The most interesting festivals around the world
| Contents Introduction.....................................1 ＊Baby Crying Day......................2 ＊Cheese--rolling Festival ............................................4 ＊Color Throwing Festival .................................................6 ＊Fish Swallowing Festival ................................................8 ＊International Pillow Fight Day ............11 ＊International Twins Festival ................13 ＊Raincoat Festival ......................15 ＊Roswell UFO Festival ..................16 ＊Tomato Festival........................18 ＊Water Fighting Day...................19 ＊Wife Carrying Festival..............20 ＊World Bodypainting Festival .............22 |
International Pillow(枕头) Fight Day International Pillow Fight Day is held every April around the world---from Amsterdam,Budapest,to New York.It has been celebrated since 2008.Hundreds of people go out with their pillows hitting each other’s face,back and chest.People dress up as superheroes and animals,laughing and fighting. The festival used to be a game to release (释放)energy and stress.Nowadays besides bringing fun,International Pillow Fight Day has become a way to quickly collect pillows for the homeless.In 2014,about 2,000 pillows were collected for the poor in Bronx and Brooklyn. Rules:Bring your own pillows and don’t hit anyone without a pillow or with a camera. The Guinness World Record:The latest record of the largest pillow fight was set on October 27,2013 in Chicago,with 4,500 pillows and 3,813 people. ----11---- |
The International Pillow Fight Day was first celebrated in _________.
| A．2000 | B．2008 | C．2013 | D．2014 |
The latest Guinness World Record of the largest pillow fight was set in _______________.
| A．Chicago | B．Amsterdam | C．Budapest | D．New York |
You may read about ______________ on the Page 19.
| A．Baby Crying Day | B．Color Throwing Festival |
| C．Water Fighting Day | D．World Bodypainting Festival |
| Trip 1 The Green Mountain Bring your strong shoes for the hiking in a beautiful area of the Green Mountain. You can also find many kinds of wild animals living in this area. Time: May 8~ May 14 Tel: 64639818 Adult: $110 Child: $55 |
Trip 2 The Heaven Garden This is a beautiful garden with different kinds of flowers. Take your camera and enjoy the wonderful sights here. It is also a good place for fishing. Time: May 20~ May 22 Tel: 63986432 Adult: $50 Child: $25 |
| Trip 3 The Dungog Valley Put on your warm clothes and come for a night walk along the Dungog Valley. Many of the plants you will see on this trip can only be seen at night. Time: May 16~ May 18 Tel: 63875629 Adult: $30 Not for Children. |
Trip 4 By the sea Wear your sun hat and enjoy wonderful sunshine all the time from morning to evening. You can also take the boat to different places for swimming. Time: May 23~ May 27 Tel: 67538293 Adult: $80 Child: $40 |
根据材料内容选择最佳答案，将其标号填入题前括号内。David has no classes from May 8 to may 11. He can ______.
| A．go hiking in the mountain | B．go fishing in the garden |
| C．watch plants at night | D．go swimming at night |
Mr and Mrs Smith want to visit the Heaven Garden with their seven-year-old son and eleven-year-old daughter. They need to pay ______ for the trip.
| A．$50 | B．$100 |
| C．$150 | D．$240 |
Lucy is interested in the plants which can only be seen at night. Which of the following is her best choice?
| A．Trip 1. | B．Trip 2. |
| C．Trip 3. | D．Trip 4. |
You’d better take ______ for the sightseeing in the Heaven Garden.
| A．a sun hat | B．a camera |
| C．warm clothes | D．strong shoes |
You should call ______ if you want to enjoy the sunshine at the seaside.
| A．64639818 | B．63986432 |
| C．63875629 | D．67538293 |
One night, I was sitting in my room half listening as my 15-year-old brother Tommy fought with my 12-year-old brother Kevin. I didn’t pay attention when Kevin rushed up the stairs with the hurt on his face.
About 20mintes later, as I was walking up-stairs I heard Kevin crying inside the bathroom. I knocked on the door and asked, “Hey, Kevin, do you want to talk?”
No answer.
