Instead of renting a restaurant for an expensive wedding banquet (盛宴) ,26-year-olds Wang Shaowei and Zhang Xin tied the knot (紧缩) at a cost of nine yuan (US $ 1. 40) spent on a mar?riage certificate.

The couple,who just recently 1        the work force,forwent nearly all the traditional pre?requisites (必备条件) of a Chinese wedding:owning an apartment and a car,buying wedding rings and 2       a pricy ceremony at a posh (豪华的) hotel.

"We had a big dinner in our twobedroom rented apartment to 3        the start of our mar?

ried life,and nothing 4,      "said Wang,who lives with his wife in Shijiazhuang,capital of Hebei Province.

In recent years,an increasing number of Chinese young people have chosen a " naked mar?riage" .

The term,coined (创造) in 2008 by Chinese bloggers,has drawn5      discussion since a popular TV series dubbed " Naked Marriage Era" brought the 6        into the public spotlight (注意) 7       a chord (共鸣) with young Chinese,especially those born in the 1980s.

The term refers to a.8       who get hitched ( = married) before acquiring a house and car and who spend little 9        their wedding ceremony. Some do so 10        in an effort to declare their 11       ,while others simply have no 12       .

"Naked marriage" marks a sharp 13        from China's established marriage 14       ,which encourage parents to help lay the 15        foundation for their children's marriage by helping them secure a house and car.

According to a poll 16        by the social investigation center of the China Youth Daily prior to this year's Chinese Valentine's Day,Qixi Festival that fell on Saturday,nearly 48 percent of 3,214 respondents said they supported the idea of " naked marriages", 17       about 23 percent 18       it.

The vote also showed that about 55 percent of the respondents viewed courage as essential when engaging in a "naked marriage" and 43 percent of them 19        that married life of the couple who had a " naked marriage" would be much 20        than their peers with better financial status.


(   ) 1. A. attended   B. participated   C. involved   D. entered

(   ) 2. A. claiming   B. sharing   C. donating   D. holding

(   ) 3. A. celebrate   B. congratulate   C. remember   D. show

(   ) 4. A. another   B. else   C. different   D. necessary

(   ) 5. A. vivid   B. acute   C. intense   D. mild

(   ) 6. A. subject   B. content   C. title   D. meaning

(   ) 7. A. lighted   B. rang   C. struck   D. arose

(   ) 8. A. couple   B. partner   C. companion   D. mates

(   ) 9. A. in   B. for   C. on   D. of

(   ) 10. A. owe   B. due   C. own   D. as

(   ) 11. A. encouragement   B. independence   C. achievement   D. freedom

(   ) 12. A. idea   B. choice   C. sense   D. way

(   ) 13. A. compartment   B. apartment   C. adjustment   D. department

(   ) 14. A. customs   B. approaches   C. fashion   D. means

(   ) 15. A. spiritual   B. successful   C. important   D. material

(   ) 16. A. conducted   B. carried   C. performed   D. fulfilled

(   ) 17. A. though   B. since   C. when   D. while

(   ) 18. A. objected   B. opposed   C. resisted   D. protested

(   ) 19. A. approved   B. achieved   C. agreed   D. implied

(   ) 20. A. lighter   B. easier   C. stricter   D. tougher

Recently I overheard a mother and daughter in their last moments together at the airport. They had announced the 1        Standing near the security gate,they 2 and the mother said, "I love you and I wish you enough."

The daughter 3      ," Mom,our life together has been more than enough. Your love is all I ever needed. I wish you enough,too,Mom."They kissed and the daughter 4       . The mother walked over to the window where I was 5       . Standing there I could see she wanted and needed to cry. I tried not to intrude 6        her privacy but she welcomed me in by asking, "Did you ever say goodbye to someone 7        it would be forever?"

"Yes,I have," I replied. "Forgive me for asking but why is this a 8       goodbye?" "I am old and she lives so far away. I have 9        ahead and the reality is ― the next trip back will be for my 10       ," she said.

"When you were saying goodbye,I heard you say ' I wish you 11       ,. May I ask what that means?" She began to 12       . "That's a wish that has been 13        from other genera?tions. My parents used to say it to everyone."

She paused a moment and looked up as if trying to remember it in 14        and she smiled even15       "When we said ' I wish you enough' ,we were wanting the other person to have a life 16        with just enough good things to 17        them."

