Question

Engagement, wedding, and birth of a baby are the three steps of a new family. The Danes’ special ways of doing these things inform their native culture.

People in other places of the world usually give their lovers a finger ring or a bundle of flowers as a gift of engagement.   36  in some areas of Denmark, it is still considered   37  

for a young man to   38  his fiancée with the wooden clappers once used to   39  clothes

  40  in a stream. These clappers were engraved with love-poems, and   41  tradition, they ensured good fortune and happiness.

And their country weddings also show a tint of local convention(传统). Until recently, a Danish country wedding was an event which   42  all who lived in the surrounding   43 . Everyone was tacitly(不言而喻地) invited to celebrate with the young couple. Preparations for the wedding lasted for many days but were made   44 , because to show happiness openly   45 

arouse the anger and jealousy of evil spirits.

46  the wedding morning the couple met in the courtyard of the bride’s house. The relatives and friend presented themselves to the couple, bowed and placed gifts at their feet. Every gift was   47  by good wishes recited in prose(散文) or in verse;   48  modest the gift the more elaborate(精致的) the wishes had to be.   49  who had neither the means to give   50 

the imagination to make a speech were, as a sign of their goodwill, placed   51  guard over the presents and, in the evening, over the couple’s bed.

  52  the conclusion of the ceremony a large jar of beer was taken to the courtyard. The hands of the betrothed(已订婚的) were joined over the jar and it was   53  into fragments(碎片). These pieces were picked   54  by the girls of marriageable age who were present, the girl with the largest   55  being destined to marry first.

36．A．However             B．But                     C．Therefore            D．So

37．A．a luck                 B．luck                    C．lucky                  D．lucks

38．A．send                   B．present                C．bring                  D．give

39．A．strike                  B．beat                    C．hit                      D．blow

40．A．to wash               B．washed                C．to be washed        D．washing

41．A．according to        B．with a view to      C．so far as              D．in addition to

42．A．stated                  B．related                C．concerned            D．considered

43．A．area                    B．district                C．zone                   D．region

44．A．publicly              B．silently                C．unknowingly       D．secretly

45．A．would                 B．should                 C．must                   D．may

46．A．At                     B．In                       C．On                      D．To

47．A．completed           B．accompanied        C．accomplished       D．matched

48．A．much more          B．the more             C．any more             D．more

49．A．These                  B．Those                  C．People                D．They

50．A．or                       B．and                     C．nor                     D．then

51．A．in                       B．on                      C．at                       D．against

52．A．At                      B．In                       C．To                      D．For

53．A．smashed(弄碎)    B．ruined                 C．crashed               D．cracked

54．A．out                     B．up                      C．on                      D．at

55．A．part                    B．fragment             C．section                D．block

Answer

BCBBB  ACBDA  CBBBC  BAABB

【解析】36，上文讲到其他地方的做法，和丹麦的形成对比，这里需要一个表示转折的词，however需要有逗号与主句隔开，而but不必要，所以选择but。

37，it is considered lucky for a young man to …，其真实结构应该是the young man is lucky to …，这里需要一个形容词。

38，从搭配上讲，只有present可以与with搭配，表示“把…献给某人”的意思。丹麦人把棒槌献给自己的未婚妻。

39，很显然，棒槌是用来锤衣服的。除了blow用来表示“殴打、打击”不合适外，strike表示“打击、攻击”，hit表示“打击、碰撞”，而beat可以表示“敲打”的意思，我们农村用棒槌就是来敲打、捶打衣服的，所以用beat。

40，棒槌是用来捶打被洗的衣物的，这里需要一个过去分词表示被动。

41，从上下文来看，棒槌，根据传统，意味着好运和幸福。“根据”，应该用according to。

42，上文说，丹麦农村的婚礼是一个与相邻村庄村民有关的事件，所以用concerned，表示“与…相关”。

43，同上文，相邻的地区，the surrounding district。

44，从but以及后面的“公开表示幸福会激起邪恶神灵的愤怒和妒忌”来看，婚礼筹备了很长时间，理应公开，但是没有公开，所以用secretly。

45，同上文，这是一个虚拟的情况，所以用would，表示可能会带来的后果。

46，在具体的某一天的早上中午晚上要用介词on。

47，“每件礼物伴随着美好祝愿”，accompany表示“伴随着”。

48，从后面的the more可看出答案，礼物越得体，表达的美好祝愿就越精心，考察的是the more, the more的结构。

49，替代词，从下文的who可以看出，指的是“那些人”，所以用those。

50，前面有neither，这里的nor和它一起构成搭配。

51，on guard的意思是“提防、保护”，把最好的礼物放在床边，来保护新人不受伤害。

52，在婚礼的结束时刻，at the conclusion of the ceremony，相当于at the end of the ceremony。

53，从后面的fragments来看，是把罐子打碎，所以用smash into pieces。

54、55，这里表达的意思是“到了结婚年龄的女孩把碎片拣起来，拣到最大的最先结婚”。“把东西拣起来”用pick up，而后面的fragment是根据上文得到的答案。