We have spoken of marriage as a formal contract. It should be noted, however, that this contract does not ____1____ the same form in different societies. In Western societies, the ____2____ of a man and a woman ____3____ given the status of legal marriage by being registered by an official ____4____ by the state.In some African so cieties, ____5____ , marriage has nothing to do ____6____ an official registration of this kind but is legalized by the formal ____7____ of goods. Generally ____8____ is the bridegroom who is required to make a ____9____ of goods to the brides kin____亲戚____, though sometimes a payment is ____10____ made by the bridegrooms kin to that of the bride. Among the Nuer, a ____11____ living in Southern Sudan, the payment made to the brides kin, ____12____ as bridewealth, is in the ____13____ of cattle. Once the ____14____ of bridewealth is agreed ____15____ , and the formal payment is made, the marriage becomes a ____16____ union and the offspring of the union become the acceptable ____17____ of the husband.They remain ____18____ children even ____19____ the wife subsequently leaves him to live with ____20____ man.
1.A.make B.get C.take D.do
2.A.condition B.difference C.union D.divorce
3.A.is B. are C.was D.were
4.A.recognizing B.recognize C.to recognize D.recognized
5.A.however B.yet C.though D.still
6.A.with B.from C.for D.to
7.A.exchange B.contact C.communication D.connection
8.A.that B.this C.one D.it
9.A.money B.payment C.cost D.consumption
10.A.also B.too C.either D.as well
11.A.a person B.a people C.a man D.a couple
12.A.called B.known C.named D.looked
13.A.shape B.size C.form D.type
14.A.amount B.number C.figure D.volume
15.A.upon B.with C.to D.for
16.A.legal B.casual C.direct D.progressive
17.A.bride B.cattle C.wealth D.children
18.A.his B.her C.their D.ones
19.A.before B.because C.while D.if
20.A.other B.another C.more D.farther
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