Question

The wedding 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 peculiar “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(測謊儀) test and the station also spoke to their friends and family about their personalities.The competition judges included an astrologer (占星家)who eclared 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 throughout 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 person put it,“We have enough problems getting young people to take marriage seriously without this.Marriage should always be about love.”

The couple 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 bride's father felt uncomfortable about the wedding.

C.The bridegroom's parents were quite delighted.

D.The bridegroom's parents were not that joyful.

2.Some experts believe that  _______ .

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

B.young people nowadays are too careless about marriage

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

D.most young people take marriage seriously except this couple

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----4    DBBA      

解析:

1.這是一道細節(jié)題。第三段最后一句話“Miss Germaine's mother looked anxious…and Mr Cordell's parents…be less than delighted.”說明新娘的母親不是A選項中的“shared their joy”；B選項中新娘的父親的感受并沒被提及；而C選項正和文中新郎父母的反應相反。答案為D。 

2.這是一道細節(jié)題。短文倒數(shù)第二段最后兩句說明，現(xiàn)在的年輕人對婚姻的態(tài)度很草率。A選項文中并沒提及，而且事前沒見面的婚姻也不一定以離婚而結束。D選項太過絕對，而且第二段專家的觀點是針對目前普遍存在的現(xiàn)象，這對夫妻只是一個例子而已。答案為B。 

3.這是一道細節(jié)題。最后一段第二句話告訴我們，他們的獎品還包括免費使用一套公寓和一輛汽車一年。答案為B。

4.這是一道題目選擇題。這篇新聞報道報道了一對新婚夫婦在結婚前沒有見過面，完全是陌生人(strangers)，并報道了婚姻專家們對此作出的看法。所以，題目應是Two Strangers and a Wedding。答案為A。