Question

What is the most important day of your life? For many people the answer is your Wedding Day—the day when you marry another person and promise to live together as husband and wife for the rest of your lives.

Wedding celebrations differ from country to country—in China the bride wears red while in India the wedding continues for three days. However, in Britain the bride wears white and wedding usually only lasts for one day.

In the UK it is possible to get married in a religious or civil ceremony. A religious ceremony takes place in a church. A civil ceremony, on the other hand, can be held in an office, in a hotel, or even on a boat.

On the day of the wedding the bride and groom are kept separate until the ceremony. It is said to be bad luck if the groom sees the bride in her dress before the wedding. The bride arrives at the ceremony accompanied by her father and bridesmaids. They officially give her away to her new husband. During the ceremony the happy couple exchange vows and give each other wedding rings which they will wear forever. At the end of the ceremony they kiss.

Afterwards they go outside where friends and family throw rice or color papers over them and then they go on to the reception where there is a lot of food and drink. After the meal the father of the bride and the best man make speeches. Then the bride and groom take the first dance. It is a lot of fun. Finally, at the end of the party the newly-weds leave to go on honeymoon, usually to a very romantic destination.

1.What function is the first two paragraphs?

A. To tell us that we have most important day in our life.

B. To tell us Wedding day is the day when you marry another person and promise to live together.

C. To tell us that people hold wedding.

D. To attract reader's attention to the topic weddings in Britain.

2.What does the underlined word ‘newly-weds' (Para 5) mean?

A. The bridegroom.    B. The bride.

C. The newly-married couple.    D. The best man.

3.What can we infer from the passage?

A. People all over the world pay a great deal attention to Wedding Day.

B. In Britain the bride wears white.

C. Wedding celebrations differ from country to country.

D. In India the wedding can continue for three days.

4.Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. People in Britain usually get married in a religious or civil ceremony.

B. On the wedding day, the bridegroom can't see the bride in a dress.

C. The bride's father will give her away to the bridegroom.

D. The bride and bridegroom will take the first dance.

Answer

1. D

2. C

3. A

4. B

【解析】

本文是一篇说明文，全世界人都十分重视婚礼，把结婚日当成一生中最重要的日子。世界各地婚礼的习俗也各不相同，文章主要介绍了英国婚礼的有关情况。

1.推理判断题。文章前两段告诉我们世界各地的婚礼各不相同，差异很大。在第二段最后一句“However, in Britain the bride wears white and wedding usually only lasts for one day.”提出英国婚礼上新娘穿白色婚纱婚礼持续一天。引出下文对英国婚礼的描述。故D项正确。

2.猜测词义题。根据本句“Finally, at the end of the party the newly-weds leave to go on honeymoon, usually to a very romantic destination.” 的“go on honeymoon”可知他们一起去浪漫的地方度蜜月了，可知该词意为“新婚夫妇”，故C项正确。

3.推理判断题。根据文章第二句“For many people the answer is your Wedding Day—the day when you marry another person and promise to live together as husband and wife for the rest of your lives.”可知对于世界上很多人来说结婚日是医生中最重要的一天，人们特别注意这一天。故A项正确。

4.细节理解题。根据第四段第二句“It is said to be bad luck if the groom sees the bride in her dress before the wedding.”可知在婚礼之前新郎最好不要看见穿着婚纱的新娘。但是并没有说结婚当天不能看见新娘，故B项说法错误。所以选择B项。