7．Around the world there are some festivals that for some of us may sound bizarre．
In England they celebrate the rolling cheese race，which occurs every year during the last Monday in May．This festival's characteristic is a contest where an official rolls cheese down a steep hill and festival-goers go chasing after it．The winner is the first one to reach and catch the cheese．
Another festival celebrated in England is the world championship of grimaces （鬼臉）．It is a celebration that dates back to 1297 and is celebrated during the month of September．The task is to perform the best grimace using anything you can to win．
The worldwide championship of wife lifting is celebrated in Finland．The game is based on Viking traditions where a man should carry away his neighbor's wife．According to the rules，any woman above 17 is considered as a wife，so if you are within this age，take care while visiting this country during the month of July．
Many of you have watched Pirates of the Caribbean and have known something about pirates．The 19th of September has been declared worldwide as the day to talk like a pirate．Plenty of people have celebrated it thanks to the publicity （宣傳） on the Internet．
First staged in 1998，the Boryeong Mud Festival is an attraction that pulls more than a million visitors to the South Korean City．As you all know，the town is said to be rich in minerals，so there is no shortage of mud．Mud is trucked onto Daecheon Beach for tourists and locals to enjoy the festival to their best．
The Monkey Buffet Festival is held in Thailand to develop tourism．It's an unusual feast held for about 600 monkeys．The Monkey Buffet Festival is held in honor of the Hindu gods Ram and Hanuman and involves 3，000 kilograms of vegetables and fruits being laid out for monkeys to stuff themselves．
65．What does the underlined word"bizarre"in Paragraph1 probably mean？B
A．Dangerous B．Strange      C．terrible     D．Familiar
66．If a participant wants to win in the rolling cheese race，he/she shouldD．
A．roll as much cheese down the hill as possible
B．find the largest piece of cheese rolling downhill
C．perform the best grimace when chasing the cheese
D．be the first one to catch the cheese rolling downhill
67．According to the writer，a girl above 17 should be careful when enjoyingA．
A．the worldwide championship of wife lifting
B．the world championship of grimaces
C．the Boryeong Mud Festival
D．the Monkey Buffet Festival．

分析 本文屬于說明文閱讀，作者通過這篇文章主要向我們介紹了世界上一些奇怪的比賽，主要講了比賽內容，有什么奇怪之處．

解答 65．B．詞義猜測題：從后面舉的節(jié)日的例子可以看出是些奇怪的節(jié)日．故選B．
66．D．細節(jié)理解題；從第二段的句子：The winner is the first one to reach and catch the cheese．可知第一個趕上并抓住奶酪的人獲勝．故選D．
67．A．細節(jié)理解題：從第三段的句子：According to the rules，any woman above 17 is considered as a wife，so if you are within this age，take care while visiting this country during the month of July．可知17歲以上的女孩看舉妻子比賽要當心．故選A．

點評 集中考查細節(jié)題，在解答這類問題時要求學生抓住題干文字信息，采用針對性方法進行閱讀，因為這類題的答案在文章中可以直接找到．

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