Engagement, wedding, and birth of a baby are the three steps of a new family. The Danes’ special ways of doing these things inform their native culture.

People in other places of the world usually give their lovers a finger ring or a bundle of flowers as a gift of engagement.   36   in some areas of Denmark, it is still considered   37   

for a young man to   38   his fiancée with the wooden clappers once used to   39   clothes

  40   in a stream. These clappers were engraved with love-poems, and   41   tradition, they ensured good fortune and happiness.

And their country weddings also show a tint of local convention(传统). Until recently, a Danish country wedding was an event which   42   all who lived in the surrounding   43  . Everyone was tacitly(不言而喻地) invited to celebrate with the young couple. Preparations for the wedding lasted for many days but were made   44  , because to show happiness openly   45 

arouse the anger and jealousy of evil spirits.

46   the wedding morning the couple met in the courtyard of the bride’s house. The relatives and friend presented themselves to the couple, bowed and placed gifts at their feet. Every gift was   47   by good wishes recited in prose(散文) or in verse;   48   modest the gift the more elaborate(精致的) the wishes had to be.   49   who had neither the means to give   50 

the imagination to make a speech were, as a sign of their goodwill, placed   51   guard over the presents and, in the evening, over the couple’s bed.

      52   the conclusion of the ceremony a large jar of beer was taken to the courtyard. The hands of the betrothed(已订婚的) were joined over the jar and it was   53   into fragments(碎片). These pieces were picked   54   by the girls of marriageable age who were present, the girl with the largest   55   being destined to marry first.

36.A.However  B.But   C.Therefore  D.So

37.A.a luck       B.luck  C.lucky D.lucks

38.A.send  B.present     C.bring D.give

39.A.strike       B.beat   C.hit     D.blow

40.A.to wash    B.washed     C.to be washed    D.washing

41.A.according to     B.with a view to  C.so far as    D.in addition to

42.A.stated       B.related      C.concerned D.considered

43.A.area  B.district      C.zone  D.region

44.A.publicly    B.silently     C.unknowingly    D.secretly

45.A.would      B.should      C.must  D.may

46.A.At    B.In     C.On    D.To

47.A.completed B.accompanied    C.accomplished   D.matched

48.A.much more      B.the more   C.any more  D.more

49.A.These       B.Those       C.People     D.They

50.A.or     B.and   C.nor    D.then

51.A.in     B.on     C.at      D.against

52.A.At     B.In     C.To     D.For

53.A.smashed(弄碎) B.ruined      C.crashed     D.cracked

54.A.out    B.up     C.on     D.at

55.A.part   B.fragment   C.section      D.block

Three high students become heroes after their act of saving a baby’s life.

Andrew Willis, 15, his brother Chris, 13, and friend Reece Galea, 14, were walking along Swallow Drive on their way to school on May 23, when Nicholle Price ran out of her house, shouting for help. Her six-month-old son Corey had swallowed (吞下) an earring (耳环) and the young mother couldn’t ring for help because something was wrong with her phone. The three teenagers rushed to the aid of Ms Price, called an ambulance (救护车), calmed her down and waited with her until the ambulance arrived before heading to school.

Ms Price, Corey and his grandmother Joyce Finnie visited the school last Thursday to thank the boys for their kind action. “It’s good to know that there are still some good people who will stop and help,” Ms Price said. “While I was shouting for help, a woman walking her dog went straight past, without stopping. I don’t know what would have happened if these boys had not stopped.”

The teenagers were shocked at the attention they received at school for their heroic act but admitted that the incident was nerve-racking(刺激神经的). “We heard her shouting so we knew something wasn’t right,” Andrew said. “We thought someone had died. It was scary (惊慌的) but we just did what we had to do.”

Just as proud as the boys’ parents is their principal, Tim McCallum.

After two days in hospital, Corey has now fully recovered. “He’s got two new teeth to show,” Ms Price said. “I have to keep a closer eye on him. He’s into everything now and grabs whatever he finds to put it straight into his mouth.”

1.The three high students were _____ when a woman ran out of her house shouting for help.

A.playing near the house

B.on their way to school

C.walking their dogs nearby

D.on their way back from school

2.Ms Price spoke of a woman walking her dog without stopping to show _____.

A.how dangerous the case was

B.how brave the three boys were

C.why the three teenagers’ action was heroic

D.how clever the three boys were

3.The underlined sentence in the 4th paragraph probably means “_____”.

A.they didn’t expect they would be given so much praise

B.they felt excited to have become so famous after the incident

C.they were supposed to receive so many prizes for their good deed

D.they were proud of the attention they received at school for their heroic deed

4.Which would be the best title for this passage?

A.How a baby was saved after swallowing an earring

B.Why the mother shouted for help

C.Baby life saved: teenage heroes earn high praise

D.A mother came to school to thank 3 teenagers

 

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