第二部分语言知识及应用（共两节, 满分37.5分）
第一节：完形填空（共10小题，每小题2分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21—30各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
In Mr. Allen’s school class, all the students have to “get married”. However, the wedding _21__      sometimes become so noisy that the loud laughter drowns out the __22__    of the “minister”. Even the two students getting married often begin to laugh.
The teacher, Mr. Allen, believes that marriage is a difficult and serious business. He wants young people to understand that there are many changes that must take place after marriage. He believes that the ___23___ for these psychological and financial changes should be understood before people marry.
Mr. Allen doesn’t only introduce his students to main problems faced in marriage such as illness or being out of work. He also 24 _ them to the difficult and particular problems they will face every day. He wants to introduce young people to all the worries that can bring the __25  point to a marriage. He even makes his students know the problems of _  26___ and the fact that divorced men must pay child support money for their children and sometimes pay their wives every month.
It has been unsettling for some of the students to see the problems that a __27_ couple often faces. __28___ they took the course, they had not worried much about the problems of marriage. However, both students and parents feel that Mr. Allen’s course is _29___ and have favored the course publicly. Their statements and letters
supporting the class have asked the school to ___30___ the course again.
21.A. conferences       B. competitions         C. celebrations    D. ceremonies
22.A. whisper        B. announcement           C. scream                     D. voice
23.A. possibility            B. responsibility            C. need          D. supply
24.A. exposes        B. explains                   C. extends         D. exhausts
25.A. uniting         B. burning                    C. breaking            D. freezing
26.A. wedding              B. division                    C. participation      D. divorce
27.A. divorced              B. complained           C. fascinated          D. married
28.A. If                B. After                        C. Until                 D. Because
29.A. disagreeable      B. flexible                    C. valuable            D. unbelievable
30.A. afford                 B. offer                C. establish              D. affect