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高中阅读完填训练 （1） Nowadays, the modern British royal family has become a tool to increase global influence. On April 29, up to two billion people around the world watched the British royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton. It was Britain’s biggest wedding since William and Harry’s parents, Prince Charles and Princess Diana, were married in 1981. William’s grandmother is Queen Elizabeth. His father, Prince Charles, is first in line to become king. William, as the older son, is second in line. Since Kate is not in the royal blood line, for the first time a prince marries a real commoner. Kate Middleton is beautiful, attractive and not at all royal. Her parents founded a party supply company that has made them millionaires. In 2001, she was a student at the University of St. Andrews in the Fife, Scotland. It was here that she met her sweetheart Prince William of Wales. Prince William said that after meeting at St Andrews University, where they were both studying history of art: “We just spent more time together, we had a good giggle (咯咯笑) and realised we shared some interests. She has a normal sense of humour which is really good for me because I’ve got a dead sense of humour, and things happened.” Few people would disagree that the marriage of Prince William to Kate Middleton has raised the spirits of Britain and many other places in the world that weekend. Whether you were in London to watch the Royal Wedding or not, you were able to catch the wedding news either live on a big screen near you, online or on your television or radio set. It’s a fairy tale wedding and it surely deserves a fairy tale audience. Nearly two thousand guests filled the Westminster Abbey on Friday, including English football star David Beckham and his wife Victoria. Many Americans woke up before sunrise to watch the wedding. And thousands of people traveled to Britain to join the celebration. Anyway, the wedding gave a help to the faltering (低迷的) British economy and brought