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【題目】La Tomatina, Spain

Tomato juice flows through the streets of Bunol on the last Wednesday of August as the world’s largest tomato fight happens. Festivities begin in the town square where there is a huge pole covered in soap and with a leg of ham at the top. Participants try to climb up the pole to get the ham as watchers throw buckets of water to them. After a gun is fired to signal the beginning of the fight, people catch the tomatoes and throw each other in the streets until the gun sounds again, marking the end of the event.

Holi, India

This spring festival is celebrated throughout the country in late February or early March. The two-day event celebrates the legend of Prahlad, who escaped unharmed from the fire of the evil Holika Dahan. People mark the event by lighting fires and throwing colored powder on one another. Children load colored water into toy pistols called pichkari and take aim at passers-by. Holi is known as a happy celebration of the triumph of good over evil.

Burning Man, Nevada

This infamous festival began in 1986 with the burning of a large figure to mark the summer solstice(夏至). It’s since grown into a week-long annual event that draws more than 48,000 people to the Black Rock Dessert. It is held during the week before Labor Day. Participants set up camp in the desert to celebrate art.

Songkran, Thailand

This festival marks the Thai New Year, which is celebrated in the second week of April. This is the hottest time of the year in Thailand, so it makes sense that the biggest Songkran tradition is to throw water on people. Thais of all ages join in water fights, using buckets, hoses and water guns to celebrate the event.

【1】The following celebrations are related to water EXCEPT_________.

A. La Tomatina B. Burning Man

C. Holi D. Songkran

【2】The underlined word “pichkari” is probably_______.

A. a kind of gun B. a bad man

C. fire D. powder

【3】If you want to experience the hottest season in a country, you can choose to visit______.

A. Spain B. Nevada

C. India D. Thailand

【4】The text is written mainly to ______.

A. encourage people to travel

B. introduce some interesting festivals

C. advertise the world’s biggest parties

D. show the most famous performances

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】D

【4】B

【解析】文章向讀者介紹了幾個有趣的節(jié)日。

【1】推理判斷題。閱讀這四個節(jié)日的介紹，根據(jù)La Tomatina, Spain中的句子Participants try to climb up the pole to get the ham as watchers throw buckets of water to them.；Holi, India中的句子Children load colored water into toy pistols called pichkari and take aim at passers-by.；Songkran, Thailand中的句子so it makes sense that the biggest Songkran tradition is to throw water on people.，可知這三個節(jié)日都和水有關系，Burning Man, Nevada中沒有介紹和水有關系，故選B。

【2】詞義猜測題。根據(jù)劃線單詞所在句子的句意，孩子們把彩色的水裝入叫做pichkari的玩具槍里，瞄準過路人�？芍�pichkari是一種槍，故選A。

【3】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)節(jié)日Songkran, Thailand的介紹This festival marks the Thai New Year, which is celebrated in the second week of April. This is the hottest time of the year in Thailand,這個節(jié)日標志著泰國的新年，它在四月的第二星期被舉辦。這是泰國一年中最熱的時間�？芍�題干中“想要體驗一個國家中最熱的季節(jié)可以去哪個國家”，答案為Thailand，故選D。

【4】主旨大意題。通讀全文可知，文章向我們介紹了幾個有趣的節(jié)日，故本題選B。