teeth." The young woman followed her mother's advice.

They were finally married in a wonderful ceremony(仪式)．Not forgetting the advice each had received，they carefully spent every day.The husband wore his socks every night and the wife kept her mornings silent；they did quite well until about a month later.Just before dawn(黎明)，the husband woke only to find that one of his socks was gone！Thinking of the terrible result，he felt frightened at once.He jumped up and began to search the bed for his sock in a hurry.Of course，this made the wife woken.Without thinking，the wife asked，"What on earth are you doing？"The husband stopped in surprise，and then he cried，"Oh，no！You must have swallowed(吞) my sock！"

5．What troubled the young man before he got married?

A．His feet had an unpleasant smell.

B．He was unprepared for the big day.

C．He was too poor to marry the girl.

D．His habit was too bad to be known.

答案　A

解析　细节理解题。根据第一段第三句中的"...I have very smelly feet，so I'm afraid that she will not put up with them."可知答案为A项。

6．The underlined word "bridegroom" in the first paragraph means " "．

A．a man who has a few big troubles

B．a man who hates to wash his feet

C．a man who believes his families

D．a man who will get married soon

答案　D

解析　词义猜测题。根据文章第一段内容可知，bridegroom一词指的是这对情侣中的男士，而他们马上就要结婚了，故文中bridegroom一词指的是"即将结婚的男子"。

7．Why did the husband feel frightened?

A．Because he forgot to wear the socks.

B．Because one of his socks was missing.

C．Because his wife might find the truth.

D．Because it would disappoint his father.