For most Americans, their 18th birthday     the end of one part of their life and beginning of another.

A. predicts    B. tells         C. marks           D. signs

C考查動詞詞義辨析。句意：對大多數(shù)美國人來說，他們的18歲生日標(biāo)志著一部分生活的結(jié)束和另一部分生活的開始。此處mark意為：標(biāo)志。

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