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A wedding is celebrated with some kind of ceremony almost everywhere in the world. The ceremony is different among different nat

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问题     A wedding is celebrated with some kind of ceremony almost everywhere in the world. The ceremony is different among different nations and different【B1】______. But whatever form a marriage ceremony might take, it serves the important purpose of【B2】______to the community that a man and a woman have been joined in marriage.
    The wedding ceremony in the West may be a religious one【B3】______by a clergyman, or a civil official, such as a mayor or a judge. Or it may be a couple’s declaration before witnesses of their【B4】______to marry. Some young people nowadays choose their own marriage ceremony.
    Many of the customs【B5】______with wedding ceremonies developed from wedding customs of the earliest times and came from many lands. The wearing of a bridal veil(面纱)may have come from a superstition【B6】______back to early Greek and Roman times. The veil is also believed to have been worn as a(n) 【B7】______of the bride’ s status. She would wear it to show that she was【B8】______and pure.
    The wedding ring is the most widely used symbol of marriage today, as it has been for centuries. The word "wedding" comes from the old English word "wed", which means "promise".
    During Anglo-Saxon times a(n) 【B9】______to marry was made certain when the bridegroom-to-be gave his sweetheart a ring. The ring, a circle with no beginning or end, was 【B10】______a symbol of eternity(永恒). The third finger of the left hand was chosen as the ring finger because of the mistaken belief that a vein(静脉, 血管)or nerve runs from that finger to the heart.
Word Bank
A. promise I. accomplished
B. commitment J. associated
C. religions K. reflected
D. indication L. considered
E. purpose M. announcing
F. intention N. revealing
G. innocent O. dating
H. performed
【B9】
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答案A
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