibiting

　　[C] increasing [D] reducing

　　12. [A]respected [B]retained

　　[C] reserved [D] restricted

　　13. [A] but [B] or

　　[C] so [D] unless

　　14. [A] likely [B] possible

　　[C] reluctant [D] eager

　　15. [A] scarce [B] risky

　　[C] rare [D] rigid

　　16. [A] in [B] at

　　[C] for [D] on

　　17. [A] normal [B] uncommon

　　[C] ordinary [D] usual

　　18. [A] raise [B] settle

　　[C] grow [D] unite

　　19. [A] source [B] convention

　　[C] origin [D] immigrant

　　20. [A] since [B] with

　　[C] by [D] during

　　试题详解

　　1.C副词辨析。first marriage uniting young people是most American marriage中的一部分，由此可以作者在这里是以前者为例，particularly(尤其)多用于举例。specially意为“特别地”，多用于表示不普通、不寻常的特点。naturally(自然地)和fortunately(幸运地)与文意相差太远，可以首先排除。

　　2.B 固定搭配。空格所在的句子讲的是美国人结婚的原因，practical consideration(现实的考虑)与mutual attraction and affection(互相吸引和爱慕)在广义上是一种对比关系，所以应该选rather，rather than是固定搭配，表示“而不是”，相当于instead of。

　　3.A动词辨析。本句的意思是：在美国，父母不______子女的婚姻，根据常识应该选arrange，arrange marriage意为“包办婚姻”。engage(订婚)和 propose(求婚)不能与marriage搭配;manage(经营)与原文不符。

　　4.B 动词辨析。由and usually find mates可知，空格处应该填入与“交友”有关的词，故选dating(约会，特指异性间)。appointing指用权力或共同约定来决定或安排，不合题意。

　　5.D名词辨析。through their own academic and social______是美国中学生交友的途径.故选contact(接触，交往)。positions意为“地位”，associations意为“联系”，contracts意为“合同”，均不符合文意。

　　6. D形容词辨析。空格所在分句的句首出现转折连词though，所以前后分句为转折关系。根据后一句中出现的similar可以推断空格处应该填入一个与之意义相反的词汇，故选different。separate意为“分开的”，identical意为“相同的，同一的|”，independent意为“独立的”。

　　7.A 名词辨析。根据前半句可知，大多数美国年轻人不会选择与自己来自不同 groups的人，即两个人要有相似的background(背景)。situation意为“情况，情形”，circumstance意为“环境”，condition意为“条件”。

　　8.C 固定搭配。由上文可知，美国年轻人选择和自己背景相似的人，部分的原因是父母的引导。本句说“父母不会…….但是会……”，根据常识，父母应该不会为子女选择配偶，故答案为select，select...for...是固定搭配，意为“为……选择……”。object(协)意为“反对”;reject意为“拒绝”，不能和for搭配;approve(of)意为“同意”。

　　9.A动词辨析。由转折词but可知，本句和前半句“不能为孩子选择配偶”应为转折关系，故选influence(影响)。

　　10.B副词辨析。上文讲年轻人喜欢找背景相同的配偶，但下文讲的是不同阶级、信仰、种族之间的婚姻，可见前后是转折关系，故选however(然而)。 therefore意为“因此”，表因果关系;moreover童为“此外”，表递进关系; likewise意为“同样地”，表对比关系。

　　11.C 动词辨析。由空格后的the greater mobility of today's youth(如今年轻人更大的流动性)和_______by fewer prejudices than their parents(比他们的父母更少受到歧视的______)可知，不同groups之间的婚姻应该是逐渐增加的，故选increasing。declining意为“下降”;prohibiting意为“禁止”;reducing“减少”，都不符合文意。

　　12.D动词辨析。此句意为：年轻人比他们的父母受到更少歧视的，结合上文应选restricted(限制)。respected意为“尊敬”;retain意为“保持”;reserve意为“预订”。

　　13.B 逻辑关系。根据上下文逻辑关系，前文的求学(attend college)、参军(serve in the armed forces)与空格后的创业(pursue a career)应是并列关系，故选 or。

　　14.A形容词辨析。根据上下文逻辑关系，离开家乡和家庭(home and family)之后，年轻人与其他社会群体的人约会及结婚的可能性应该是增加了，故选 likely，be likely to意为“可能”。possible也意为“可能”，但不用这个结构，且表示的可能性较小;be reluctant to意为“勉强”;be eager to意为“渴望”。

　　15.C 形容同辨析。此句意为：在美国，不同阶级之间的婚姻既不_________，也不奇怪，or连接的是并列结构，故空格处应该填入astonishing的近义词rare (稀少的)。scarce意为“不足的”;risky意为“冒险的”;rigid意为“严格的”。

　　16.D 固定搭配。on the rise意为“不断上升”，表上升趋势。

　　17.B 形容词辨析。由句首的on the other hand(另一方面)可知，此处应是转折关系，故处应该填入与on the rise相反或相对的词.答案是uncommon(不寻常的)。

　　18.A固定搭配。raise a family意为“养家”。

　　19.C名词辨析。根据括号中的解释，这种婚姻的双方种族和信仰相同，但来自不同国家，故选origin(出身)。source意为“(信息等的)来源”，convention意为“习俗”，是干扰项，相同种族和信仰的人习俗应相同，故可以排除; immigrant意为“移民”，也是干扰项，可数名词应使用复数形式。

　　20.A介词辨析。空格所在句子为完成时态，而colonial times表示的是一个时间起点，故选since(自从)。