Question

【題目】A

The Sahara Festival is a celebration of the very recent past. The threeday event is not fixed to the same dates each year, but generally takes place in November or December. It is well attended by tourists, but even better attended by locals.

During the opening ceremonies, after the official greetings from the government leaders, people who attend the festival begin to march smartly before the viewing stands, and white camels transport their riders across the stands. Horsemen from different nations display their beautiful clothes and their fine horsemanship. One following another, groups of musicians and dancers from all over the Sahara take their turn to show off their wonderful culture. Groups of men in blue and yellow play horns and best drums as they dance in different designs. On their knees in the sand, a group of women in long dark dresses dance with their hair：their long, dark, shiny hair is thrown back and forth in the wind to the rhythm of their dance.

The local and visiting Indian dogs are anxious to run after hares. The crowd is on its feet for the camel races. Camels and riders run far into the distance, and then return to the finish line in front of the cheering people.

Towards the evening, there comes the grand finale of the opening day, an extremely exciting horserace. All the riders run very fast on horseback. Some riders hang off the side of their saddles. Some even ride upside down—heir legs and feet straight up in the air—all at full speed. Others rush down the course together, men arm in arm, on different horses. On and on they went. So fast and so wonderful!

【1】The Sahara Festival is a festival which________.

A．has a very long history in North Africa

B．is held in the same place on the same day

C．is attended mainly by the people in the Sahara

D．is celebrated mostly by travelers from different countries

【2】Before the races begin, ________take part in the activities during the opening ceremonies________.

A．musicians, dancers, horses and hares

B．camel riders, musicians, dogs and hares

C．horseman, dancers, camels and dogs

D．musicians, officials, camels and horses

【3】The underlined word“finale”in the fourth paragraph most probably means the________of the opening day.

A．first part

B．middle

C．last part

D．whole

【4】This passage mainly tells readers________.

A．what happens on the opening day of the Sahara Festival

B．how people celebrate during the threeday Sahara Festival

C．what takes place at the closing ceremonies of the Sahara Festival

D．how animals race on the first and the last days of the Sahara Festival

Answer 1

【答案】【1】C

【2】D

【3】C

【4】A

【解析】【1】第一段最后一句中的It is well attended by tourists, but even better attended by locals.告訴我們主要是Sahara當(dāng)?shù)厝藚⒓觮he Sahara Festival。

【2】根據(jù)第二段內(nèi)容可判斷出在開幕式期間，比賽前音樂家、政府官員、駱駝和馬參加了各項活動。

【3】根據(jù)最后一段Towards the evening可猜測出這應(yīng)該是這一天的活動的最后部分。

【4】這篇短文主要介紹the Sahara Festival的開幕式上舉行的各種活動。