4. He was a heavy smoker and died of lung cancer, which proves the ________ that smoking kills.

fantasy       movement       notion       nitty-gritty

5. We've been living together for years but only now I have persuaded my boyfriend to _________. 

tie knots       tie up knots       tied the knot       tie the knot

答案 1. 阅读课文并回答问题。

1. What expression does the writer use to mean your perfect partner?

The man/woman of you dreams.

2. Where did the Romantic period begin?

The Romantic period - an artistic, literary, musical and intellectual movement that originated in Europe in the 18th Century.

3. True or false: It's romantic to pay the bills with red roses.

False. It's romantic to give red roses to someone but impossible to pay the bills with them!

4.What do popular love stories concentrate on?

Many popular love stories put the focus on finding someone special, not what happens afterwards.

5. Which word in the text means 'feeling annoyed and impatient because you can't achieve what you want to'?

Frustrating. (A relationship is hard work. It’s frustrating, messy and can be emotionally damaging.)

2. 请你在不参考课文的情况下完成下列练习。选择一个意思合适的单词填入句子的空格处 。

1. Alan's been making the girls hearts flutter ever since he started college.

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