In Britain arrangements for inviting and entertaining guests at a wedding are usually the responsibility of the bride’s family. In most cases it is mainly friends and relations of both families who are invited but when the bride’s father is businessman of some kind, the wedding reception may provide a useful occasion for establishing social connections with clients or customers and other people whose good will may be of advantage to him. It is, however, the bride’s mother who has the job of sending out the formal printed invitation cards.
In the case of a church wedding, the vicar of each parish in which the bride and bridegroom live is normally informed about a month in advance of the ceremony so that an announcement of the coming wedding can be made in church on each of three Sundays before it takes place. Anyone who may know of an existing marriage of either partner is ordered to give information about it, though this means of avoiding bigamy must have been more effective in the days when people moved about the world less than they do today. Often up to a hundred or more people attend the religious service and the bride usually wears the traditional long white dress and veil, while her bridesmaids, who are often children, wear long dresses in attractive colors. This may also happen in the case of a civil wedding in a register office but is probably less usual.
The reception which follows may be held in a restaurant, a local hall or, when there are few guests, in the bride’s own home. Refreshments are provided, a special iced wedding-cake is cut (usually to the accomplishment of speeches) and distributed to the guests, toasts are drunk and dancing may follow. At some point in the celebrations, the bride goes off to change into everyday clothes and then leaves the party with her husband to go on their honeymoon, the journey they will make together, often in romantic surroundings abroad.
单选题
It is the bride’s parents who normally have to _____.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】根据文章第一段首句提到的“In Britain arrangements for inviting and entertaining guests at a wedding are usually the responsibility of the bride’s family”， 换言之， 在英国， 邀请和接待参加婚礼的宾客的任务主要由女方家庭承担， 而B选项中的hospitality意为 “殷勤好客； （ 饮料食品等的） 招待服务”。 A选项说法过于绝对， 可排除。 C选项内容包含在B选项之中。 D选项在文章中没有提及。 因此， 正确答案为B选项。
单选题
According to the passage some guests may be invited because _____.
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】根据文章首段第二句提到的“In most cases it is mainly friends and relations of both families … establishing social connections with clients or customers and other people whose good will may be of advantage to him”， 一般情况下， 婚礼宾客主要是双方的亲人和朋友， 但如果新娘的父亲经商， 那么婚礼可能成为他联系客户、 拓展业务的好机会。 题目中的提到的some guests指代的就是这一群能会为新娘父亲带来商业利益的人。 C选项表述符合题意， 为正确答案。
单选题
Why are the arrangements for a church wedding usually made some time before?
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】文章第二段首句提到， “In the case of a church wedding, … a month in advance of the ceremony so that an announcement of the coming wedding can be made in church on each of three Sundays before it takes place”， 由此可知， 在举行教堂的情况下， 通常会在仪式前一个月通知新娘和新郎居住的每个教区的牧师， 以便举行正式婚礼以前的前三个周末都会有具体婚期的公告。 因此， 正确答案为A选项。
单选题
What possible difference is suggested between a church and a civil wedding?
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】有关教堂婚礼的在文章第二段倒数第二句有所体现， 包括“the bride usually wears the traditional long white dress and veil, while her bridesmaids, who are often children, wear long dresses in attractive colors”。 紧接着， 该段下一句又提到“It is, however, the bride’s mother who has the job of sending out the formal printed invitation cards”， 传统婚礼中的长袍和面纱也有可能会在公正结婚的登记处出现， 但是这种情况一般较少。 对比之下可知， 相对于教堂婚礼， 公正婚礼没有那么严格遵守习俗和重视排场。 D选项表述符合题意， 为正确答案。
单选题
The reception normally takes place in the bride’s home if _____.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】根据文章最后一段提到的“The reception which follows may be held in a restaurant, a local hall or, when there are few guests, in the bride’s own home”， 婚礼的接待活动一般是在餐厅或是当地的礼堂举行， 但是在宾客较少的情况下， 也有可能是在新娘家举办。 B选项表述符合题意， 为正确答案。