接收灵敏度>梦见捡到钱大学四级-1923
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Part Ⅰ Writing
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled Using Electronic Dictionaries. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given bellow:
1. 很多学生在英语学习中使用电子词典
2．使用电子词典的缺点
3．我的建议台式电脑品牌
煲仔饭酱汁Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)
Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answ
er the questions on Answer Sheet 1. For questions 1-7, choo the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). For question 8-10, complete the ntences with the information given in the passage.
Wedding Customs around the World
考试后家长评语 Wedding Ceremonies
A wedding is celebrated with some kind of ceremony almost everywhere in the world. The ceremonies vary greatly among different nations and different religions. But whatever the form of a marriage ceremony, it rves the important purpo of announcing to **munity that a male and a female have been joined in matrimony (婚姻).
The wedding ceremony may be a religious one performed by a churchman. In Western societies it may be a civil ceremony performed by a civil official, such as a mayor or a judge. Or it may be only a couple's declaration, before witness, of their intention to marry. In some places a transfer of property makes a marriage binding. In other places bl
ood is drawn from the hands of the bride and groom. The blood is mixed, aling the union. Among some people the marriage rite consists only of the bride and groom's sharing the same food.
Marriage is one of the ven important religious ceremonies of the Catholic Church. The marriage is held in a church with the rvice conducted by the priest in the language of the country. The couple stand at the altar (圣坛). The priest asks each in turn, "Do you take name of partner here prent for your lawful wife/husband, according to the rite of our Holy Mother, the Church?"In turn, each answers, "I do. " They then repeat the marriage vows after the priest. The priest bless the union. "In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. " The priest sprinkles the couple with holy water and bless the ring or rings.
Many traditional customs are obrved at Jewish weddings, although they are not required by Jewish law. Usually the Jewish priest, the bride and groom, and their attendants stand under a decorated cover called a chupah (犹太教举行婚礼的彩棚). The
各大银行利率prent u of the chupah began during The Middle Ages among the Eastern European Jews. The Jewish priest conducts the rvice. During the ceremony the bride and groom make appropriate vows and take part in the ring ceremony. The Jewish priest bless a cup of wine, from which the bride and groom both drink. The Jewish priest talks to the couple about the sacredness of marriage and responsibilities of the bride and groom. After the Jewish priest has pronounced them man and wife, a wine glass is often placed on the floor. The groom steps on the glass and breaks it. Scholars disagree about the symbolism of the custom, but many believe that the breaking of the glass recalls the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem, reminding the couple that even at the moment of greatest joy, there may be sorrow.
The Muslim marriage is a civil and religious contract between the bride and groom. The religious ceremonies and celebrations vary with the customs of the country in which the marriage is held. People of wealth begin the celebrations two or three days before the wedding and continue for two or three days after. The bride is elaborately dresd in bright colors and wears her finest jewelry. The wedding takes place at the home of the bri
de. The rvice is performed by Muslim priest, before at least two male witness or one male and two female witness and then the vows are exchanged.
Wedding Customs
Many of the customs associated with wedding ceremonies are bad on neither church nor civil law. They developed from wedding customs of earliest times **e from many lands.
The wearing of a bridal veil dates back to early Greek and Roman times. The veil was thought to conceal the bride from evil spirits. The veil is also believed to have been worn as an indication of the bride's innocence and purity.
The wedding ring is the most widely ud symbol of marriage today, as it has been for centuries. The word "wedding" comes from the old English word "wed", which means "promi" or "pledge". During Anglo-Saxon times, a promi to marry was aled when the bridegroom-to-be gave his sweetheart a ring. The ring, a circle with no begging or en
d, was considered a symbol of being eternal. The third finger of the left hand was chon as the ring finger becau of mistaken beliefs that a nerve runs from that finger to the heart.
The best man has been explained as a survival of the ancient practice of wife capture, in which the bridegroom's friends helped him in his struggle to carry off a wife. The bride's attendants were suppod to protect her from being captured.
The honeymoon, or holiday spent by the couple after marriage, may have had its beginnings in the idea that the first month of marriage is the sweetest. The **es from the French phra lune de mile, which means "moon of honey". It is believed that it was an ancient custom for a newly married couple to take a drink containing honey on each of the first 30 days of the marriage.
