業精於勤，事立於豫

      Traditionally, Americans and Asians have had very different ideas about love and marriage. Americans believe in “romantic” marriage – a boy and girl are attracted to each other, fall in love, and decide to marry each other. Asians, __21__ , believe in contractual marriage – the parents of the bride and groom decide on the marriage, __22__terms of the agreement; the bride and groom may never meet __23__ their wedding day; and love – __24__ it ever develops – is supposed to follow marriage, not precede it. Generation after generation of Asian men and women have entered matrimony __25__ the more business-like arrangements of the marriage contract.

文意解析：

Traditionally, Americans and Asians have had very different ideas about love and marriage. (傳統上，美國人和亞洲人對於愛和婚姻的看法有很大不同。)

Americans believe in “romantic” marriage – a boy and girl are attracted to each other, fall in love, and decide to marry each other. (美國人相信浪漫的婚姻一男孩和女孩彼此吸引，墜入愛河，然後決定共度餘生。)

Asians, __21__ , believe in contractual marriage — the parents of the bride and groom decide on the marriage,  __22__terms of the agreement; (但亞洲人，相信契約婚姻 — 新郎和新娘的雙親決定婚姻，並表達同意)

21、

(A)for example 舉例。

(B)in the end 最後。

(C)on one hand 一方面。

(D)on the other hand 另一方面，但從另一角度而言

[考片語] on the other hand 是指一件事情的不同看法。

而題目中指出美國對「婚姻」及亞洲人對「婚姻」的看法，所以用(D)比較適合。

例句：We want stay here. Pelton, on the other hand, wants to go there. (我們想待在這裡。但Pelton卻想去這些地方。)

22、

(A)stating (主動)表達。

(B)stated (被動)表達。

(C)to state 為了表達。

(D)for stating 對於表達。

[考文法] 這裡考的是省略連接詞與主詞，將動詞 state 改為分詞構句 stating的句型。

(原句) the parents of the bride and groom decide on the marriage, and the parents of the bride and groom  state terms of the agreement;

(減化) the parents of the bride and groom decide on the marriage, stating terms of the agreement; 

the bride and groom may never meet __23__ their wedding day; (新娘與新郎直到他們結婚那天才見面； )

23、(A)in (B)with (C)until (D)since

 [考文法] 這題是考 not ... until (直到...才...)的句型。

and love – __(24)__ it ever develops – is supposed to follow marriage, not precede it. (而這種如果會發生的愛應該是發展於婚姻後，而不是在這之前發生。 )

24、

(A)if 假如

(B)since 自從

(C)because 因為

(D)and 而且

 - __(24)__ it ever develops - 是插入語，是形容 love，可解釋它是一種形容詞子句。

也可改寫為，love that if it ever develops is supposed to follow marriage, not precede it. 

[考片語] if ever (如果會...)， if ever it develops (如果會發生) 

Generation after generation of Asian men and women have entered matrimony __(25)__ the more business-like arrangements of the marriage contract.

(一代代的亞洲男女都是透過這樣商業般的媒妁婚姻而結婚。)

25、

(A)since 自從/因為。

(B)during 在...期間。

(C)by way of 經由，透過。

(D)in that 既然。

* matrimony 婚姻生活

* business-like 像商業一般