2017届北京市朝阳区高考英语阅读理解暑假训练（6）_高考复习指南

2017届北京市朝阳区高考英语阅读理解暑假训练（6）

　　A. it may cost you a fortune to have such a wedding

　　B. you can bring whatever you want to Thailand

　　C. what Thailand offers hardly satisfies customers’ needs

　　D. there are quite a few activities after the wedding

　　【答案】A

　　【解析】根据第四段The approximate costs are around half a million U.S. dollars可知，本次婚礼的费用大约50万美元。

　　75. What can we learn from the last paragraph?

　　A. Cost of weddings in Thailand will be reduced.

　　B. More people will get married in Thailand.

　　C. Fewer westerners will have Thai weddings.

　　D. Chinese will be Thailand’s No.1 customers.

　　【答案】B

　　【解析】根据最后一段可知the numbers are slowly coming up，“数量在慢慢上升”，因此选B.

　　【重庆市南开中学2017二诊考试请阅读下列短文，从每篇短文后所给各题的A，B，C，D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

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