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Birmingham----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(测谎仪) test and the station also spoke to their friends and family about their personalities. The competition judges included an astrologer(占星家) 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 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?

65. 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.

66. 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

67. This article is particularly written for _________.

A. advertisement B. news report

C. book review D. magazine

68．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-Marriage Couple

DBBA

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She held this position until 2005,when 　55　 Secretary of State.

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Would you eat a ready meal from the fridge rather than cook? Have you been doing internet shopping rather than going to the stores? What can’t you be bothered to do?

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A. 10 B. 150 C. 330 D. 660

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A. Scotland B. Glasgow C. Birmingham D. Nuffield

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B. British people are getting lazier, which can cause serious social problems.

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D. A study into how lazy British people are has been carried out at Nuffield Health.

Would you eat a ready meal from the fridge rather than cook from scratch (从头开始 )? Have you been doing internet shopping rather than going to the stores? What can't you be bothered to do?
A study into how lazy British people are has found more than half of adults are so idle they'd catch the lift rather than climb two flights of stairs.
Just over 2000 people were quizzed by independent researchers at Nuffield Health, Britain's largest health charity. The results were surprising.
About one in six people surveyed said if their remote control was broken, they would continue watching the same channel rather than get up.
More than one third of those questioned said they would not run to catch a bus. Worryingly, of the 654 respondents (回答者) with children, 64% said they were often too tired to play with them.
This led the report to conclude that it's no wonder that one in six children in the UK are classified as obese (肥胖) before they start school.
Dr Sarah Dauncey, medical director of Nuffield Health, said: "People need to get fitter, not just for their own sake, but for the sake of their families, friends and obviously their pets too.
"If we don't start to take control of this problem, a whole generation will become too unfit to perform even the most basic of tasks."
And Scotland's largest city, Glasgow, was shamed as the laziest city in the UK, with 75% surveyed admitting they do not get enough exercise, followed closely by Birmingham and Southampton, both with 67%.
The results pose (对... 提出) serious challenges for the National Health Service, where obesity-related illnesses such as heart disease and cancer have been on a steady increase for the past 40 years and are costing billions of pounds every year.
【小题1】For the interest of country people should .

A．continue watching the same channel rather than get up to get the remote control

B．carry out even the most basic of tasks

C．get enough exercise to get fitter

D．admit they do not get enough exercise

【小题2】Which of the following statements agrees with British people?

A．They are fond of climbing the stairs.

B．They are willing to accompany their children.

C．They like sports and get enough exercise.

D．They are suffering from obesity-related illnesses.

【小题3】What does the word "idle" in paragraph 2 mostly probably mean?

【小题4】Which country is the writer most likely to come from?

【小题5】 What's the main idea of the passage?

A．UK is taking measures to get over laziness.

B．How lazy British people are.

C．British people are suffering from laziness.

D．Challenges for the National Health Service.

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【小题1】
The underline part “its idea” in Paragraph 3 refers to the idea of____

A．the equipment	B． the project
C．the digital media	D． the physical library

【小题2】
While visiting the Virtual LoB, the public can_____

A．get a general idea of the LoB

B．meet many world-famous experts

C．learn how to put up a library building

D．understand how the specialists work on the project

【小题3】
Which of the following is true of the LoB when it opens?

a. It offers better learning tools
b. It reaches users in different ways
c. It provides users with smart phone
d. It allows users to enrich its material
e. It gives non-stop physical and digital services

【小题4】
This text is most probably taken from .

A．a put book	B．a library guide
C．a handbook	D．a newspaper report

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Soon, groups of students firstly from Edinburgh University, and later from the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, Durham and Birmingham were making the journey to the Scottish capital each summer to perform theatre by little-known writers of plays in small church halls to the people of Edinburgh.

Today the “Fringe”, once less recognized, has far outgrown the festival with around 1,500 performances of theatre, music and dance on every one of the 21 days it lasts. And yet as early as 1959, with only 19 theatre groups performing, some said it was getting too big.

A paid administrator was first employed only in 1971, and today there are eight administrators working all year round and the number rises to 150 during August itself. In 2004 there were 200 places housing 1,695 shows by over 600 different groups from 50 different countries. More than 1.25 million tickets were sold.

1.What was the purpose of Edinburgh Festival at the beginning?

A. To bring Europe together again.

B. To honor heroes of World War 11.

C. To introduce young theatre groups.

D. To attract great artists from Europe.

2.Why did some uninvited theatre groups come to Edinburgh in 1947?

A. They owned a public house there.

B. They came to take up a challenge.

C. They thought they were also famous.

D. They wanted to take part in the festival.

3.Who joined the "Fringe" after it appeared?

A. they owned a public house there

B. University students.

C. Artists from around the world.

D. Performers of music and dance.

4.We may learn from the text that Edinburgh Festival __________.

A. has become a non-official event

B. has gone beyond an art festival

C. gives shows all year round

D. keeps growing rapidly

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