题目内容
根据句子的上下文语境，给下划线的单词或词组选择恰当的英文解释。
1.To commemorate the baby’s birth they put her name on the bell.
2.What happens at births, weddings, and funerals in your country?
3.Over five hundred mourners came to his funeral.
4.The President of the Republic placed a wreath on the tomb.
5.Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone, prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone, silence the pianos and with muffled drum, bring out the coffin, let the mourners come.
A. cannot be heard clearly
B. to do something to show that you remember and respect someone important or an important event in the past
C. something gradually decreases
D. to make a long low sound expressing pain or unhappiness.
E. a circle made from leaves or flowers that you put on a grave
F. a religious ceremony for burying or burning a dead person
G. someone who attends a funeral, especially a relative of the dead person
1.B
2.F
3.G
4.E
5.A
【解析】
试题解析:
1.B根据句子意思。为了纪念孩子的出生。
2.F根据句子意思。在你们国家孩子出生，结婚，葬礼上有什么事情发生？
3.G根据句子意思。超过五百个哀悼者参加了他的葬礼。
4.E根据句子意思。共和国总统在墓地放花环。
5.A根据句子意思。停止所有的时钟，切断电话，给狗一块骨头让他停止叫，钢琴无声，低沉的鼓声，抬出灵柩，让哀悼者前来。
考点：考查单词匹配。
