Around the world there are some festivals that for some of us may sound bizarre.
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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 (鬼脸). 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 (宣传) 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.
小题1:What does the underlined word “bizarre” in Paragraph1 probably mean?| A．Dangerous | B．Strange | C．terrible | D．Familiar |
小题2:If a participant wants to win in the rolling cheese race, he / she should __________.| 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 |
小题3:According to the writer, a girl above 17 should be careful when enjoying __________.| A．the worldwide championship of wife lifting | | B．the world championship of grimaces | | C．the Boryeong Mud Festival | | D．the Monkey Buffet Festival |
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答案
小题1:B
小题2:D
小题3:A |
解析
试题分析：本文介绍了世界上一些奇怪的比赛，主要讲了比赛内容，有什么奇怪之处。
小题1:猜词题：从后面举的节日的例子可以看出是些奇怪的节日。选B
小题2:细节题;从第二段的句子：The winner is the first one to reach and catch the cheese.可知第一个赶上并抓住奶酪的人获胜。选D
小题3:细节题：从第三段的句子：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岁以上的女孩看举妻子比赛要当心。选A。
点评：集中考查细节题，在解答这类问题时要求学生抓住题干文字信息，采用针对性方法进行阅读，因为这类题的答案在文章中可以直接找到。 |
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In England, afternoon tea is the most informal (非正式) meal of a day. It is taken between four and five. If you are a friend of the family, you may come for tea at any time. Very often it is not taken at a table. The members of the family and visitors take the tea in the sitting room. Each person has a cup and saucer (茶盘), a spoon (调羹) and a small plate for bread and butter (黄油) and cakes. By the way, do not help yourself to cakes first, bread and butter first, and then cake. Do remember: Though you can eat as much as you want, do not put more than（超过） one piece of bread or cake on your plate each time.
小题1:In England, afternoon tea is usually taken
A. between breakfast and lunch B. in the middle of a day
C. early in the afternoon D late in the afternoon
小题2:A real English afternoon tea has .| A．tea only | B．both tea and food | | C．tea, food and vegetables | D．the same things as other meals |
小题3:If you want to have afternoon tea in a friend"s home, . | A．you must send a message before you go | | B．you must take food with you | | C．you must go only when he asks you to | | D．you may put only one piece of bread or cake on your plate each time |
小题4:Help yourself to . | A．cakes first | B．bread and butter first | | C．either bread first or cake first | D．only one piece of bread or cakes . |
小题5:Which of the following is NOT true?| A．People don"t use the same spoon for afternoon tea. | | B．Afternoon tea is often taken in the sitting room. | | C．For afternoon tea, people use cups only. | | D．Afternoon tea is often taken with bread and cakes. |
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小题1:How much will be paid for a 65-year-old man with his 8-year-old grandson?| A．Free. | B．＄30. | C．＄60. | D．＄120. |
小题2:On weekends，the opening time is＿hours longer than weekdays.小题3:From the passage，we can infer that the water in this park is＿．| A．clean | B．polluted | C．dangerous | D．colorful |
小题4:Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage？| A．Tourists can hike alone in the hilly lands. | | B．Small animals are under protection in the park. | | C．Children can play with small animals. | | D．Tourists can have a swim in the water. |
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In 1955, a man named Raymond Kroc entered a partnership with two brothers named Mcdonald. They operated a popular restaurant in California which sold food that was easy to prepare and serve quickly. Hamburgers, French fries, and cold drinks were the main foods on the limited menu. Kroc opened similar eating places under the same name, “McDonald’s” and they were a quick success. He later took over the company and today it is one of the most famous and successful “fast-food” chains(连锁店) in America and the world.
Why was his idea so successful? Probably the most important reason was that his timing was right. In the 1950s, most married women stayed home to keep house and take care of their children. During the 1960s, the movement for equality(平等) between men and women and an economy(经济) that needed more families to have two money-earners resulted in many women returning to the workplace. This meant that they had less time and energy to do housework, so they depended more on fast-food restaurants.
