2016年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题（一）Section I Use of EnglishDirections:Read the following text.Choose the best word(s)for each numbered blank and mark A,B,C or D onthe 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 parentsand his friends,1 those of the young women,but also a matchmaker.A young man can 2 a likely spouse on hisown and them ask his parents to 3 the marriage negotiations,or the young mans parents may make the choice of aspouse,giving the child little to say in the selection.4,a girl may veto the spouse her parents have chosen._5a spouse 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,J by the 1980s it morecommonly lasted a day and a half.Buddhist priests offer a short sermon and 8_prayers of blessing.Parts of theceremony involve ritual hair cutting,9 cotton threads soaked in holy water around the brides and groomswrists,and 10 a candle around a circle of happily married and respected couples to bless the jj_.Newlywedstraditionally move in with the wifes parents and may 12 with them up to a year,13 they can build a flew housenearby.Divorce is legal and easy to 14,but not common.Divorced persons are 15 with some disapproval.Eachspouse retains 16 property he or she _17 into the marriage,and jointly acquired property is j_8 equally.Divorcedpersons may remarry,but a gender prejudice 9 up.The divorced male doesnt have a waiting period before he canremarry 20 the woman must wait the months.1.A by way ofB as well asC on behalf ofD with regard to2.A adapt toB provide forCcompete withD decide on3.A closeB renewCarrangeD postpone4.A In theoryB Above allC In timeD For example5.A AlthoughB LestC AfterD Unless6.A intoB withinC fromfD through7.A sineBorC butD so8.A testBcopyCreciteD create9.A foldingB pilingC wrappingD tying10.A lightingB passingC hidingD serving11.A meetingB associationC collectionD union12.A grow|B partC dealDlive13.A whereasB untilC forD if14.A obtainB followC challenge Davoid15.A isolatedB persuadedC viewedD exposed16.A whereverB howeverC wheneverD whatever17.AJ changedB broughtCshapedD pushed18.A dividedB investedC donatedD withdrawn19.AclearsB warmsC showsD breaks20.AwhileB so whatConceD in thatSection II Reading ComprehensionPart ADirections:Read the following four texts.Answer the questions below each text by choosing At B,C or D.Markyour answers on the ANSWER SHEET.(40 points)Text 1France,which prides itself as the global innovator of fashion,has decided its fashion industry has lost anabsolute right to define physical beauty for woman.Its lawmakers gave preliminary approval last week to a law thatwould make it a crime to employ ultra-thin models on runways.The parliament also agreed to ban websitesthatincite excessive thinness by promoting extreme dieting.Such measures have a couple of uplifting motives.They suggest beauty should not be defined by looks that endup impinging on health.Thats a start.And the ban on ultra-thin models seems to go beyond protecting modelsfrom starving themselves to death-as some have done.It tells the fashion industry that it must take responsibility fbrthe signal it sends women,especially teenage girls,about the social tape-measure they must use to determine theirindividual worth.The bans,if fully enforced,would suggest to woman(and many men)that they should not let others bearbiters of their beauty.And perhaps faintly,they hint that people should look to intangible qualities like characterand intellect rather than dieting their way to size zero or wasp-waist physiques.The French measures,however,rely too much on severe punishment to change a culture that still regardsbeauty as skin-deep-and bone-showing.Under the law,using a fashion model that does not meet agovernment-defined index of body mass could result in a$85,000 fine and six months in prison.The fashion industry knows it has an inherent problem in focusing on material adornment and idealized bodytypes.In Denmark,the United States,and a few other countries,it is trying to set voluntary standard for modelsand fashion images that rely more on peer pressure for enforcement.In contrast to Frances actions,Denmarks fashion industry agreed last month on rules and sanctions regardingthe age,health,and other characteristics of models.The newly revised Danish Fashion Ethical Charter clearlystates：We are aware of and take responsibility for the impact the fashion industry has on body ideals,especially onyoung people.The charters main tool of enforcement is to deny access for designers and modeling agencies toCopenhagen.Fashion Week,which is run by the Danish Fashion Institute.But in general it relies on a name-and-shame method of compliance.Relying on ethical persuasion rather than law to address the misuse of body ideals may be the best step.Evenbetter would be to help elevate notions of beauty beyond t