The wedding(婚禮) took place in a Birmingham hotel. The bride and her father arrived in a new black American sports car. Her father looked nervous and uncomfortable in front of the cameras. The bride wore a silk wedding dress. She smiled nervously at the waiting photographers and went to a room on the first floor where she met her future husband for the very first time.

Carla Germaine and Greg Cordell were the winners of a radio station’s competition. The aim of the competition was to find two strangers prepared to marry without having met each other. Miss Germaine, 23, is a model. Mr. Cordell, 27, is a TV salesman. They were among the two hundred people who entered for a particular “experiment” organized by BMRB radio in Birmingham, England. Greg and Carla were among eight finalists who were interviewed live on radio. They took a lie detector (測(cè)謊儀)test and the station also spoke to their friends and family about their personalities. The competition judges included an astrologer(占卜家)who declared that they were suited.

The couple celebrated their wedding with a wedding breakfast and a party for 100 guests in the evening, but not everyone shared their joy. Miss Germaine’s mother looked anxious through-out the wedding and Mr. Cordell’s parents are reported to be less than delighted.

Organizations, including the marriage guidance service Relate, have criticized the marriage. As one expert put it, “we have enough problems getting young people to take marriage seriously. Marriage should always be about love.”

The couples are now on a Caribbean honeymoon followed by journalists. Their other prizes include a year’s free use of a wonderful apartment in the centre of Birmingham, and a car. But will it last?

1.How did the couple’s parents react to the wedding?

A. The bride’s mother shared their joy.

B. The bridegroom’s parents were quite delighted

C. The bridegroom’s parents were not that joyful.

D. The bride’s father felt uncomfortable about the wedding.

2.Some experts believe that ________.

A. marriage without the couple’s meeting each other first ends up in divorce.

B. most young people take marriage seriously except this couple.

C. young people nowadays are too careless about marriage.

D. taking a lie detector test can not solve all the marriage problems.

3.One of the prizes for the couple is ________.

A. to spend their honeymoon wherever they like.

B. to use an apartment free for some time.

C. to have a wedding dress free.

D. to own an American sports car.

4.Which of the following is the best title of the passage?

A. Two Strangers and a Wedding. B. A Wedding Based on love.

C. A Short--lived Marriage. D. A Well--Matched Couple.

1.C

2.C

3.B

4.A

【解析】

試題分析:這篇短文講的是一對(duì)通過(guò)電臺(tái)節(jié)目選拔出來(lái)的陌生人結(jié)為夫妻的故事。揭示現(xiàn)在大多數(shù)的年輕人都不把婚姻當(dāng)回事,對(duì)待婚姻不嚴(yán)肅的社會(huì)現(xiàn)象。

1. Germaine’s mother looked anxious through-out the wedding and Mr. Cordell’s parents are reported to be less than delighted.”可知,雙方的父母都對(duì)這樁婚姻表現(xiàn)的不是那么高興。故選C。

2. one expert put it, ‘we have enough problems getting young people to take marriage seriously. ’”可知,專家認(rèn)為現(xiàn)在的年輕人在嚴(yán)肅的對(duì)待婚姻上有很大的問(wèn)題。故選C。

3. other prizes include a year’s free use of a wonderful apartment in the centre of Birmingham, and a car.”可知,這對(duì)夫婦的禮物是擁有在伯明翰的市中心一個(gè)超級(jí)棒的公寓一年的免費(fèi)使用權(quán),和一輛車。但沒(méi)有指定是 American sports car。故選B。

4.

考點(diǎn):考查社會(huì)現(xiàn)象類閱讀。

練習(xí)冊(cè)系列答案
相關(guān)習(xí)題

科目:高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源:2014-2015學(xué)年湖南益陽(yáng)第六中學(xué)高一上期中英語(yǔ)試卷(解析版) 題型:單項(xiàng)填空

---May I take this book out ? --- No, you _____ .

