题目内容
Crying marriage? Surprising, isn’t it? 91 (actual), the custom of crying marriage existed a long time ago in many areas of Southwest China’s Sichuan Province, and 92 (remain) in fashion 93 the end of the Qing Dynasty. Though not so popular as before, the custom is still observed by people in many places, especially Tujia people, who view it as a 94 (necessary) to marriage procedure.
It is very much 95 same in different places of the province. According to elderly people, every bride had to cry at the wedding, 96 the bride’s neighbors would look down upon 97 as a poorly cultivated girl and she would become the laughingstock of the village. In fact, there were cases 98 which the bride was beaten by her mother for not crying at the wedding ceremony.
In a word, crying at wedding is a means by custom to set off the 99 (happy) of the wedding through falsely sorrowful words. However, in the 100 (arrange) marriages of the old days of China, there were indeed quite a lot of brides who cried over their unsatisfactory marriage and even their miserable life.
91. Actually 92. remained 93. until/till 94. necessity 95. the
96. otherwise/or 97 . her 98. in 99. happiness 100. arranged
My husband and I insisted that our children were old enough to clean their rooms and make their beds. But they thought 1 . My complaints, even self-justified（自有道理） 2 , were always landing on 3 ears. Very often a whole hour’s scolding would end with their 4 into tears. I felt very frustrated. I realized I needed to 5 my method of “mothering”.
One day when they were at school, I spent some time tidying their rooms. On their desks, in plain 6 , I left the cards: “Dear Bill(the other card was 7 to Sarah), your room was messy this morning and I’m sure you like it clean. Love, the Room Fairy.” 8 arriving back, the children were 9 excited to receive the little note from the Room Fairy. The next day, their rooms were fairly tidy. Sure enough, there was another note from the Room Fairy 10 for them, thanking them for their nice “gift” of a clean room and 11 asking them to play a certain violin 12 . Each day, thank-you notes would be written differently to keep the ideas 13 ．
Sometimes the Room Fairy would propose a little 14 : “If you can finish your homework and go over your lessons before dinner, I’d like to watch a particular television program with you tonight.” Sometimes some colored markers or other little items would be left in 15 of well-done jobs the day 16 .
17 I can’t remember how long “the Room Fairy” continued leaving her love notes. When they were age appropriate, we used various versions of Post-Its （贴条）. The bathroom mirror became the 18 centre of our home. Appointments, notices about visiting relatives, lesson schedules, and changes in plans could be 19 .
We all benefited from and 20 the idea of sharing reminders and daily details of life through notes. I believe the true advantage of the Room Fairy notes survives in our frequent and enjoyable communication．
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