All the Manchus think highly of marriages and funerals.

Interracial marriages and relationships have become increasingly accepted and encouraged by society. Since the 1967 legalization of interracial marriage, the number of mixed race marriages has more or less doubled with each passing decade. There are currently over 1. 6 million interracial marriages in the United States and that figure is forecasted to continue rising. For the most part, relationships between races are no different than the interactions between people of the same race. 71 .

Over 70% of American society has no problem with mixed race relationships, thus proving that people are starting to overcome racial stereotypes. Over 40% of Americans have already dated someone of another ethnicity and are pioneering a revolution in the dating scene. Many high school and college students are dating interracially,which is helping to increase awareness of mixed race relationships. 72 Secret mixed race romances often occur because the parents are strict and forbid or discourage dating outside of one's culture. Parents are often the perpetrators of stereotypes and racism. Many parents force their children to date within their culture, in order to avoid betraying their own cultural roots.

73 Some couples choose to avoid cultural tradition altogether, some choose to have two separate weddings in order to celebrate both traditions properly, and some try to compromise by combining cultural customs and creating their own. 74 Including the families in the decision making process is a great way to keep everyone communicating and feeling happy.

75 It is important to talk about where holidays will take place and which traditions they will choose to celebrate. Many couples choose to worship either separately or they will find a different faith that suits them both. Issues concerning children, and how they will be raised both in faith and cultural are also major concerns for mixed race parents. The mixed race children should also be taught how to deal with racism.

A. Successful relationships often result in marriage, and the wedding plans themselves can be a major struggle.

B. Once married, mixed race couples face more decisions concerning holiday traditions, religious worship and children.

C. While there are many issues faced by those in interracial relationships, the friendships and romances are often worthwhile and fulfilling.

D. There are, however, certain issues such as faith, cultural traditions and racism that can cause tension and discomfort in the relationship.

E. Unfortunately, many of these relationships go unnoticed because the couples feel that either friends or family will not approve.

F. When preparing for interracial weddings, many of the parents feel that their cultural traditions are being denied and can cause problems.

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【R10】

INTERRACIAL MARRIAGES AND RELATIONSHIPS HAVE BECOME INCREASINGLY ACCEPTED AND ENCOURAGED BY SOCIETY. SINCE THE 1967 LEGALIZATION OF INTERRACIAL MARRIAGE, THE NUMBER OF MIXED RACE MARRIAGES HAS MORE OR LESS DOUBLED WITH EACH PASSING DECAD

E. THERE ARE CURRENTLY OVER 1. 6 MILLION INTERRACIAL MARRIAGES IN THE UNITED STATES AND THAT FIGURE IS FORECASTED TO CONTINUE RISIN

G. FOR THE MOST PART, RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN RACES ARE NO DIFFERENT THAN THE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN PEOPLE OF THE SAME RAC

E. 【R6】______. OVER 70% OF AMERICAN SOCIETY HAS NO PROBLEM WITH MIXED RACE RELATIONSHIPS, THUS PROVING THAT PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO OVERCOME RACIAL STEREOTYPES. OVER 40% OF AMERICANS HAVE ALREADY DATED SOMEONE OF ANOTHER ETHNICITY AND ARE PIONEERING A REVOLUTION IN THE DATING SCEN

E. MANY HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE STUDENTS ARE DATING INTERRACIALLY,WHICH IS HELPING TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF MIXED RACE RELATIONSHIPS. 【R7】______SECRET MIXED RACE ROMANCES OFTEN OCCUR BECAUSE THE PARENTS ARE STRICT AND FORBID OR DISCOURAGE DATING OUTSIDE OF ONE"S CULTUR

E. PARENTS ARE OFTEN THE PERPETRATORS OF STEREOTYPES AND RACIS

M. MANY PARENTS FORCE THEIR CHILDREN TO DATE WITHIN THEIR CULTURE, IN ORDER TO AVOID BETRAYING THEIR OWN CULTURAL ROOTS. 【R8】______SOME COUPLES CHOOSE TO AVOID CULTURAL TRADITION ALTOGETHER, SOME CHOOSE TO HAVE TWO SEPARATE WEDDINGS IN ORDER TO CELEBRATE BOTH TRADITIONS PROPERLY, AND SOME TRY TO COMPROMISE BY COMBINING CULTURAL CUSTOMS AND CREATING THEIR OW

