《2025年练习部分高中英语必修第一册上外版》

Task 1. Complete the passage by using the sentences. Each sentence can be used only once.
A. These days, the giving of a live animal seems to have mostly been dropped.
B. But what happens when weddings get strange and unusual?
C. We're guessing that if he misses, he must try again.
D. And the worst of all fates will fall on her husband.
(1) _________
(2) _________
(3) _________
(4) _________

答案：
(1) B
(2) A
(3) D
(4) C
解析：
(1) 前文讲西方传统婚礼，后文转至各国奇特婚礼，B项“但当婚礼变得奇怪和不寻常时会发生什么？”承上启下，故选B。
(2) 前文讲韩国传统送活鸭/鹅，后文“现在更流行送木鸭/鹅”，A项“如今送活物的习俗似乎已大多被放弃”衔接，故选A。
(3) 前文讲印度某占星女性运气不好，D项“最糟糕的命运将降临其丈夫”补充不幸内容，故选D。
(4) 前文讲肯尼亚父亲向女儿吐口水“until he gets it right”，C项“猜他若没吐中必须再试”符合，故选C。

Task 2. Read the passage again and complete the table with the corresponding wedding traditions and meanings.
—— Wedding traditions
A. getting into marriage with a tree first
B. trying to gain as much weight as possible
C. being spread with ash, feathers, honey and flour
D. being presented with a wild duck or goose
E. being spat on the face and chest by the father
—— Meanings
I. bringing a good destiny
II. showing faith
III. promising a rich life
IV. driving off evils
V. breaking the curse
| Country/Region | Wedding tradition | Meaning |
|----------------|-------------------|---------|
| South Korea | | |
| Scotland | | IV |
| India | A | |
| Kenya | E | |
| Mauritania | B | |

答案： South Korea: D, II
Scotland: C, IV
India: A, V
Kenya: E, I
Mauritania: B, III
解析：
- 韩国：送活鸭/鹅表忠诚，传统D，意义II（showing faith）。
- 苏格兰：用灰等涂抹驱邪，传统C，意义IV（driving off evils）。
- 印度：与树结婚破诅咒，传统A，意义V（breaking the curse）。
- 肯尼亚：父亲吐口水祈福，传统E，意义I（bringing a good destiny）。
- 毛里塔尼亚：增重盼富裕生活，传统B，意义III（promising a rich life）。