Weddings in the United States vary as much as the people do. There are church weddings with a great deal of fanfare(仪式上的短曲); there are weddings on mountain tops with guests barefooted; there have been weddings on the ocean floor with oxygen tanks for the guests. But many weddings, no matter where or how they are performed, include certain traditional customs.
Before a couple is married, they become engaged. And then invitations are sent to those who live nearby, their close friends and their relatives who live far away. When everything is ready, then comes the most exciting moment.
The wedding itself usually lasts between 30 and 40 minutes. The wedding party enters the church while the wedding march is played. The bride carrying a bouquet enters last with her father who will “give her away”. The groom enters the church from a side door. When the wedding party is gathered by the altar, the bride and groom exchange vows(誓言). It is traditional to use the words “to have and to hold from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death do us part.” Following the vows, the couple exchange rings. Wearing the wedding rings on the fourth finger of the left hand is an old custom.
After the ceremony, there is often a party, called a “reception” which gives the wedding guests an opportunity to congratulate the new couple.
The car in which the couple leaves the church is decorated with balloons. The words “Just Married” are painted on the trunk or back window. And then the couple go in their honeymoon.
1.The underlined word “party” in Paragraph 3 probably means______.
A. a group of people
B. a legal agreement
C. a political organization
D. a social event
2. According to the passage, the bride enters the church______.
A. carrying a bunch of flower
B. with the groom
C. with the bridesmaid
D. from a side door.
3.Which of the following statement is NOT true?
A. In the United States, there are different weddings.
B. Americans seldom send invitations to others when get married.
C. At the reception, guests usually give their wishes to the new couple.
D. Americans usually wear rings on the fourth finger of the left hand.
4. What will the author most probably talk about next?
A. The food served in the wedding party.
B. The possible places where the new couple spend their honeymoon.
C. How to congratulate the new couple.
D. The estimated cost of a wedding ceremony.
Good manners are important, but you can easily make a social blunder when you visit a foreign country, because sometimes good manners in one place are bad manners in other places.
Suppose you visit some friends in Mongolia and they ask you to eat with them. What kind of manners do they want you to have? They want you to give a loud “burp” after you finish eating. Burping shows that you like your food. But in some other countries, if you give a loud “burp”, you are supposed to say, “Excuse me, please.”
In many places people like to eat together. But in some parts of Polynesia it is bad manners to be seen eating together. People show their good manners by turning their backs on others while they eat.
What are manners like in an East African town? The people try not to see you. When you are visiting a friend, he may not see you at all. If you are polite, you will sit down beside him. You will wait until he finishes what he is doing. Then he will talk to you.
If you visit a friend in Arabia you should walk behind other tents until you come to his tent. If you pass in front of other tents, you will be asked into each one. The people will ask you to eat with them. And it is bad manners if you say no.
Manners are different all over the world. But it is good to know that all manners help people show that they want to be friends.
1. People turn their backs to others while they eat in some places in______.
A. Mongolia
B. an East African town
C. Polynesia
D. Arabia
2. In an East African town, people try not to see you. This is because______.
A. they are not your friends
B. they don’t want to talk with you
C. it is good manners
D. they are waiting for you to talk with them
3.Which is true according to the passage?
A. People show they are friendly in different manners.
B. Good manners are the same in different countries.
C. In the East African town the people who try not to see you are not polite at all.
D. In Arabia it is polite to say no when people invite you to eat with them.
假定你是李华，你的美国朋友Tom一周前给你发了电子邮件，询问你暑假里的打算，但你因准备期末考试未能及时回复。请根据以下要点给他回邮件。
1 未及时回信的原因。
2 你假期的打算（如做兼职 旅游 做志愿者等）。
注意：1.词数120左右。
2.可适当增加细节，使行文连贯。
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加；删除或修改。 第二节 短文改错 （共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线（—），并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
June 12, Sunday
Today is Sunday. I didn’t get up early as usually. In the morning after I finished my homework, I do some washing. Then I telephoned one of my classmate and invited him to see a film.
And unfortunately, when we got to the cinema at 3:00 pm we found all the tickets had sold out. Then we went to our school and played the football. Later, we were about to go home while we saw our English teacher came through the school gate. He told us we had made many progress in English this term. He also suggested that we read more and wrote more. We promised him that we would follow his advice.
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阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
It is unnecessary for the journalists to take a camera __1.___ they have ___2._____( 专业的) photographers with them .The journalists should be curious and they must have a good “nose” for a story and use research to inform themselves __3.____the missing parts of the story. They know __4.___ to acquire the information they need ,and they will not be rude while ___5.__(采访).They will listen to the interviewee____6.__(careful) rather than talk too much themselves .They have to listen for ___7.__(detail) facts and prepare the next question depending on __8.__ the person says. ___9.____ the interviewee agrees, they can use a recorder to get the facts straight so as to support ___10._ stories .
Once upon a time, there was a large mountainside, where an eagle’s nest rested. The eagle’s contained four large eagle eggs. One day an earthquake rocked the mountain, one of the eggs to roll down the mountain a chicken farm, which was in the valley below. The chickens knew that they must and care for the eagle’s egg, so an old hen to hatch (孵) and raise the large egg.
One day, the egg hatched and a beautiful was born. Sadly, however, the eagle was raised to be a(n) . Soon, the eagle believed he was more than a chicken. The eagle his home and family, but his spirit cried out for more. While playing a game on the farm one day, the eagle looked at the skies above and a group of eagles soaring in the skies. “Oh,” the eagle cried, “I wish I could soar those birds.” The chickens shouted with laughter, “You cannot soar like those birds. You are a chicken and chickens do not .”
The eagle staring at his real family up above , that he could be with them high in the sky. Each time the eagle wanted to let his be known, he was told it couldn’t be done. That is the eagle learned to believe. Slowly, the eagle his dreaming and continued to live his life like a chicken. , after a long life as a chicken, the eagle .
You will become what you believe you are; so if you ever dream of becoming an eagle, your dreams, not the words of a chicken.
1.A. homeB. nestC. familyD. hotel
2.A. guidingB. blowing C. invitingD. causing
3. A. onB. overC. toD. past
4.A. protectB. punishC. introduceD. share
5. A. offeredB. regrettedC. triedD. turned
6.A. eggB. henC. eagle D. chicken
7.A. chickenB. eagleC. hero D. fool
8.A. somethingB. nothingC. anythingD. everything
9.A. lovedB. hatedC. dislikedD. appreciated
10.A. heardB. recognizedC. respectedD. noticed
11.A. likeB. overC. forD. against
12.A.dance B. soarC. singD. swim
13.A.approachedB. avoidedC. continuedD. considered
14.A. promising B. provingC. dreamingD. believing
15.A. suggestionB. advantageC. discoveryD. dream
16.A. whyB. whatC. howD. when
17.A. wentB. enjoyedC. stoppedD. began
18.A. Happily B. FinallyC. Quickly D. Probably
19.A. gave up B. broke downC. died outD. passed away
20.A. stick B. haveC. followD. remember
