stable是什么意思华慧2014年3月中科院考博英语真题阅读理解Section A 第一篇阅读文章

2021年1月6日发(作者：黎遇航)
2014年3月中科院考博英语真题
阅读理解第一篇阅读文章
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Passage One
Mark Kelly is originally from Lancashire in England. He has been
living in Japan for six years and, at the weekend, he is a fake priest.
was living in Sapporo, studying Japanese, and I needed the money. it's far
better paid than teaching in a language school,
priest is big business in Japan----I've done a TV commercial for one
company,
about 20 fake priests. In a city like Tokyo, there must be hundreds.
The fake Western priests are employed at Western-style weddings
to give a performance and add to the atmosphere. These are not legal
ceremonies-the couples also have to make a trip to the local registrar.
the past almost all weddings in Japan were Shinto, but in the last few
years Western-style weddings have appeared and become very popular,
said one Japanese priest.
wedding, so they overwhelmingly ask for a foreign priest instead of a
Japanese one,
The fake priests in Japan sometimes have to deal with difficult
situations. Mr. Kelly has often presided over ceremonies where the bride
is pregnant.
fainted. It wasn't very romantic,
genuine Japanese priests.
They are very much against us, but there are not enough genuine
Japanese priests to meet the demand
One Japanese Christian priest spoke out.
They are not genuine and they give us a bad name,

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important for the bride and groom to have a proper wedding, and they are
not getting it from these foreign priests. I have even heard of hotels using
staff when they can't find anyone else.
But Mr. Kelly argues that the ceremony is not about religion, but
about image.
prayer in my ceremony. It works very well, although I had to take out the
part about the bear god in the sky,
end of the wedding, I think I have done a good job.
36. What do we know about Mark Kelly?
A. He's a professional priest.
B. He's a language student.
C. He's working for a TV station.
D. He's earning a living in Japan.
37. The fake Western priests are in great demand in Japan because
of______.
A. the popularity of Western- style weddings
B. the bad reputation of Japanese priests
C. the decline of the traditional religion, Shinto
D. the low prices at which they are hired
38. Using a foreign priest at a wedding in Japan is______.
A. forbidden according to criminal law
B. meant for having a Western atmosphere
C. aimed to save a trip to a registrar
D. deemed necessary to add to the solemnity
39. According to the passage, Mr. Kelly considers his job
rather______.
A. demanding B. amusing
C. sacred D. creative
40. Japanese priests are angry with those fake foreign priests because
they are______.
A. bringing an end to the occupation
B. misleading the bride and groom
C. damaging the image of the former
D. corrupting the morals of weddings
41. According to Mr. Kelly, what mostly interests a Japanese couple
at the wedding is______.
A. how well the priest can perform his role
B. what religious rituals are being followed
C. whether other participants can be moved
D. who can make them burst into tears
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