9.答案B

　　【解析】ago“以前”，指從現(xiàn)在算起;before是從過去某個(gè)時(shí)刻算起。

　　10.答案A

　　【解析】share，共享的，常與common搭配。consent同意。

　　11.答案B

　　【解析】這里要用復(fù)數(shù)，故選people。

　　12.答案C

　　【解析】would表示一種意愿，can表示能力。主句是過去時(shí)，故選could。

　　13.答案B

　　【解析】questioned和inquired表示“詢問、疑問”;interrogate“審問”。故interviewed“面試、訪問”符合句意。

　　14.答案C

　　【解析】take on“承擔(dān)”;take in“欺騙、收容”;take up“從事”;take off“脫下”、“起飛”。take on符合句意，承擔(dān)照顧年老親戚的責(zé)任。

　　15.答案D

　　【解析】obligation“責(zé)任、義務(wù)”;admiration“羨慕”;initiative“首創(chuàng)的，開始的”;necessity“必要性”。本句與上句意思相近，故選obligation。

　　16.答案C

　　【解析】make sb do sth.表示“使某人……”，符合句意。

　　17.答案A

　　【解析】someone在這里泛指某個(gè)人。Anyone、anybody指任何人，everyone指每個(gè)人。

　　18.答案B

　　【解析】dependent“依靠別人的”;dependable“可靠的”;independent“獨(dú)立的”。

　　19.答案C

　　【解析】mutually“共同地”;similarly“同樣地、相似的”;differently“不同地”;certainly“當(dāng)然地”。只有共同地符合句意。

　　20.答案A

　　【解析】involved“涉及、牽涉到”;included“包含”;excluded“排除在外、不包括”;considered“考慮到”。本句意為可能涉及到的每一個(gè)人。

　　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 bride's kin(親戚), though sometimes a payment is __10__ made by the bridegroom's kin to that of the bride.

　　Among the Nuer, a __11__ living in Southern Sudan, the payment made to the bride's 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