N. 【R9】______INCLUDING THE FAMILIES IN THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS IS A GREAT WAY TO KEEP EVERYONE COMMUNICATING AND FEELING HAPPY. 【R10】______IT IS IMPORTANT TO TALK ABOUT WHERE HOLIDAYS WILL TAKE PLACE AND WHICH TRADITIONS THEY WILL CHOOSE TO CELEBRAT

E. MANY COUPLES CHOOSE TO WORSHIP EITHER SEPARATELY OR THEY WILL FIND A DIFFERENT FAITH THAT SUITS THEM BOT

H. ISSUES CONCERNING CHILDREN, AND HOW THEY WILL BE RAISED BOTH IN FAITH AND CULTURAL ARE ALSO MAJOR CONCERNS FOR MIXED RACE PARENTS. THE MIXED RACE CHILDREN SHOULD ALSO BE TAUGHT HOW TO DEAL WITH RACIS

M. A. SUCCESSFUL RELATIONSHIPS OFTEN RESULT IN MARRIAGE, AND THE WEDDING PLANS THEMSELVES CAN BE A MAJOR STRUGGL

E.

B. ONCE MARRIED, MIXED RACE COUPLES FACE MORE DECISIONS CONCERNING HOLIDAY TRADITIONS, RELIGIOUS WORSHIP AND CHILDRE

N.

C. WHILE THERE ARE MANY ISSUES FACED BY THOSE IN INTERRACIAL RELATIONSHIPS, THE FRIENDSHIPS AND ROMANCES ARE OFTEN WORTHWHILE AND FULFILLIN

G.

D. THERE ARE, HOWEVER, CERTAIN ISSUES SUCH AS FAITH, CULTURAL TRADITIONS AND RACISM THAT CAN CAUSE TENSION AND DISCOMFORT IN THE RELATIONSHIP.

E. UNFORTUNATELY, MANY OF THESE RELATIONSHIPS GO UNNOTICED BECAUSE THE COUPLES FEEL THAT EITHER FRIENDS OR FAMILY WILL NOT APPROV

E.

F. WHEN PREPARING FOR INTERRACIAL WEDDINGS, MANY OF THE PARENTS FEEL THAT THEIR CULTURAL TRADITIONS ARE BEING DENIED AND CAN CAUSE PROBLEMS.

【R7】

INTERRACIAL MARRIAGES AND RELATIONSHIPS HAVE BECOME INCREASINGLY ACCEPTED AND ENCOURAGED BY SOCIETY. SINCE THE 1967 LEGALIZATION OF INTERRACIAL MARRIAGE, THE NUMBER OF MIXED RACE MARRIAGES HAS MORE OR LESS DOUBLED WITH EACH PASSING DECAD

E. THERE ARE CURRENTLY OVER 1. 6 MILLION INTERRACIAL MARRIAGES IN THE UNITED STATES AND THAT FIGURE IS FORECASTED TO CONTINUE RISIN

G. FOR THE MOST PART, RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN RACES ARE NO DIFFERENT THAN THE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN PEOPLE OF THE SAME RAC

E. 【R6】______. OVER 70% OF AMERICAN SOCIETY HAS NO PROBLEM WITH MIXED RACE RELATIONSHIPS, THUS PROVING THAT PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO OVERCOME RACIAL STEREOTYPES. OVER 40% OF AMERICANS HAVE ALREADY DATED SOMEONE OF ANOTHER ETHNICITY AND ARE PIONEERING A REVOLUTION IN THE DATING SCEN

E. MANY HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE STUDENTS ARE DATING INTERRACIALLY,WHICH IS HELPING TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF MIXED RACE RELATIONSHIPS. 【R7】______SECRET MIXED RACE ROMANCES OFTEN OCCUR BECAUSE THE PARENTS ARE STRICT AND FORBID OR DISCOURAGE DATING OUTSIDE OF ONE"S CULTUR

