In Mr. Allen’s school class, all the students have to “get married”. However, the wedding __16_ sometimes become so noisy that the loud laughter drowns out the __17_ 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 __18_ 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 _19 _ 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 __20 point to a marriage. He even makes his students know the problems of _ 21___ 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 ___22__ couple often faces. ___23___ 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 ___24___ and have favored the course publicly. Their statements and letters supporting the class have asked the school to ___25____ the course again.
16. A. conferences | B. competitions | C. celebrations | D. ceremonies |
17. A. whisper | B. announcement | C. scream | D. voice |
18.A. possibility | B. responsibility | C. need | D. supply |
19.A. exposes | B. explains | C. extends | D. exhausts |
20.A. uniting | B. burning | C. breaking | D. freezing |
21.A. wedding | B. division | C. participation | D. divorce |
22.A. divorced | B. complained | C. fascinated | D. married |
23.A. If | B. After | C. Until | D. Because |
24.A. disagreeable | B. flexible | C. valuable | D. unbelievable |
25.A. afford | B. offer | C. establish | D. affect |