Weddings (婚礼) are important in every country, and there are different wedding customs in different countries. In western countries the bride’s (新娘的) dress---her wedding dress---is very important. Some brides wear a new dress.       61___             

Some people believe the bride should wear something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue.       62       She may borrow something to wear from a friend---that will be something borrowed, and the ring on her finger may have a blue jewel in it or some of her clothes may be blue.

      63       They wear the ring on the fourth finger of their left hands.

At the wedding, as soon as the man and the woman are married, their friends often throw rice or very small pieces of paper over them.      64       The bride often carries flowers, and after the wedding she throws them up in the air. People believe that the woman who catches the flowers is lucky enough. The bride and groom (新郎), their friends and family then have a party. After that the bride and the groom go on holiday together. This holiday is called “the honeymoon”.

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65. The passage mainly talks about________.

A. the bride’s wedding dress

B. the flowers in the wedding party

C. the rings for the married people

D. the wedding customs in western countries

Weddings (婚礼) are important in every country, and there are different wedding customs in different countries. In western countries the bride’s (新娘的) dress---her wedding dress---is very important. Some brides wear a new dress.       61___             

Some people believe the bride should wear something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue.       62       She may borrow something to wear from a friend---that will be something borrowed, and the ring on her finger may have a blue jewel in it or some of her clothes may be blue.

      63       They wear the ring on the fourth finger of their left hands.

At the wedding, as soon as the man and the woman are married, their friends often throw rice or very small pieces of paper over them.      64       The bride often carries flowers, and after the wedding she throws them up in the air. People believe that the woman who catches the flowers is lucky enough. The bride and groom (新郎), their friends and family then have a party. After that the bride and the groom go on holiday together. This holiday is called “the honeymoon”.

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65. The passage mainly talks about________.

A. the bride’s wedding dress

B. the flowers in the wedding party

C. the rings for the married people

D. the wedding customs in western countries

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　　Once upon a time a king had a son. The King, Uther Pendragon called his son Arthur. One day, Merlin, an old magician(术士)came to his friend the king. Nobody knew who Merlin was, or where he came from, but he had magical(魔法)powers(本领). On that day Merlin brought bad news. “Soon you will die, my king, and all the knights (骑士) in the land will want power(政权) ---- they will want to become the new king! They will try to kill your son. He must come and live with me, and when he is older he will return and be king. ”

　　Everything happened just as Merlin had said. The king died and there were years of war between the knights. Many people died.

　　One day Merlin called the knights for a meeting. They were tired of (厌倦) all the wars and were all there. Merlin said,“We need a strong king, stronger than all the kings before him! ”The knights agreed. “But how can we decide who will be the new king?”one of the knights asked.

　　Merlin looked at them and pointed(指)to a stone(石头)behind him. In this stone there was a large sword (剑). He spoke, “The man who can take this sword from the stone will be the new king!”

　　After that, people from all over the country came and tried to take the sword from the stone ---- all of them were the biggest ,strongest men in the country. But no one could do it. Then one day, Merlin brought a young man to the sword in the stone. This man took the sword ,and it came out of the stone easily.

　　Merlin said, “He is your new king !”But some of the knights didn't like this and didn't accept (承认) Arthur as king. There were more battles, but soon all the knights accepted Arthur as their king, except one ---- the Black Knight.

1．Who was Merlin? He was ________.

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A．a king

B．a knight

C．Arthur's uncle

D．Uther Pendragon's friend

2．What happened when the king died?

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A．The knights killed the king's son.

B．There were battles.

C．Merlin got the power of the country.

D．There was a new king.

3．Which of the following is true?

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A．Merlin helped Arthur to become the new king.

B．There were years of war between the king and his knights.

C．When the king died, his son came back and became the new king.

D．Merlin was given the power to decide who would be the new king.

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　　A history teacher was talking to his class about the ancient Romans (罗马人). “They were very strong, brave people, and they were good soldiers,”he said. “They always wanted to have strong bodies ,so they played a lot of games. ”

　　“Did they like swimming?”one of the girls asked,“That makes people very strong. ”She was very good at swimming.

　　“Oh, yes, some of them swam a lot, ”the teacher answered.

　　Then he told them a story about one famous Roman.

　　“There was a big, wide river in the middle of Rome,”he said. “It was the Tiber, and this man swam across it three times every day before breakfast. ”

　　The girl laughed when she heard this.

　　“Why are you laughing?”the teacher asked her angrily. “Have I said anything funny(可笑) ?”

　　“Well, sir,”the girl answered,“why didn't he swim across the river four times to get back his clothes?”

1．The students were having a ________ class.

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2．Romans played a lot of games because ________.

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A．they wanted to keep themselves healthy

B．they wanted the other people to be interested in them

C．they wanted to be clever and hard working

D．they wanted to be famous in the world

3．The girl asked the teacher the question because ________.

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A．she liked swimming very much

B．she liked the Romans very much

C．she liked her history teacher a lot

D．she wanted to be the top student in her class

4．Why did the girl laugh after the teacher told them a story about one famous Roman?

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A．Because her teacher was angry.

B．Because her teacher said something funny.

C．Because she thought the Roman was foolish.

D．Because she had heard the story before.