I tried again, “Why don't you come out of there?”
Again, on answer.
I tried again, “Why don’t you come out of there?”
Again, on answer.
So, looking around, I grabbed a stack of(一摞) cards and a pencil and wrote, “if you don’t want to talk, we can write notes to each other..”
An hour later, I was still sitting on the floor outside the bathroom with two stacks of cards in front of me. One was blank and one was cards from Kevin on which he had translated all his yucky feeling into words for me. As I read one of Kevin’s notes, tears came to my eyes. It said, “No-body in this family cares about me. I’m not the youngest, and I’m not the oldest. Tommy thinks I’m silly and Dad wishes he had the other Kevin as a kid because he’s better at basketball. And you’re never around to even notice me.”
Tears came to my eyes as I wrote back to him. “You know Kevin, I really do love you and I’m sorry I don’t always show it . I am here for you and you are loved in this family.”
There was no answer for a while, but then I heard a tearing sound coming from inside the bathroom. Kevin, who had run out of words wrote on a torn paper cup. “Thanks.”
I wrote back, “For what?” It returned to me with “Loving me.” On it.
Since then, I try my best to never only half-notice my family members any more. Kevin and I have a closer relationship now. And sometimes when one of us notices that the other is upset, we’ll smile and say “Write it on a paper cup.”
根据材料内容选择最佳答案，将其标号填入题前括号内。Why did Kevin stay inside the bathroom alone crying?
| A．The writer didn’t help him beat Tommy. |
| B．He felt no love from the family members. |
| C．He hurt himself when rushing up stairs. |
| D．He wanted to be alone. |
The underlined word “yucky” most probably means ______.
| A．terrible | B．exciting |
| C．amazing | D．interesting |
What could the reason that Kevin’s Dad doesn’t like him?
| A．Kevin is not as clever as his brother. |
| B．Kevin is not good at playing basketball. |
| C．Kevin doesn’t like to make friends with others. |
| D．Kevin isn’t interested in playing basketball. |
What do we know about the writer?
| A．She has two children in her family. |
| B．She used to show her love to Kevin. |
| C．She didn’t pay enough attention to Kevin before. |
| D．She was friendly to all the family members. |
What does the writer want to tell us?
| A．It’s important to keep peace in the family. |
| B．It’s hard to get on well with family members. |
| C．Everyone should show how they love their family members. |
| D．Everyone should hide their love deeply. |
It is easier to find songs for adults than for kids. The market in children’s music is growing, however. Babies learn about music from the simple songs that their parents sing to them. When the children are older, their parents might teach them songs as part of a game. BB King’s recording of Rainy Day Blues follows this tradition. Most of BB King’s fans, however, may not know about his recordings for children. They only know that he writes very popular blues(布鲁斯乐曲) songs for adults.
BB King, a great blues musician, recorded Rainy Day Blues for a company called Music for Little People.
The company began when a man named Leib Ostrow was looking for songs for his children. He looked for them in stores and looked through books. He could not find anything that he really liked, so he decided to begin a recording company of his own. Soon he was recording music for children. Many parents thought it was a great idea. So did many recording artists.
Music for Little People is located in northern California. It started as a mail-order business in 1985.Today it is one of the largest children’s musical and educational companies in the United States.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案，将其标号填入题前括号内。Rainy Day Blues is a (n) ______ .
| A．book | B．article | C．company | D．song |
______ creates a lot of music for children in the United States.
| A．Music for Little People | B．BB King |
| C．Leib Ostrow | D．California |
The underlined word “located” probably means “ ______” in Chinese.
| A．起源于 | B．坐落于 | C．追随与 | D．针对于 |
If people wanted to buy music from Music for Little People in 1985, ______ could help them.
| A．pilots | B．waiters |
| C．singers | D．postmen |
Which would be the best title for this passage?
| A．Rainy Day Blues. |
| B．Music for Little People |
| C．Lelb Ostrow, a Kind Father. |
| D．BB King, a Great Blues Musician. |
Enjoy real American jazz from Herbie Davis, the famous trumpet player. He is known to play well into the early hours, so you won’t want to get sleep.
