Question

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.

Answer 1

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。