E. PARENTS ARE OFTEN THE PERPETRATORS OF STEREOTYPES AND RACIS

M. MANY PARENTS FORCE THEIR CHILDREN TO DATE WITHIN THEIR CULTURE, IN ORDER TO AVOID BETRAYING THEIR OWN CULTURAL ROOTS. 【R8】______SOME COUPLES CHOOSE TO AVOID CULTURAL TRADITION ALTOGETHER, SOME CHOOSE TO HAVE TWO SEPARATE WEDDINGS IN ORDER TO CELEBRATE BOTH TRADITIONS PROPERLY, AND SOME TRY TO COMPROMISE BY COMBINING CULTURAL CUSTOMS AND CREATING THEIR OW

N. 【R9】______INCLUDING THE FAMILIES IN THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS IS A GREAT WAY TO KEEP EVERYONE COMMUNICATING AND FEELING HAPPY. 【R10】______IT IS IMPORTANT TO TALK ABOUT WHERE HOLIDAYS WILL TAKE PLACE AND WHICH TRADITIONS THEY WILL CHOOSE TO CELEBRAT

E. MANY COUPLES CHOOSE TO WORSHIP EITHER SEPARATELY OR THEY WILL FIND A DIFFERENT FAITH THAT SUITS THEM BOT

H. ISSUES CONCERNING CHILDREN, AND HOW THEY WILL BE RAISED BOTH IN FAITH AND CULTURAL ARE ALSO MAJOR CONCERNS FOR MIXED RACE PARENTS. THE MIXED RACE CHILDREN SHOULD ALSO BE TAUGHT HOW TO DEAL WITH RACIS

M. A. SUCCESSFUL RELATIONSHIPS OFTEN RESULT IN MARRIAGE, AND THE WEDDING PLANS THEMSELVES CAN BE A MAJOR STRUGGL

E.

B. ONCE MARRIED, MIXED RACE COUPLES FACE MORE DECISIONS CONCERNING HOLIDAY TRADITIONS, RELIGIOUS WORSHIP AND CHILDRE

N.

C. WHILE THERE ARE MANY ISSUES FACED BY THOSE IN INTERRACIAL RELATIONSHIPS, THE FRIENDSHIPS AND ROMANCES ARE OFTEN WORTHWHILE AND FULFILLIN

G.

D. THERE ARE, HOWEVER, CERTAIN ISSUES SUCH AS FAITH, CULTURAL TRADITIONS AND RACISM THAT CAN CAUSE TENSION AND DISCOMFORT IN THE RELATIONSHIP.

E. UNFORTUNATELY, MANY OF THESE RELATIONSHIPS GO UNNOTICED BECAUSE THE COUPLES FEEL THAT EITHER FRIENDS OR FAMILY WILL NOT APPROV

E.

F. WHEN PREPARING FOR INTERRACIAL WEDDINGS, MANY OF THE PARENTS FEEL THAT THEIR CULTURAL TRADITIONS ARE BEING DENIED AND CAN CAUSE PROBLEMS.

【R6】

INTERRACIAL MARRIAGES AND RELATIONSHIPS HAVE BECOME INCREASINGLY ACCEPTED AND ENCOURAGED BY SOCIETY. SINCE THE 1967 LEGALIZATION OF INTERRACIAL MARRIAGE, THE NUMBER OF MIXED RACE MARRIAGES HAS MORE OR LESS DOUBLED WITH EACH PASSING DECAD

E. THERE ARE CURRENTLY OVER 1. 6 MILLION INTERRACIAL MARRIAGES IN THE UNITED STATES AND THAT FIGURE IS FORECASTED TO CONTINUE RISIN

G. FOR THE MOST PART, RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN RACES ARE NO DIFFERENT THAN THE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN PEOPLE OF THE SAME RAC

E. 【R6】______. OVER 70% OF AMERICAN SOCIETY HAS NO PROBLEM WITH MIXED RACE RELATIONSHIPS, THUS PROVING THAT PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO OVERCOME RACIAL STEREOTYPES. OVER 40% OF AMERICANS HAVE ALREADY DATED SOMEONE OF ANOTHER ETHNICITY AND ARE PIONEERING A REVOLUTION IN THE DATING SCEN

