Progress Test (Module 3)
Variant 2
1. Read the text below to decide if each statement is correct (True) or
incorrect (False).
A Traditional Wedding
Everybody loves a good wedding and I'm no exception. I've been to a load of
them in my native Britain and I must say that I usually have a great time. I've also
been to a few abroad, including the Caribbean and Spain, and most recently (last
week in fact) to one in the mountains of Sardinia. No two weddings are ever the
same and I really enjoyed this one for one or two of the differences from those in
the UK.
First, the two families spent at least three weeks before the big day preparing
all the food, from wonderful home-made delicacies to simple traditional breads and
pastas. In my experience, in the UK that onerous task is left to the caterers! In the
week leading up to the wedding there is a dinner or some form of celebration every
day - training for the stomach I guess. I know that we have the traditional Bachelor
party and Bachelorette party, but this is more family orientated and certainly a little
less rowdy. This particular ceremony was in a beautiful country church and
afterwards the couple was driven to the reception in a wonderfully decorated classic
Fiat 500, which was really similar to what happens in the UK, even down to the
string of tin cans trailing behind the car!
The reception itself was also very similar until I realized that the seven tables
in the hall each sat sixty guests (that's four hundred and twenty, for those of you
who didn't study Math), an average number for Sardinia but would be considered a
very large wedding where I'm from.
The wine flowed, as did the chatter - the famous Italian exuberance showing
itself to the full. There were the five or six courses of wonderful food, screaming kids
running wild, the ceremonial cutting of the cake by the bride and groom - but no
speeches! Not one. In the UK it's traditional for the father of the bride to propose a
toast, followed by the groom and finishing up with that of the best man. His is
meant to be he highlight of the lunch \ dinner, generally having a good laugh at the
groom's expense, but here the groom was spared that particular discomfort.
Instead there was a delightful custom which I'd never seen before, in which
six or seven of the male guests pass round the hall banging trays, drums, pots, pans
or basically anything that makes a horrendous noise, selling pieces of the groom's
tie which has been cut into tiny bits. The money raised is then given to the happy(!)
couple to help them set up their new life together. Really nice. Finally the evening
saw a lot of traditional dancing, a little disco dancing and some karaoke. Pretty
much the part I like best, and again I wasn't disappointed. Can't wait for the next
one.
1.
The writer generally likes weddings.
2.
He didn't particularly enjoy the Sardinian one.
3.
The families helped the caterers to prepare the food.
4.
There is usually a dinner the night before the wedding.
5.
The groom meets the bride outside the church.
6.
UK wedding receptions are often a lot smaller than Sardinian ones.
7.
The writer found it hard to understand the speeches.
8.
The staff of the reception hall cut the cake for the guests.
9.
There is an auction to sell the groom's tie.
10.
The money from this helps to pay for the reception.
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