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 unfortable 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 petition.The aim of the petition 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”organized 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 petition judges included an astrologer (占星家)who eclared 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 mother looked anxious throughout the wedding and Mr Cordell's parents are reported to be less than delighted.
Organizations,including the marriage guidance service Relate,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.How did the couple's parents react to the wedding?
A.The bride's mother shared their joy.
B.The bride's father felt unfortable about the wedding.
C.The bridegroom's parents were quite delighted.
D.The bridegroom's parents were not that joyful.
2.Some experts believe that .
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 .
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?
A.Two Strangers and a Wedding
B.A Wedding Based on Love
C.A ShortLived Marriage
D.A WellMatched Couple1----4 DBBA
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(答案→)1----4 DBBA
解析：
1.这是一道细节题。第三段最后一句话“Miss Germaine's mother looked anxious…and Mr Cordell's parents…be less than delighted.”说明新娘的母亲不是A选项中的“shared their joy”；B选项中新娘的父亲的感受并没被提及；而C选项正和文中新郎父母的反应相反。答案为D。
2.这是一道细节题。短文倒数第二段最后两句说明，现在的年轻人对婚姻的态度很草率。A选项文中并没提及，而且事前没见面的婚姻也不一定以离婚而结束。D选项太过绝对，而且第二段专家的观点是针对目前普遍存在的现象，这对夫妻只是一个例子而已。答案为B。
3.这是一道细节题。最后一段第二句话告诉我们，他们的奖品还包括免费使用一套公寓和一辆汽车一年。答案为B。
4.这是一道题目选择题。这篇新闻报道报道了一对新婚夫妇在结婚前没有见过面，完全是陌生人(strangers)，并报道了婚姻专家们对此作出的看法。所以，题目应是Two Strangers and a Wedding。答案为A。