When a couple decides to marry, they naturally inform both sets of parents and stepparents before having a party planned or telling all their friends.The days are long gone of the man going trembling to the girl’s father and saying, “ Sir, may I have the honor of having the hand of your daughter in marriage?” However, a wise couple always discuss their plans for marriage with their respective families, and a young man often suggests a “financial talk” with his future father-in-law before the latter is faced with the embarrassment of asking for one.Even if a young woman has supported herself and lives away from home, her parents have the right to know how her fiancé proposes to handle the long-range financing of their family and home.The fiancé should state his income, his savings, and his failure expectations, without overstating any of them.
Engagement parties are given by the parents of the bride-to-be or by a relative of the bride acting for her parents, usually just before the newspaper announcement of the engagement.If the bride-to-be and her fiancé live in a city other than her parents, it is better for her parents to go to the city than her to go home to them for the engagement party.She and her fiancé will, after all, be partied in her parents’ hometown during the wedding festivities.However, if the family home is not far away, it is proper for the engaged couple to travel there for the announcement party.The young man’s family should be invited, too.If the bride’s parents are no longer living, then a relative or a close friend can give the party.It is usually a simple cocktail’s party, champagne served for toasts to the engaged couple.
If the party is very large, the engaged couple and the girl’s parents might form a receiving line---- but they do not have to.The bride-to-be usually wears her engagement ring officially for the first time on this occasion.If she has a gift for the groom-to-be, she gives it to him right before or after the engagement party.
For Americans, the traditional engagement ring is a diamond solitaire (单粒宝石).However, today anything goes---- a ring with many colored stones, a ring with a large semiprecious stone, an heirloom (传家宝) ring reset in a modern design, or even a stone in the bride’s family, simply reset in a Tiffany setting.The wedding ring will be of the same metal as the engagement ring.Some girls prefer no engagement ring but choose a wedding band that is decorated with stones instead.No one has to have an engagement ring.A girl may want her fiancé to give her a pearl necklace instead, or a jeweled watch.Jeweled rings can be given as gifts on many occasions during the married lives---- such as wedding anniversaries, the birth of a child, or an important job promotion.
4.According to the first paragraph, young men ________.
A.must tell all their friends before planning a party
B.used to feel afraid of going to meet their girl friends’ parents
C.must promise that their family could support them
D.must guarantee they live away from home already
5.The underlined word “one” in the first paragraph most probably means ________.
A.a marriage B.a plan
C. a financial talk D.an embarrassment
6.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A.The bride-to-be and her fiancé will have to wait in line with both of their parents.
B.If the girl’s parents are dead, a relative or a close friend gives a party on their behalf.
C.The engagement party is usually given before the newspaper announcement.
D.It’s no longer necessary to give a diamond solitaire as the engagement ring.
7.We can infer from the last paragraph that ________.
A.a young man can give his wife a jeweled watch on the birthday of their child
B.the heirloom must be reset in a modern design
C.the engagement ring and the wedding ring are different
D.some girls don’t mind what they are given for the engagement
BCAD
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在不影响理解的前提下,尽可能地阅读以便在尽可能短的时间内理解文章或段落的内容。阅读时,如遇到不熟悉的单词、词组或一时看不懂的句子,不要停下来苦思冥想,继续读下去,通过上下文的词语和句子可能就理解了。
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