His performance in the play didn't reach the required standard by the director, __, he failed.

   A.in words                     B.in another word         C.in a word                  D.in other words

In Britain arrangements for inviting and entertaining guests at a wedding are usually the responsibility of the bride's family．In most cases it is mainly friends and relations of both families who are invited but when bride's father is a businessman of some kind, the  wedding reception may provide a useful occasion for establishing social connections with clients or customers and other people whose goodwill may be of advantage to him．it is, however, the bride's mother who has the job of sending out the formal printed invitation cards．

In the case of a church wedding, the vicar of each parish(教区) in which the bride and bridegroom live is normally informed about a month in advance of the ceremony so that an announcement of the coming wedding can be made in church on each of three Sundays before it takes place．Anyone who may know of an existing marriage of either partner is ordered to give information, though this means of avoiding bigamy must have been more effective in the days when people attend the religious service and the bride usually wears the traditional long white dress and veil, while her bridesmaids, who are children, wear long dresses in attractive colors．This may also happen in the case of a civil wedding in a register office but is probably less usual．

The reception which follows may be held in a restaurant, a local hall or, when there are few guests, in the bride’s own home．Refreshments are provided, a special iced wedding-cake is cut(usually to the accompaniment of speeches)and distributed to the guests, toasts are drunk and dancing may follow．At some point in the celebrations, the bride goes off to change into everyday clothes and then leaves the party with her husband to go on their honeymoon, the journey they will make together, often in romantic surrounding abroad．

It is the bride's parents who normally have to________．

A．make all the arrangements for the wedding  

B．provide hospitality for the people attending

C．decide who shall be invited                     

D．pay all expenses involved

What possible difference is suggested between a church and a civil wedding?

    A．Civil weddings are less commonly followed by a reception．

    B．It is less usual for guests to attend the civil wedding formalities．

    C．Guests at civil weddings are less formally dressed．

    D．There could be less attention paid at the latter to convention and picturesque effect．

The reception normally takes place in the bride’s home if________．

       A．this is a large one．                

       B．there is enough room to entertain the people invited．

       C．the parents cannot afford to hire a hall． 

       D．there is to be no party afterwards．

The couple leave for their honeymoon________．

    A．after the church or register office ceremony

    B．immediately after the cake has been cut and the speeches made

C．at the end of the reception               

D．as soon as the bride is ready

There are differences in spelling and pronunciation_______ AmE and BrE. That means AmE is more or less different _________BrE.

A. between; from     B. from; in   C. in; between  D. from ; between

  小红、小明和小刚是第一中学的三个学生。他们根据自己的兴趣爱好，每周都花几个小时参加不同的志愿者（volunteer）工作。请根据下面所提供的信息，以 “Being a volunteer is great!” 为题目，给学校英文报投稿，报道他们的志愿都工作及他们的感受。

注意：1.词数100左右。

2.题目已为你写好

Being a volunteer is great!

The boy made       mistakes in this exam so he got a higher grade.

A. some      B. fewer      C. many      D. more

 24. Jane is not ____ she was ten years ago. She has changed so much.

  A. that               B. who                  C. whom        D. what

Don’t try to cheat in the examination. You will never __________ it.

  A. get away with     B. get out       C. get over     D. get down to

In the garden there are a lot of flowers ______ I don’t know the names.

   A. of which          B. from which           C. to which       D. about which

The desks he made are ___ more expensive than these I saw.

A. quite  B. very   C. rather  D. fairly

The earth is 49 times ___ the moon.

A. as bigger as   B. so big as   C. the size of   D. of the size of