Divorce is the act by which a valid marriage is dissolved, usually freeing the parties to remarry. In regions in (1) ancient (2) authority still predominates, divorce may be (3) and rare, especially when, as among Roman Catholics and Hindus, the religious (4) views marriage (5) indissoluble. Custom, (6) , may make divorce a simple matter in (7) societies. (8) some Pueblo Indian tribes a woman could divorce her husband (9) leaving his moccasins on the doorstep. The (10) of individual determination and mutual (11) are making divorce (12) acceptable in the (13) parts of the world.
Among premodern societies, the rate of marital stability is difficult to (14) (15) the varying definitions of (16) and divorce. It seems to be broadly true (17) wherever divorce is a legal impossibility the wedding is a well-defined event conducted with (18) formality. The (19) principle does not hold true: elaborate marriage ceremonial is quite compatible with high divorce rates. Many anthropologists agree that divorce is generally more permissible in matrilineal societies (20) in patrilineal ones, in which the procreative and sexual rights of the bride are often symbolically transferred to the husband with the payment of bride-price.
19（）
A.first
B.contrary
C.reverse
D.different
参考答案：C
解析：
[解题思路] 形容词辨析。first意为“第一的”；contrary意为“相反的”；reverse意为“颠倒的”；different意为“不同的”。这道题考查形容词辨析，语义最为接近的就是[B]和[C]两个选项。这里需要一个固定用法的知识：如果表示“语义相反”，通常使用contrary。但如果表示“反之”，则使用reverse，常用the reverse is true表示“反之亦然”。本题中表示的是“反之则不成立”。