Single parents also have little time to spend in the kitchen. People living alone because of divorce(离婚) or a preference for a “single lifestyle” also depend on this type of food, since cooking for one is often more trouble than it is worth.
Fast food is not part of the diet of all Americans. Another of the 1960s was called back-to-nature movement. More and more Americans based their diets on natural foods. This preference for natural foods continues to this day. These products can now be found not only in the special health food store but also in many supermarkets.
小题1:The passage is mainly about ____.| A．how and why “McDonald’s” became successful | | B．the effect social and economic changes have on people’s eating habits | | C．why Americans prefer natural food | | D．American eating habits |
小题2:Which of the following was NOT a reason for Raymond Kroc’s success?| A．His partnership with the McDonald brothers. | | B．A changing economy. | | C．The back-to-nature movement. | | D．Women’s equality movement. |
小题3:We can infer from the passage that ____.| A．natural foods can also be found in McDonald’s | | B．many married women in America returned to work in the 1960s | | C．McDonald’s fast food is popular among the young | | D．divorce caused people to change their eating habits |
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It is easy to find your way about in New York. It is laid out so regularly. Instead of streets winding and twisting (迂回) as they do in London, they are all regular and well planned. The streets running north and south are called “avenues” and are numbered, e.g. 1st Avenue, 2nd Avenue, etc. The streets going east and west are called “streets” and are also numbered, e.g. 51st Street, 63rd Street. It is all much more logical (合理的) than London’s street names. But I couldn’t help thinking how much more interesting than these dull cold numbers are London’s illogical but colorful names of streets, e.g. “Bishopgate” (which is not a gate and hasn’t a Bishop in it); “Haymarket” or “Corn market” (where you won’t see any hey or corn) or “Poultry” (without a living chicken anywhere in sight) or “Thread needle Street” (where you won’t find little girls learning to sew).
小题1:In the second sentence of the passage, “laid out” means ______.| A．built | B．be put | C．designed | D．cut down |
小题2:The streets running from north to south are called _______.| A．avenues in London | B．streets in America | | C．avenues in New York | D．streets in London |
小题3:According to the writer’s opinion, ______.| A．avenues and streets are the same | | B．streets in America are better than avenues in England | | C．streets in New York are better than those in London | | D．the writer didn’t agree with the London streets planners |
小题4:The names of streets both in London and New York ______.| A．are quite good | B．are interesting | | C．are not practical | D．differ greatly in form |
小题5:The writer tells his readers that he prefers (更喜欢) _____.| A．London streets | B．New York streets | | C．both | D．neither |
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It helps us understand the world better if we know a little geography and have some maps at hand. But with maps in Chinese only, misunderstanding is possible in studying world events. Chinese names are long, hard to pronounce and without meaning to a foreigner. For the opening of the country maps are important and helpful and needed badly.
I wish maps various languages, such as those used in the United Nations, would come out and be sold in all bookstores open to Chinese.
小题1:The writer is mainly talking about ____.| A．geography | B．maps | | C．Chinese names | D．the opening of the country |
小题2:Knowing a little geography and having some maps in Chinese only, a foreigner ____.| A．can study world events easily | | B．can study world events without misunderstanding | | C．can’t study world events without misunderstanding | | D．will fell joy in studying world events |
小题3:What are the difficulties for a foreigner to use a map in Chinese?| A．A foreigner has nowhere to buy a map | | B．All the bookstores only open to Chinese. | | C．The names of Chinese people are long, hard to pronounce and without meaning. | | D．The names of places on a map in Chinese are long, hard to pronounce and without meaning. |
小题4:In the United Nations people use maps in ____.| A．foreign languages only | B．Chinese only | | C．various languages | D．English only |
小题5:According to the passage maps in foreign language are badly needed ____.| A．in a country open to other parts of the world | | B．if a country is going to join the United Nations | | C．when we are learning geography | | D．if there are no maps in bookstores open to Chinese |
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