People around the world watched Britain’s Prince William and Kate Middleton get married．The royal wedding broke records for live streaming on the Internet．It also produced more than two million tweets on Twitter．
The ceremony took place Friday at Westminster Abbey in London．
Kate wore a flowing white gown designed by Sarah Burton, the creative director of Alexander McQueen．William wore a red army uniform．
It was Britain’s biggest wedding since William and Harry’s parents, Prince Charles and Princess Diana, were married in nineteen eighty-one．
Nearly two thousand guests filled the church on Friday．Hundreds of thousands of people went to the streets and parks of London to watch the wedding on video screens．
Among the wedding guests were English football star David Beckham and his wife Victoria, British Prime Minister David Cameron, the king of Norway and singer Elton John．
Bahrain’s crown prince(皇储)was invited but decided not to attend because of unrest(骚乱)in his country．Britain took back an invitation to the ambassador(外交官)from Syria over violence against protesters there．
After the ceremony, the royal couple traveled to Buckingham Palace．Crowds cheered when the newlyweds appeared on a balcony greeting to them．
Later, William drove his wife out of Buckingham Palace in an open-top Aston Martin car．William and the newest member of the royal(皇家的)family will now be known as the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge．
Kate is twenty-nine years old．William will be twenty-nine in June．His grandmother is Queen Elizabeth．His father, Prince Charles, is first in line to become king．William, as the older son, is second in line．Kate would not become queen, however, since she is not in the royal blood line．There was a big celebration at the University of St．Andrews in Scotland．That was where William and Kate first met as art history students in two thousand one．
(1)
The crown prince of Bahrain was absent from the grand British royal wedding because ________．
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A．
his country was at a terrible situation
B．
Britain hadn’t invited him
C．
he refused to come to the wedding
D．
he was faced with violence against protesters
(2)
Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
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A．
Singer Elton John attended the royal wedding．
B．
The British Prime Minister was one of the wedding guests．
C．
Kate is second in line to become queen．
D．
William’s wife is known as Duchess of Cambridge．
(3)
It is implied in the passage that ________．
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A．
the royal wedding was broadcast live through TV and the Internet
B．
the wedding has drawn attention of the world
C．
the newlyweds were majored in history ten years ago
D．
all the celebrities invited have attended the wedding
More than seven hundred years ago, the Prince of Wales had a very big and brave dog called Gelert．One day the Prince wanted to go hunt-ing with his men．He told his dog to stay at home and look after his baby son．The baby was in a wooden cradle, which was like a small bed．When the Prince came back from hunt-ing, Gelert ran out to meet his master．He wagged his tail and jumped up to put his paws on the Prince's chest．Then the Prince saw the blood on Gelert's jaws and head．
"What have you done?" the Prince said．He rushed into his house and looked for his baby son．The cradle was lying on its side on the floor．The clothes were torn and there was blood on them．
"So you have killed my son?" the Prince said angrily．"You unfaithful dog!" He took out his sword and killed the dog．Just as Gelert was dying, he managed to bark．Then the Prince heard a baby call to the dog．
The Prince ran out of the house and saw his son lying on the ground unhurt．Near him was a dead wolf．Then the Prince knew that Gelert had defended the baby and killed the wolf．
The Prince ran back into the house but he was too late．Gelert was dead．The Prince was very sad indeed．Tears ran down his face when he realized 'he had killed his faith-ful friend．The Prince carried the body of his brave dog to the top of a mountain and buried him there．After this, the Prince never smiled again．Every morning at dawn, he walked up the mountain and stood by the dog's grave for a few minutes．
If you go to Mount Snowdon in Wales, people will show you where Gelert is buried．There is a sign by his grave．It reminds peo-ple of a brave and faithful dog．
(1)
Gelert was the dog of the Prince of _________．
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A．
Scotland
B．
England
C．
Ireland
D．
Wales
(2)
The Prince told the dog to _________ when he was leaving．
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A．
watch the door
B．
take care of his baby at home
C．
welcome his friends
D．
stop the strangers
(3)
The dog was very _________ when his master came back from hunting．