She then began to cry and walked away. They say it 18       a minute to find a special person,an hour to 19        them,a day to love them,but then a (n) 20       life to forget them.

(   ) 1. A. start   B. departure   C. parting   D. leave

(   ) 2. A. held   B. squeezed   C. hugged   D. welcomed

(   ) 3. A. replied   B. said   C. spoke   D. returned

(   ) 4. A. started   B. set out   C. quit   D. left

(   ) 5. A. seated   B. sat   C. lying   D. watching

(   ) 6. A. for   B. in   C. to   D. on

(   ) 7. A. intending   B. knowing   C. predicting   D. meaning

(   ) 8. A. eternally   B. everlastingly   C. always   D. forever

(   ) 9. A. challenges   B. troubles   C. difficulties   D. problems

(   ) 10. A. wedding   B. anniversary   C. funeral   D. celebration

(   ) 11. A. enough   B. good   C. well   D. excellent

(   ) 12. A. cry   B. laugh   C. weep   D. smile

(   ) 13. A. handed over   B. handed down   C. handed to   D. handed out

(   ) 14. A. silence   B. thought   C. detail   D. sight

(   ) 15. A. longer   B. more   C. further   D. stronger

(   ) 16. A. supplied   B. furnished   C. filled   D. equipped

(   ) 17. A. sustain   B. uphold   C. support   D. advocate

(   ) 18. A. spends   B. takes   C. costs   D. expends

(   ) 19. A. understand   B. enjoy   C. value   D. appreciate

(   ) 20. A. thorough   B. complete   C. entire   D. total

Inside the Russian Embassy in London a KGB colonel puffed (吸了一口) a cigarette as he read the handwritten note for the third time. There was no 1        for the writer to express regret,he thought. 2       this problem would be easy. He would 3        that in a moment. The thought of it caused a grim (冷酷,可怕的) smile to 4        and joy to his heart. But he pushed away those thoughts and turned his5      to a framed photograph on his desk. His wife was beautiful,he told himself as he remembered the day they were 6       . That was fortythree years ago,and it had been the proudest and happiest 7        of his life.

What had happened to all that time? Why had it 8        so quickly,and why hadn't he spent more of it with her? Why hadn't he held her close and told her more9      that he loved her? He cursed himself 10       a tear came from the corner of his eye,ran down his cheek,then dropped onto the note. He stiffened (使强硬) and 11        his face with the back of his hand. There was no need for remorse (懊悔,自责) or regret,he told himself. In a few moments he would join her and at that time would express his undying love and devotion.

After 12       the note ablaze (着火,燃烧) he dropped it into an ashtray and watched it burn. For a time the names 13        moving shadows on the walls of the darkened room,then they nickered (吃吃地笑着) and died out. The colonel dropped the cigarette to        the floor and ground it 14        with his heel,then 15       the photograph to his breast,removed a pistol from his pocket,placed the barrel in his mouth and 16        the trigger. In the ashtray a small 17        of the note 18       . Where it had been wetted by his tear it had 19        to burn,and on that scrap (碎片) of paper 20        the words " died yesterday."

(   ) 1. A. need   B. problem   C. wonder   D. doubt

(   ) 2. A. Having   B. Mending   C. Dealing   D. Correcting

(   ) 3. A. do   B. act   C. get   D. make

(   ) 4. A. exist   B. stand   C. happen   D. appear

(   ) 5. A. mind   B. attention   C. thought   D. observation

(   ) 6. A. engaged   B. met   C. married   D. dated

(   ) 7. A. month   B. week   C. day   D. year

(   ) 8. A. past   B. moved   C. passed   D. flew

(   ) 9. A. time   B. often   C. many   D. usual

(   ) 10. A. for   B. as   C. because   D. since

(   ) 11. A. wiped   B. cleaned   C. cleared   D. rubbed

(   ) 12. A. placed   B. setting   C. put   D. laid

(   ) 13. A. lighted   B. put   C. cast   D. formed

(   ) 14. A. off   B. down   C. away   D. out

(   ) 15. A. held   B. took   C. clutched   D. lifted

(   ) 16. A. stretched   B. pushed   C. dragged   D. pulled

(   ) 17. A. portion   B. share   C. percentage   D. item

(   ) 18. A. left   B. remained   C. stayed   D. lasted

(   ) 19. A. forbad   B. enabled   C. succeeded   D. failed

(   ) 20. A. were   B. written   C. read   D. said

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