[简答题]Because the churchgoing population is now much smaller in the West and because the civic registry office wedding can have an impersonal nature, couples are choosing to use marriage celebrants to conduct their wedding ceremony. They do this instead of being married in church or in the official registry office. The more relaxed nature of the ceremony in front of a civil marriage celebrant means that the wedding vows can be exchanged in any number of venues--in the home on the bride, the groom or their parents, in a park, by the seashore, in a reception centre or restaurant. Some adventurous couples have exchanged their vows on boats, in a helicopter, or on the top of a mountain. As long as the marriage celebrant is there to ensure the correct ritual is followed, and the proper legal witnesses testify to the fact that the vows are exchanged properly, there is no limit to where the wedding ceremony can take place. Some have even taken place under water, with bride and groom, both experien

[简答题]Because the churchgoing population is now much smaller in the West and because the civic registry office wedding can have an impersonal nature, couples are choosing to use marriage celebrants to conduct their wedding ceremony. They do this instead of being married in church or in the official registry office. The more relaxed nature of the ceremony in front of a civil marriage celebrant means that the wedding vows can be exchanged in any number of venues--in the home on the bride, the groom or their parents, in a park, by the seashore, in a reception centre or restaurant. Some adventurous couples have exchanged their vows on boats, in a helicopter, or on the top of a mountain. As long as the marriage celebrant is there to ensure the correct ritual is followed, and the proper legal witnesses testify to the fact that the vows are exchanged properly, there is no limit to where the wedding ceremony can take place. Some have even taken place under water, with bride and groom, both experien

[填空题]Because of too much typing on computer keyboards, some young teachers have trouble (write) ______ clearly on blackboards.

[填空题]Mary was not promoted because she dreamed too much and fell _____ in her lessons.

[单项选择] Because of satellite links which now enable broadcast news organizations to originate live programming from any part of the globe, the entire world is becoming one giant sound stage for television news. As a result, Marshall McLean’’s reference to the post-television world as being a single "global village" is gaining new acceptance and Shakespeare’’s famous line, "all the world’’s a stage," has taken on an interesting new twist in meaning. But, beyond the philosophical dimensions of global television communications there are some dramatic, political implications. Even before today’’s worldwide satellite links were possible, the growing effect of broadcast news technology on national and international politics was becoming increasingly evident. Because television is a close-up medium and a medium that seems to most readily involve e motions, it is most effective when it is revealing the plights of people. It was probably the appalling footage of the Nazi death camps that fir
A. the evolution of international politics in the United States
B. the broadcast media’’s growing role in international politics
C. the concern for human rights as is shown in broadcast media
D. the impact of global television communication on viewers’’ emotions

[填空题]Your work plan is much better now, but there is still room for (improve) ______ .

[单项选择]How much does the stereo cost now
A. $1000
B. $800
C. $820
D. $960

[填空题]Because people have been paying too much attention to the sulphur particles and other pollutants, they overlooked another problem, global warming.