A. can’t B. may not

C. needn’t D. aren’t

查看答案和解析>>

科目:高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源:2014-2015學(xué)年黑龍江哈爾濱第三十二中學(xué)高一上期末英語(yǔ)試卷(解析版) 題型:書面表達(dá)

以Smoking Is Harmful為題,寫一篇60-80詞的短文,分析現(xiàn)狀、原因,列舉吸煙的害處,勸告人不要吸煙,要戒煙等。 參考詞匯:對(duì)……有害處do harm to/be harmful to戒煙stop smoking/give up smoking

Smoking Is Harmful

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

查看答案和解析>>

科目:高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源:2014-2015學(xué)年黑龍江哈爾濱第三十二中學(xué)高一上期末英語(yǔ)試卷(解析版) 題型:單項(xiàng)填空

The concert last week was ____ that his concert is expected to run for the next two years.

A. such success B. such a success

C. so a success D. such successful

查看答案和解析>>

科目:高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源:2014-2015學(xué)年河南周口中英文學(xué)校高二上第三次12月月考英語(yǔ)試卷(解析版) 題型:其他題

People have known the1. (important) of keeping healthy and good life habit. Everyone

2. ( want) to keep in good health. to keep healthy, we should have a balanced diet.

What should we do to keep healthy? I think 3.is important to have a good habit. We shouldn’t spit(吐痰) in public places or throw litter(垃圾)about. We must make it 4. rule to wash our hands before meals or 5.toilets(廁所). It is important to go to bed early and get up early. It will keep us 6.(activity) during the day.( Do) 7. morning exercises every day is also good 8. our health. We should keep the windows open when we are sleeping. We should have more water, fruit 9. vegetables. Above all, we should keep our hearts in a good state . do you agree with me?

The better we get into good eating habits, the 10.( happy) our life will be.

查看答案和解析>>

科目:高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源:2014-2015學(xué)年河北成安縣第一中學(xué)高一12月月考英語(yǔ)試卷(解析版) 題型:完形填空

閱讀下面短文,從短文后各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)(A、B、C和D)中,選出可以填人空白處的最佳選項(xiàng),并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。

I take the train to work every morning from a train station near my house. I can get to the station quite because there is a short cut(捷徑)to the station. But in the summer, it can get quite smelly because of all the . So I always try to through it. Today I was trying to do so as usual something made me stop for a moment. I saw the most beautiful by an old woman walking in front of me with the help of a white .

She was short and and had white hair. She was walking as each step took some effort. I hadn’t specially noticed her ,until she stopped near a rubbish bin.

She slowly placed her walking stick the rubbish bin. Then she leaned(斜倚著)on it with her right hand. She bent down and 51 the rubbish. She clearly found it and it took her a while. She some rubbish with her left hand and slowly straightened(伸直) herself up again. All the while she used the rubbish bin to herself. She threw the rubbish inside the bin and then walking. It all took her great effort(努力).

There’s so much rubbish and no one ever does about it. I was moved to this old woman make such a great effort to keep even a small part of it ! I haven’t been able to thinking about that all day.

I want to follow her example. I’ve decided to pick up rubbish off the if I meet from now on. I hope people will do the same as I do.

1.A. hard B. early C. easily D. late

2.A. rubbish B. boxes C. bottles D. paper

3.A. walk B. pass C. go D. rush

4.A. so B. until C. when D. because

5.A. back B. act C. mark D. color

6.A. bike B. stick C. dog D. umbrella

7.A. weak B. rich C. clever D. sad

8.A. quickly B. happily C. angrily D. slowly

9.A. at midnight B. at noon C. at last D. at first

10.A. in B. around C. against D. under

11.A. searched for B. threw away C. reached for D. looked at

12.A. unable B. difficult C. different D. impossible

13.A. picked up B. dropped down C. put in D. lifted up

14.A. warm B. help C. support D. hide

15.A. continued B. started C. enjoyed D. remembered

16.A. something B. anything C. everything D. nothing

17.A. feel B. see C. have D. let

18.A. busy B. beautiful C. dirty D. clean

19.A. keep B. stop C. mind D. regret

20.A. Wall B. Desk C. ground D. classroom

查看答案和解析>>

科目:高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源:2014-2015學(xué)年廣東湛江兩校聯(lián)考高一上期中英語(yǔ)試卷(解析版) 題型:其他題

填上句子中所缺的關(guān)系詞(共 5小題,每小題2分,滿分10分)

1.When I arrived, Bryan took me to see the house_______ I would be staying.