E. MANY HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE STUDENTS ARE DATING INTERRACIALLY,WHICH IS HELPING TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF MIXED RACE RELATIONSHIPS. 【R7】______SECRET MIXED RACE ROMANCES OFTEN OCCUR BECAUSE THE PARENTS ARE STRICT AND FORBID OR DISCOURAGE DATING OUTSIDE OF ONE"S CULTUR

E. PARENTS ARE OFTEN THE PERPETRATORS OF STEREOTYPES AND RACIS

M. MANY PARENTS FORCE THEIR CHILDREN TO DATE WITHIN THEIR CULTURE, IN ORDER TO AVOID BETRAYING THEIR OWN CULTURAL ROOTS. 【R8】______SOME COUPLES CHOOSE TO AVOID CULTURAL TRADITION ALTOGETHER, SOME CHOOSE TO HAVE TWO SEPARATE WEDDINGS IN ORDER TO CELEBRATE BOTH TRADITIONS PROPERLY, AND SOME TRY TO COMPROMISE BY COMBINING CULTURAL CUSTOMS AND CREATING THEIR OW

N. 【R9】______INCLUDING THE FAMILIES IN THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS IS A GREAT WAY TO KEEP EVERYONE COMMUNICATING AND FEELING HAPPY. 【R10】______IT IS IMPORTANT TO TALK ABOUT WHERE HOLIDAYS WILL TAKE PLACE AND WHICH TRADITIONS THEY WILL CHOOSE TO CELEBRAT

E. MANY COUPLES CHOOSE TO WORSHIP EITHER SEPARATELY OR THEY WILL FIND A DIFFERENT FAITH THAT SUITS THEM BOT

H. ISSUES CONCERNING CHILDREN, AND HOW THEY WILL BE RAISED BOTH IN FAITH AND CULTURAL ARE ALSO MAJOR CONCERNS FOR MIXED RACE PARENTS. THE MIXED RACE CHILDREN SHOULD ALSO BE TAUGHT HOW TO DEAL WITH RACIS

M. A. SUCCESSFUL RELATIONSHIPS OFTEN RESULT IN MARRIAGE, AND THE WEDDING PLANS THEMSELVES CAN BE A MAJOR STRUGGL

E.

B. ONCE MARRIED, MIXED RACE COUPLES FACE MORE DECISIONS CONCERNING HOLIDAY TRADITIONS, RELIGIOUS WORSHIP AND CHILDRE

N.

C. WHILE THERE ARE MANY ISSUES FACED BY THOSE IN INTERRACIAL RELATIONSHIPS, THE FRIENDSHIPS AND ROMANCES ARE OFTEN WORTHWHILE AND FULFILLIN

G.

D. THERE ARE, HOWEVER, CERTAIN ISSUES SUCH AS FAITH, CULTURAL TRADITIONS AND RACISM THAT CAN CAUSE TENSION AND DISCOMFORT IN THE RELATIONSHIP.

E. UNFORTUNATELY, MANY OF THESE RELATIONSHIPS GO UNNOTICED BECAUSE THE COUPLES FEEL THAT EITHER FRIENDS OR FAMILY WILL NOT APPROV

E.

F. WHEN PREPARING FOR INTERRACIAL WEDDINGS, MANY OF THE PARENTS FEEL THAT THEIR CULTURAL TRADITIONS ARE BEING DENIED AND CAN CAUSE PROBLEMS.

What are the major themes of Shakespeare’s sonnets?

A.The theme of marriage.

B.The theme of literature.

C.All the three mentioned above.

D.The theme of love.

Part B (10 points)

You are going to read a list of headings and a text about cross-border marriage. Choose the most suitable headings.

A. The golden wedding-ring was put on her finger

B. The foreign groom and the local bride

C. Angels, children escorting the bride

D. Wedding hall

E. Temple and atheistic groom

F. Town hall, a happy bride and groom

Ornamenting the two fingers is only the first step of the "long march". Angel was never as overloaded as today, running from here to there, busy ordering invitation cards and wedding clothes, booking church and restaurant, checking availability of the photographer, the pastor and the official in the town hall, looking for a new home. She was happy and excited. However this long wedding preparation process loaded down with trivial details, gave me a big headache. In France, more and more French cohabit instead of marrying. However, when they decide to marry, they still take their wedding ceremony seriously and usually follow the never changing three traditional chapters.

