3. Not a single company （线索结构）can dominate （线索结构）the industry because__.
A) People resist standardization.来源：考试大
B) Parents want to reduce the wedding cost
C) Many couples can’t afford more than the price of a hamburger. *
D) Family members are surprised at the complicated arrangements.

A．分析：利用题干中的线索结构（核心结构）作为答案线索，这样发现答案相关句：
　　What is surprising is that no one company dominates （包含题干中的核心结构）the industry. It seems that when people plan for a day as special to them as a wedding, they resist standardization. （与Ａ一致）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.
考点：复杂句子结构（形式主语结构）。
补充：
e.g. The child sang as sweetly as a nightingale.这孩子歌唱得同夜莺般婉转
e.g. I received the same grade as you did.我和你得分一样
e.g. People are not so honest as they once were.人们现在不如过去那样诚实了。
e.g. He was not so much angry as disappointed. 他的失望甚於恼怒。 

4.  　　Which of the following can best replace the phrase “foot the bill ”in the first paragraph?
A) play football
B)  bring the bill
C) approve the bill 来源：考试大
D) pay the bill

D．分析：利用题干中的引语结构作为线索，这样找到答案相关句：
　　Every couple who goes to the altar believes that they will make that trip only once in their lives. They want the day to be perfect, and they are asking for much more than good weather. They want the most beautiful clothes, the freshest flowers. Moreover, her family who will foot the bill（负担费用）is not in any mood to economize（节约）.
考点：特殊短语。
出题点：可以借助上下文的语义推断出的特殊短语（超纲短语／多义短语）或特殊单词（超纲单词／多义单词）。

5.  The writer’s attitude towards the annual 12-billion-dollar business （特征词）of wedding appears to be
A. positive.来源：考试大
B. negative.
C. indifferent.＊
D. objective.

D．分析：利用备选项中的特征词作为答案线索，这样找到答案相关句，同时要注意到该题有关文章主题，所以还要注意文章开头和结尾的句子（这些位置的句子往往会体现作者的观点/态度）
　　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 350　such pamphlets published of course by businesses who have something to offer. Considering that weddings do more than 12　billion 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：考察文章主题。