1、s and grooms wrists ,and 10 a candle around a circle of happily married and respected couples to bless the 11 .Newlyweds traditionally move in with the wifes parents and may 12 with them up to a year, 13 they can build a flew house nearby.Divorce is legal and easy to 14 ,but not common .Divorced per
2、sons are 15 with some disapproval. Each spouse retains 16 property he or she 17 into the marriage, and jointly -acquired property is 18 equally. Divorced persons may remarry, but a gender prejudice 19 up .The divorced male doesnt have a waiting period before he can remarry 20 the woman must wait the
3、 months.1. A by way ofB as well asC on behalf ofD with regard to2. A adapt toB provide forCcompete withD decide on3. A closeB renewCarrangeD postpone4.A In theoryB Above allC In timeD For example5. A AlthoughB LestC AfterD Unless6.A intoB withinC fromD through7. A sineB or C butD so8. A testBcopyCre
4、citeD create9. A foldingB pilingC wrappingD tying10. A lighting B passingC hiding D serving11. A meetingB associationC collectionDunion12. A growB partC deal Dlive13. A whereasB untilC forD if14.A obtainB followC challengeDavoid15. A isolatedB persuadedC viewedD exposed16. AwhereverB howeverC whenev
5、erDwhatever17. A changedB broughtC shaped D pushed18.A dividedB investedC donatedD withdrawn19. AclearsB warmsC showsD breaks20.AwhileB so whatConceD in thatSection II Reading ComprehensionPart ARead the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your a
6、nswers on the ANSWER SHEET. (40 points)Text 1France, which prides itself as the global innovator of fashion, has decided its fashion industry has lost an absolute right to define physical beauty for woman. Its lawmakers gave preliminary approval last week to a law that would make it a crime to emplo
7、y ultra-thin models on runways.The parliament also agreed to ban websites that incite excessive thinness by promoting extreme dieting.Such measures have a couple of uplifting motives. They suggest beauty should not be defined by looks that end up with impinging on health. Thats a start. And the ban
8、on ultra-thin models seems to go beyond protecting models from starring themselves to health -as some have done. It tells the fashion industry that it move take responsibility for the signal it sends women, especially teenage girls, about the social tape -measure they must use to determine their ind
9、ividual worth.The bans, if fully enforced ,would suggest to woman (and many men )that they should not let others be orbiters of their beauty .And perhaps faintly, they hint that people should look to intangible qualities like character and intellect rather than dieting their way to sine zero or wasp
10、-waist physiques .The French measures, however, rely too much on severe punishment to change a culture that still regards beauty as skin-deep-and bone-showing. Under the law, using a fashion model that does not meet a government-defined index of body mess could result in a $85,000 fine and six months in prison.The fashion industry knows it has an inherent problem in focusing on material adorn
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