| PLACE: The Jazz Club DATES:1—15August PRICE: ￥150 TIME:10pm till late! TEL: 3946578 |
Scottish Dancing
Scottish dancing is nice and easy to learn. The wonderful dance from England will be given.
| PLACE: Jack Stein’s DATES: 10--28 June PRICE: ￥200 weekdays TIME: 1pm-10 pm TEL: 4278916 weekends TIME: 8am-8pm |
Shows-Renmin Museum
There are 10,000 pieces on show here. You can see the whole of Chinese history.
| PLACE: Renmin Museum TIME: Monday-Friday PRICE: ￥80(￥40 for students) 9am-9pm DATES: 1Mar.-30June. TEL: 4928713 |
Your pen pal is coming from Singapore to your city for a holiday. You send him this E-mail to tell him something about hotels.
| TED STAR HOTEL |
ROSE HOTEL |
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| Dates l Oct.-31 Dec. l. Jan.-31 Mar. l. Apr. –30 May. (closed) l. May. –31 May. l June.- 30 Aug. 1 Sep.-30 Sep (closed) |
Prices (a night) $168 $148 - $188 $208 - |
Prices (a night) $198 $178 - $218 $248 - |
| TEL: 4976321 E-mail: Tracy@ 163.com |
根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。If you want book a room, you can call.
| A．4278916 | B．3946578 |
| C．4976321 | D．4928713 |
You can watch dancing at.
| A．7 pm every day | B．9 am from Monday to Friday |
| C．11 pm at weekends | D．7 am at weekends |
You can learn something aboutin Renmin Museum.
| A．American jazz | B．Scottish dancing |
| C．Chinese history | D．above all |
The two hotels are closed for __ _months in one year.
| A．2 | B．3 | C．4 | D．5 |
A teacher with two students wants to visit Renmin Museum and watch dancing, how much should they pay?
| A．￥840 . | B．￥200. | C．￥690. | D．￥ |
You’re in a department store and you see two fashionable young women, looking at a sweater. You listen to their conversation:
“I can’t believe it—a Lorenzo Bertolla! They are hard to find. It’s much cheaper than the one Sara bought in Rome.”
They leave and you go over to see this sweater. You’ve never heard of Lorenzo Bertolla, but those girls looked really fashionable. They must know. So, you buy it. You never realize that those young women are employees of an advertising agency. They are actually paid to go from store to store, talking loudly about Lorenzo Bertolla clothes.
Every day we notice what people are wearing, drinking and eating. If the person looks cool, the product seems cool, too. This is the secret of undercover marketing (秘密行销). Companies from Ford to Nike are starting to use it. It can reach people that don’t pay attention to traditional advertising. For example, consumers between the age of 18 and 34. They have a lot of money to spend, but they don’t believe ads.
So advertising agencies hire (雇佣) young actors to “perform” in bars and other places where young adults go. Some people might call this practice misleading, but the marketing manager Jonathan Reseller calls it creative. “Look at traditional advertising. Its effectiveness is decreasing”
根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。Why do the two fashionable young women make the conversation in the store?
| A．Because they want to buy the clothes. |
| B．Because they are the owners of the store. |
| C．Because they want to draw other customers’ attention. |
| D．Because they are excited to find the clothes. |
What is Lorenzo Bertolla?
| A．The name of a clothing store. |
| B．The brand name of a sweater. |
| C．The name of a fashionable girl. |
| D．The name of an advertising agency. |
The undercover marketing mainly aims at.
| A．teenagers | B．the old |
| C．young adults | D．young women |
According to the passage, which sentence is wrong?
| A．The two fashionable young women are hired by an advertising agency. |
| B．Some companies begin to use the undercover marketing. |
| C．The customers between 18 and 34 don’t believe the ads. |
| D．The undercover marketing is not as good as the traditional advertising. |
What’s the passage mainly about?
| A．Lorenzo Bertolla clothes. |
| B．Undercover marketing. |
| C．Traditional advertising. |
| D．Companies about Ford and Nike. |