题目内容
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
DDABC ACACB BBDAD ADBCD
近年来,越来越多的中国年轻人选择"棵婚"。
1. D此处意思是"刚刚参加工作即刚进人"; attend侧重参加或出席会议或学术活动等; participate特指参加团体活动,暗示以一个积极的角色参加,参加活动后要接in才行;in?volve是" 陷人,卷人" 之意。
2. D举行婚礼要用hold;而宣称、分享、捐助均不符合此意。
3. A显然是要庆祝婚姻的开始,而不是其他。
4. B此处是"除了在租来的两室一厅的房子里吃了一顿大餐庆祝婚姻生活,再没别的了"。
5. C intense discussion是热烈的讨论。
6. A只有A项能很好地表达出"引起人们关注的问题"之意。
7. C strike a chord in...打动心弦,在(某人) 心中,属固定搭配词组。
8. A指的是小王和小张两口子,应选A项。 mate可指配偶,但常指婚前的一方。
9. C "花钱在……上"要用on ,其他均为错项。
10. B owe to归功于due to由于own to承认 as to至于。
11. B裸婚是为渴求独立,与鼓励、成就和自由不搭界。
12. B no idea不知道;no choice另IJ无选择;no sense不必,没道理;no way决不,一点也不。
13. D compartment分隔 apartment公寓adjustment调整 department偏离
14. A approach指从事某事的特别方法、途径; fashion着重独特的程序或方式,尤指个人的偏爱或习惯;means指为达到某种目的或目标而采用的方法、手段或途径。
15. D传统的婚姻习俗鼓动父母为孩子打下坚实的物质基础:买房,买车等。
16. A进行这项调査应使用conduct; perform 指完成困难较大、较复杂的任务,是较正式用词;conduct和perform—样比较正式,二者意义相近,但conduct含指导、领导或监督等意味;fulfil指履行和实现所许诺的、所期望或要求的事情,含最终完成的意味;carry 要与out连用才行。
17. D while在此是"而"之意,表示前者有多少支持,而后者有多少反对。
18. B object多指因厌恶或反感而反对,但不一定明显地表露出来,要用to才能及物;op?pose含义广,语气强于object,多指反对一些较重大的事,隐含其正当性;resist指用力量或意志抵抗、制止对方的人侵或诱惑、影响等;protest指通过言语或文字或行为表示出的强烈抗议。
19. C此处需要一个"认为,认同"之意的词,agree正好符合。
approve侧重对认为正确或满意的事表示赞同或批准,作不及物动词用时,常与of连用;achieve"取得"和imply"暗示"不符合题意。
20. D显然是"裸婚"夫妇的婚姻生活将比经济条件好的夫妇们艰难得多更符合此处的意思。二、阅读理解