Question

　　The wedding took place in a Birmingham hotel. The bride and her father arrived in a new black American sports car. Her father looked nervous and uncomfortable in front of the cameras. The bride wore a silk wedding dress. She smiled nervously at the waiting photographers and went to a room on the first floor where she met her future husband for the very first time.

　　Carla Germaine and Greg Cordell were the winners of a radio station's competition. The aim of the competition was to find two strangers prepared to marry without having met each other. Miss Germaine, 23, is a model. Mr Cordell, 27, is a TV salesman. They were among the two hundred people who entered for a peculiar “experiment” or gazed by BMRB radio in Birmingham, England. Greg and Carla were among eight finalists who were interviewed live on radio. They took a lie detector（测谎仪）test and the station also spoke to their friends and family about their personalities. The competition judges included an astrologer（占星家）who declared that they were suited.

　　The couple celebrated their wedding with a wedding breakfast and a party for 100 guests in the evening, but not everyone shared their joy, Miss Germaine's parents are reported to be less than delighted.

　　Organizations, including the marriage guidance service related, have criticized the marriage. As one person put it, “We have enough problems getting young people to take marriage seriously without this. Marriage should always be about love.”

　　The couple are now on a Caribbean honeymoon followed by journalists, Their other prizes include a year's free use of a wonderful apartment in the centre of Birmingham, and a car. But will it last?

(1) What did the couple's parents react to the wedding?

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A．The bride's mother shared their joy.

B．The bride's father felt uncomfortable about the wedding.

C．The bridegroom's parents were quite delighted.

D．The bride's parents were not that joyful.

(2) Some experts believe that ________.

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A．marriage without the couple's meeting each other first ends up in divorce

B．young people nowadays are too careless about marriage

C．taking a lie detector test can not solve all the marriage problems

D．most young people take marriage seriously except this couple

(3) One of the prizes for the couple is ________.

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A．to spend their honeymoon wherever they like

B．to use an apartment free for some time

C．to have a wedding dress free

D．to own an American sports car

(4) Which of the following is the best title of the passage?

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A．Two Strangers and a Wedding

B．A wedding Based on love

C．A Short-Lived Marriage

D．A Well-Matched Couple

Answer 1

答案：D;B;B;A
解析：

(1) 细节推理题。A、C项与文章不符。由第三段中“Miss Germaine's parents are reported to be less than delighted.”可知。B项与文意不符。由第一段第三行“Her father looked nervous and uncomfortable in front of the cameras”可知新娘的父亲并非对婚礼感到不舒服，而是在众多的记者的照相机前感到不适。故选D。 (2) 从倒数第二段中的“We have enough problems…”可知B为正确选项。 (3) 由最后一段中的“Their other prizes include a year's free use of a wonderful apartment…”可判定B为最佳。 (4) 主旨大意题。全文讲的是两个陌生人参加a radio station's competition而获胜。而比赛的目的是寻找两个陌生人在相互不认识的情况下就结婚的事。见第二段第一、二句。全文围绕此事而展开，故A为正确选项。