Question

March, April and May are months full of festivals and events all over the world. Here are some wonderful festivals around the world that happen in spring.

SongKran--Thailand

Dates: 13^th-15th, April

In Thailand, it’s time to celebrate the coming monsoon season, which will bring the rain many people have been looking forward to. They celebrate it with a festival called Songkran, when people head out to the streets with water guns to spray(噴，灑）everyone who walks past. If you walk on the streets where the festival is celebrated, prepare to get soaked!

Naghol--Vanuatu

Dates: Every Saturday from April to May

Every year, villagers come together to celebrate the harvest of yams, an important part in the peopls’s diet in Vanuatu. The festival is most famous for its “land diving ceremony”. During the ceremony men and boys dive to the ground from high wooden towers with only two thin vines attached(附于)to their ankles(腳踝）. The divers’ heads have to lightly touch the ground when they jump---something very dangerous if the vines are not measured（測量）properly.

Cherry Blossom Viewing ---Japan

Dates: The cherry blossom season is different from year to year depending on the weather forecast.

The cherry blossom season has huge importance to the people of Japan, who celebrate the days when the flowers finally blossom. Only a few days later, the petals(花瓣） fall to the ground, like pink snowflakes. This is one of the most beautiful things to see. In Japan, almost everyone has picnics in the parks to view the flowers.

Sinhalese New Year--Sri Lanka

Dates: 13^th or 14^th, April

Just like in many other countries in South an South East Asia, this is the time when the Sinhalese celebrate the traditional New Year, an ancient celebration which marks the end of the harvest season and is one of two times of the year when the sun is straight above Sri Lanka. There are a lot of delicious foods during the celebration.

1.. What does the underlined word “ soaked” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?

A．tired

B．wet

C．crazy

D．interested

2.The writer thinks that the “land diving ceremony” can be dangerous for the divers because ___________.

A．the divers may fall onto the ground if the thin vines break

B．the divers may bump into （撞在…上）the wooden tower on the way down

C．the divers’ ankles may get injured if the vines are tied too tightly

D．the divers may injure（傷害）their heads if the vines aren’t measured properly

3.We can learn from the passage that__________________.

A．the Cherry Blossom Celebration usually lasts a long time in Japan

B．the Cherry Blossom Celebration is the most important festival in Japan

C．the time for the Cherry Blossom Celebration in Japan can be different yearly

D．people usually stay at home for celebration during the cherry blossom season.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.B

2.D

3.C

【解析】

試題分析：

1..B 推理題。根據They celebrate it with a festival called Songkran, when people head out to the streets with water guns to spray(噴，灑）everyone who walks past. If you walk on the streets where the festival is celebrated, prepare to get soaked!說明該節日是潑水節，那么你上街的時候可以被誰潑而導致渾身濕透。故該詞指wet。B正確。

2..D 推理題。根據本句The divers’ heads have to lightly touch the ground when they jump---something very dangerous if the vines are not measured（測量）properly.說明如果測量的不精確，那么這些人的頭部有可能受到傷害。故D說法正確。

3..C 細節題。根據第三部分第一行The cherry blossom season is different from year to year depending on the weather forecast.說明日本這個節日每年的時間都不一樣。故C正確。

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