2.I shall never forget those years _______ I lived in the country with the farmers.

3.No matter what has happened to you, you are always valuable to those people____ love you.

4.The museum ________ we visited during a recent trip to Britain is one of London’s tourist attractions.

5.We shouldn’t spent our money testing so many people, most of _____are healthy

查看答案和解析>>

科目:高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源:2014-2015學(xué)年廣東汕頭金山中學(xué)高二上第二次月考英語(yǔ)試卷(解析版) 題型:閱讀理解

Researchers at the University of Bedforshire have developed a new technique for powering electronic device(裝置). The system, developed by Professor Ben Allen at the Centre for Wireless Research, uses radio waves as power.

Believed to be a world first, the team claims it could eventually get rid of the need for conventional batteries. The university has now applied for a patent(專利) application to secure the only rights to the technique.

Professor Allen and his team have created a system to use medium wave frequencies to replace batteries in small everyday devices like clocks and remote controls.

The new technique uses the “waste” energy of radio waves and has been developed as part of the university’s research into “power harvesting”. Professor Allen said that as radio waves have energy---like light waves, sound waves or wind waves---in theory, these waves could be used to create power.

“The new area of power harvesting technology promises to reduce our reliance on conventional batteries,” he said. “It’s really exciting way of taking power from sources other than what we would normally think of.”

The team is now waiting for the results of the patent application to secure recognition of the technique. Professor Allen said that the team’s achievements had all been done in their “spare time”. “Our next stage is to try and raise some real funds so that we can take this work forward and make a working pattern and maybe partner up with the right people and take this to a full product in due course,” he said.

“Power harvesting has a really important part in our future, because, just in this country, we leave somewhere between 20,000 and 30,000 tons of batteries in landfill(垃圾填埋)sites every single year-that is poisonous chemicals going into the ground.”

He added that development of the product could also be “commercially(商業(yè)) beneficial”. “The market for this is several billion pounds. We’ve seen market predictions for 2020 which have these kinds of figures, so there’s a lot of commercial potential in this area,” he said.

Pro-Vice Chancellor at the University of Bedfordshire, Professor Carsten Maple said, “This type of work is a reflection of the university’s growing reputation and experience in carrying out creating research.”

1.From the text we know the new technique for powering electronic devices_____.

A. can be applied to all electronic devices.

B. uses radio waves to create power.

C. has replaced conventional batteries.

D. produces many poisonous chemicals.

2.According to Professor Allen, power harvesting technology______.

A. makes every use of radio waves.

B. takes power from usual sources.

C. reduces our dependency on conventional batteries.

D. aims at huge commercial benefits.

3.What can we learn about Professor Allen and his team from the text?

A. They have made use of radio waves in their daily life.

B. They have raised a big fund to support their research.

C. They have gained a patent for their new technology.

D. They mainly did their research in their spare time.

4.What is Professor Carsten Maple’s attitude toward the new technique?

A. Critical. B. Favorable.

C. Disapproving. D. Negative.

5.What is the text mainly about?

A. A new technique to create power.

B. A big problem concerning conventional batteries.

C. Some special sources of power.

D. The development of power harvesting.

查看答案和解析>>

科目:高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源:2014-2015學(xué)年福建泉州第一中學(xué)高一上期中英語(yǔ)試卷(解析版) 題型:單項(xiàng)填空

My money _________. I must go to the bank to draw some of my savings out before I have none in hand.

A. has run out B. is running out

C has been run out D is being run out

查看答案和解析>>

同步練習(xí)冊(cè)答案