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.
12（）
A.incredibly
B.increasingly
C.absolutely
D.dramatically
参考答案：B
解析：
[解题思路] 副词作修饰成分。incredibly意为“难以置信地”；increasingly意为“日益，愈加”；absolutely意为“绝对地”；dramatically意为“戏剧地，引人注目地”。副词作修饰成分，划去空格后句子的意思是通顺的，所以要填人肯定含义的词汇。结合句子含义分析，句子的意思是“使得离婚被______地接受”，只有[B]选项语义通顺，意思是：使得离婚越来越被人们接受。这个修饰关系可以作为固定短语来背，即：sth is increasingly acceptable。