Read the following text.Choose the best word(s)for each numbered blank and mark A,B,C or D on ANSWER SHEET.(10 points)In Cambodia,the choice of a spouse is a complex one for the young male.It may involve not only his parents and his friends,_1_those of the young woman,but also a matchmaker.A young man can_2_a likely spouse on his own andthen ask his parents to 3 the marriage negotiations,or the young man'sparents may make the choice of a spouse,giving the child little to say in theselection.4,a girl may veto the spouse her parents have chosen.5aspouse has been selected,each family investigates the other to make sure its child is marrying 6 a good family.The traditional wedding is a long and colorful affair.Formerly it lasted three days,_7_by the 1980s it more commonly lasted a day and a half.Buddhist priests offer a short sermon and_8_prayers of blessing.Parts of the ceremony the bride’s and groom’s wrists,and 10 a candle around a circle of happily in with the wife’s parents and may 12 with them up to a year,13 they can build a new house nearby.Divorce is legal and easy to 14,but not common.Divorced persons are 15 with some disapproval.Each sprouse retains 16 property he or she 17 into the marriage,and jointly-acquired property is 18 equally.Divorced persons may remarry,but a gender prejudice 19 up:The divorced male doesn’t have a waiting period before he can remarry 20 the woman must wait ten months.13选?
该句意思是:新婚夫妇搬去新娘的父母家,并和他们______长达一年之久,______他们能够在附近建造新房。空格需要填入逻辑连接词,前后为时间先后关系,故代入until,语义合理,“直到他们造新房之前都住在新娘父母家”。前后文无转折,可排除whereas然而。for表原因,if表条件,代入均不合理。因此答案为until。