Read the following passage and fill in each blank with one
word in three ways: according to the context; using the correct form of the
given words; according to the given letters of the words. Remember to write the
answers on the answer sheet.
Most British couples, whether religious or not, have a church
wedding, which combines the religious rite with the legal contract. Wedding
arrangement for inviting and entertaining guests at a wedding are usually the
(66) (responsible) of the bride’s family. In most cases it
is mainly friends and re (67) of both families who are
invited, but when the bride’s father is a person with pr (68)
social standing or a businessman of some kind, the wedding reception
may provide a useful occasion for establishing social co (69)
with those people whose goodwill may be of great advantage to him and
his family. It is however, the bride’s mother who has the job of sending out the
formal printed (70) (invite) cards. In the
case of church wedding, the vicar of each pa (71) in which
the bride and bridegroom live is normally informed about a month in
(72) 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.
Often up to a hundred or more people attend the religious service and the church
and the bride usually wears the tr (73) (tradition) long
white dress and veil, while her br (74) , who are often
children, wear long dresses in attractive colours. The wedding ceremony
resembles a Christian se (75) during which the bride and
bridegroom make promises to each other, according to which, whatever unforeseen
difficulties they may encounter, they will remain l (76) to
each other until they die. The wedding ceremony may also happen in the case of a
civil wedding in a register office but is probably less usual and more purely
l (77) . After the ceremony, there is nearly
always a "reception" consisting (78) a light meal, which is
usually held in a restaurant, or in a local hall where a great number of guests
attend. But it may also be held in the bride’s own home when there are few
guests. Refreshments are provided, a special iced wedding cake is cut and dis
(79) to the guests, toasts and drink and dancing may follow. At
some point in the celebration, the bride goes off to change into her everyday
clothes and then leaves the party with her husband to go on their ho
(80) , the journey they will make together, often in romantic
surroundings abroad, during which they enjoy all the pleasure and none of the
responsibilities of married life.