答案及解析：来源：考试大

　　1.文章标题分析：The business of wedding
　　Every couple who goes to the altar（祭坛） believes ..
　　A quick look at any bride magazine will reveal that …
　　As the arrangements are generally complicated, there are plenty of services that ..
　　What is surprising is that no one company dominates the industry. .
　　What about the couple that doesn’t want to take in (?) this billion-dollar industry? They can go to city hall and get married for less than the price of a hamburger.

　　2．直接看问题句和备选项，确认答案。（注意问题句和备选项的句意，结构和用词特点）

1. What does the expression “this billion-dollar industry” refer to ?
A) The budgets of weddings.
B) The business of weddings.
C) The planning and execution of weddings.
D) The high wedding expense.

分析：借助题干中的引语结构作为答案线索，这样找到答案相关句，在进行答案选择时一定要注意引语的核心词industry（工业/行业），而备选项中与该词相对的只有B中的business，而B选项又是文章的标题（中心），因此判断答案为B。也可借助文章中的相关句：来源：考试大

　　As the arrangements are generally complicated, there are plenty of services that can be hired to help with the planning and execution of the every aspect of the wedding: planning the photographs, selecting the wedding rings, choosing the flowers, picking the honeymoon spot, and so on. One magazine lists over 350such pamphlets published of course by businesses who have something to offer. Considering that weddings do more than 12billion dollars worth of business annually in the US alone, such activity isn’t surprising.
　　What is surprising is that no one company dominates the industry. It seems that when people plan for a day as special to them as a wedding, they resist standardization. They turn instead to the small local suppliers known to them or to their friends. Family members or friends often serve as photographers, caterers and musicians. This not only helps bring the wedding cost down, but makes it more personal.　What about the couple that doesn’t want to take in this billion-dollar industry? They can go to city hall and get married for less than the price of a hamburger.
考点：考察代词（this/the）的指代内容。
出题点：涉及代词的句子。
补充：
take in v.接受, 吸收, 理解, 包括
take apart v. 拆开分开后将…分成许多部分
take off: v. 脱掉（衣服等）, 打折
e.g. take the brake off松开刹车
e.g. take 20 percent off优惠百分之二十
take out v. 取出
take over v. 接管
take up v. 用尽，耗掉或占用, 开始从事（一项职业或行当）：
e.g. take up engineering干起了工程设计这一行
e.g. The extra duties took up most of my time.额外工作耗费了我绝大部分时间

2. Which of the following is not mentioned?
A) The wedding budget.
B) The wedding breakfast.来源：考试大
C) The wedding date.
D) The wedding cost.

B．分析：利用备选项中的核心词作为答案线索，分别在文章中进行对应的查找，确认答案：
　　（第2段）A quick look at any bride magazine will reveal that plenty of attractive goods and services compete for a share of the wedding budget.（A） Besides the obvious choices of rings, dresses, flowers, and photographs, there are the less apparent expenses: a lavish cake, a rehearsal dinner, a receptions, music for both the ceremony and the reception, tips, and even napkins and matchbooks （纸板火柴）printed with the couple’s names and the wedding date.（C）
　　（第4段）What is surprising is that no one company dominates the industry. It seems that when people plan for a day as special to them as a wedding, they resist standardization. They turn instead to the small local suppliers known to them or to their friends. Family members or friends often serve as photographers, caterers and musicians. This not only helps bring the wedding cost （D）down, but makes it more personal.
考点：考察考生的细节查找能力。