Soccer star David Beckham will be there with
his pop star wife Victoria. Elton John is attending with partner David Furnish.
The guest list for the April 29 union of
Prince William and Kate Middleton is still being kept secret, but details have
begun to leak out, with some coming forward to say they are attending and the
Mail on Sunday newspaper claiming to have the official
invitation roster (名單).
The palace dismissed the newspaper's list as
speculation (猜測) Sunday.
It won't be clear until the day how the royal
couple has balanced the protocol demands (王室規(guī)則) that they
invite statesmen, diplomats, religious leaders, politicians and the like with
invitations to the people they really want to see, particularly the crowd they
made friends with when they met and fell in love at St. Andrews University in
Scotland.
Kate Reardon, editor of high-society magazine
Tatler, said many prominent Britons acted as if they didn't really care
about receiving an invitation while secretly checking the mail every day to see
if the invitation had arrived.
"Everyone's been hoping," she said.
William and Middleton have showed their
modern side by inviting a number of close friends, including some former
sweethearts, the newspaper said.
The wedding is not technically a state event,
which somewhat limits the protocol requirements applied to the guest list. But
royal obligations (職責(zé)) still order that a large number of the 1,900 or so seats
go to guests from the world of politics, not actual friends of the couple.
The couple have also invited many guests from
the charities they work with, and Middleton has used her influence to invite
the butcher, shopkeeper and pub owner from her home village of Bucklebury.
President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle
were not invited and many other international leaders are also expected to be
watching on TV, not from a seat at Westminster Abbey.
It is not clear if treasured Brits from the
world of stage and screen and pop music will be on the list.
1. Who were not invited to Prince William and Kate Middleton's
wedding?
A. David Beckham and his wife.
B. Elton John and his partner David Furnish.
C. People from the charities they work with.
D. President Barack Obama and his wife
Michelle.
2.Which of the following statements is true according to the
passage?
A. The guest list for the wedding is
officially announced.
B. The wedding is technically a state event.
C. Only the actual friends of the couple will
be invited to the wedding.
D. A large number of guests from the world of
politics will be invited.
3.The word "prominent" in paragraph 5 probably means .
A. honest B.
modern
C. well known and important D.
busy and hardworking
4.It can be inferred from the passage that .
A. their wedding will be held at Westminster
Abbey on April 29th.
B. Kate Reardon was invited to the wedding.
C. journalists will not be allowed to attend
the wedding.
D. their former sweethearts are sure to
attend their wedding.
5.The best title for the passage might be .
A. Prince William and Middleton fall in love
at St. Andrews University
B. British royal wedding guest list details
leaks out
C. Prince William and Middleton prepares for
their grand wedding
D. British
singers and movie stars invited to the wedding