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(傳統(tǒng)). 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(已訂婚的) 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(chǎn) 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．a(chǎn)ccording 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．a(chǎn)rea                    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．a(chǎn)ccompanied        C．a(chǎn)ccomplished       D．matched

48．A．much more          B．the more             C．a(chǎn)ny more             D．more

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

50．A．or                       B．a(chǎn)nd                     C．nor                     D．then

51．A．in                       B．on                      C．a(chǎn)t                       D．a(chǎn)gainst

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．a(chǎn)t

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

 

【答案】

BCBBB  ACBDA  CBBBC  BAABB

【解析】36，上文講到其他地方的做法，和丹麥的形成對比，這里需要一個(gè)表示轉(zhuǎn)折的詞，however需要有逗號與主句隔開，而but不必要，所以選擇but。

37，it is considered lucky for a young man to …，其真實(shí)結(jié)構(gòu)應(yīng)該是the young man is lucky to …，這里需要一個(gè)形容詞。

38，從搭配上講，只有present可以與with搭配，表示“把…獻(xiàn)給某人”的意思。丹麥人把棒槌獻(xiàn)給自己的未婚妻。

39，很顯然，棒槌是用來錘衣服的。除了blow用來表示“毆打、打擊”不合適外，strike表示“打擊、攻擊”，hit表示“打擊、碰撞”，而beat可以表示“敲打”的意思，我們農(nóng)村用棒槌就是來敲打、捶打衣服的，所以用beat。

40，棒槌是用來捶打被洗的衣物的，這里需要一個(gè)過去分詞表示被動。

41，從上下文來看，棒槌，根據(jù)傳統(tǒng)，意味著好運(yùn)和幸福�！案鶕�(jù)”，應(yīng)該用according to。

42，上文說，丹麥農(nóng)村的婚禮是一個(gè)與相鄰村莊村民有關(guān)的事件，所以用concerned，表示“與…相關(guān)”。

43，同上文，相鄰的地區(qū)，the surrounding district。

44，從but以及后面的“公開表示幸福會激起邪惡神靈的憤怒和妒忌”來看，婚禮籌備了很長時(shí)間，理應(yīng)公開，但是沒有公開，所以用secretly。

45，同上文，這是一個(gè)虛擬的情況，所以用would，表示可能會帶來的后果。

46，在具體的某一天的早上中午晚上要用介詞on。

47，“每件禮物伴隨著美好祝愿”，accompany表示“伴隨著”。

48，從后面的the more可看出答案，禮物越得體，表達(dá)的美好祝愿就越精心，考察的是the more, the more的結(jié)構(gòu)。

49，替代詞，從下文的who可以看出，指的是“那些人”，所以用those。

50，前面有neither，這里的nor和它一起構(gòu)成搭配。

51，on guard的意思是“提防、保護(hù)”，把最好的禮物放在床邊，來保護(hù)新人不受傷害。

52，在婚禮的結(jié)束時(shí)刻，at the conclusion of the ceremony，相當(dāng)于at the end of the ceremony。

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

54、55，這里表達(dá)的意思是“到了結(jié)婚年齡的女孩把碎片揀起來，揀到最大的最先結(jié)婚”�！鞍褨|西揀起來”用pick up，而后面的fragment是根據(jù)上文得到的答案。

 

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