(41)______.

The third chapter is the wedding breakfast followed by a dance. (The first and the second chapter are the civil wedding and the church wedding). After the church wedding, the newly-weds normally invite their parents and friends to take part in a sumptuous meal and dance in the evening. After champagne flutes are raised all around, the dancing starts. The newly-weds take the lead, dancing lightly and finish the evening by tiredly tripping into their bridal chamber and thus terminate the last chapter of the French marriage.

(42)______.

I grew up in the last seventies and early eighties, the "simple wedding" advocated by the Chinese government had been ingrained in my mind. One day finally I could not help revealing my wish for a simple wedding: "Darling, your wedding plans are far too long and over-elaborate. Let's simplify them and reduce three chapters to only one. It's enough to get married in the town hall!" "No! Marriage is the most important event in my life. I want to make it grand and unforgettable. "Angel refused to concede. However I really wanted to escape the church wedding. "Honey, I wasn't baptized and being an atheist, I am not allowed to go to church. A church wedding is a burden for an atheist like me, and the church wedding for an atheist is also against church rules!" I presented my views vehemently, believing I had the best excuse in the world. "My dear, marriage is a sacred affair; we must go to the church. You are only aware of one aspect of a thing, but ignorant of another. I am a Protestant; there are no strict canons and mumbo-jumbos in Protestantism. If one of the two is Protestant, they are still allowed to marry in a Protestant church." I was rendered speechless.

(43)______.

The sacred moment arrived. The foreign groom and the local bride, surrounded by her family members, arrived at the marriage hall. "Do you take this woman as your wife?" "Yes!" A myriad of thoughts welled up in my mind: "I'd quit my highly coveted job in China and gone through innumerable trials and tribulations to come to Europe to join my Chinese lover, but I was jilted. Now I'd found an oasis of love, but far from my homeland The girl with me today, though from a different cultural background, with a different way of thinking and behaving, is simple, pure and kind-hearted like an angel. I'd suffered from the wandering life in Europe. But after suffering comes happiness. In a few minutes she will proclaim the end of my wandering and homeless life. "Full of deep feeling I gazed at this western beauty, shining with dazzling splendor and held her hand tight in mine.

(44)______.

"Do you take this man as your husband?" Brimming with tears, choking with sobs, Angel nodded her approval. Being a traditional French girl, she'd never

What is NOT the attitude of researchers towards delay of marriage?

A．Delay of marriage is beneficial to males.

B．Delay of marriage will put women at a disadvantage.

C．It is reasonable for females to object to their boyfriends' dragging their feet on getting married.

D．Since women postpone their first marriage as late as 25, it is fair for men to delay marriage.

听力原文：W: Mr. Wang, it is reported that your university is the first one to relax the role banning students from getting married. Does it mean that students in our university are encouraged to get married?

M: I wouldn't say that. We don't mean to encourage students to rush into marriage. What we say is that if a student is of legal age for marriage then we will deal with the matter in accordance with relevant laws and regulations.

W: Do you think the lifting of the ban will result in a rising number of marriages among college students?

M: No, I don't think m. Such worries are unnecessary. So far we haven't received any marriage applications from students.

W: What is the students' response to this decision'? Are they cheered by it?

M: Oh, yeah. Most of them applauded the decision. But meanwhile, they say they wouldn't consider marriage until after graduation. Marriage is too big a decision. 1 think the majority of students wouldn't risk it without careful thought. Besides, they do not want to sacrifice a golden time for gaining knowledge to the extra pressures of forming a family.

(20)

A．The students in the university where Mr. Wang stays are encouraged to get married.

B．The students in the university where Mr. Wang stays are banned to get married.

C．The students in the university where Mr. Wang stays are allowed to get married if they arc of legal age for marriage.

D．The students in the university where Mr. Wang slays are reluctant to get marled even if they are of legal age for marriage.