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: 13th-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 “l(fā)and 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: 13th or 14th, 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.
小題1:. What does the underlined word “ soaked” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?
A．tiredB．wetC．crazyD．interested
小題2:The writer thinks that the “l(fā)and 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
小題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.

小題1:B
小題2:D
小題3:C

試題分析：
小題1:.B 推理題。根據(jù)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(jié)日是潑水節(jié)，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。
小題2:.D 推理題。根據(jù)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。
小題3:.C 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)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(jié)日每年的時間都不一樣。故C正確。
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Bangkok(曼谷)
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A．ChargeB．BahtC．WonD．Ringgit
小題2:In which of the following cities is it unnecessary to tip the taxi-drivers?
A．BangkokB．HongkongC．Kuala LumpurD．Seoul
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A．10％ of service chargeB．Three ringgitC．Half a ringgitD．One ringgit
小題4:The writer seems           ．
A．to tell the readers how to travel
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小題1: In The Tale of Peter Rabbit, Peter     .
A．is caught by Mr. McGregor’s catB．gathers onions to give to his mother
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A．Benjamin and BrockB．Peter and BenjaminC．Mr. Tod and BrockD．Peter and Mr. Tod
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A．He’s a father of six children
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C．was worked into a story in the early 19th century
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小題5:The author wrote the passage to      .
A．introduce the character Peter Rabbit in Potter’s stories
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A．It is very important to develop tourism.
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A．a(chǎn) bad effect on other industries
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C．over－crowdedness of places of interest
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A．a(chǎn)n increase of unemployment (失業(yè))
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A．get in
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Once, Pompeii was a busy city of 22,000 people. It lay at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, a grass-covered volcano. Mount Vesuvius had not erupted for centuries, so the people of Pompeii felt safe, But they were not.
In August of AD 79 , Mount Vesuvius erupted. The entire top of the mountain exploded, and a huge black cloud rose into the air. Soon stones and hot ash began to fall on Pompeii . When the eruption ended , Pompeii was hurried under 20 feet of stones and ashes. Almost all of its people were dead.
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小題1:Why do large numbers of people come to Pompeii each year?
A．To find the volcano
B．To shop and eat there
C．To watch sports and plays
D．To see how Pompeians lived
小題2:Why did the city uncovered look almost the same as it had looked in AD 79?
A．Ginseppe and his men dug it slowly and carefully.
B．The city was buried alive and remained untouched.
C．Scientists successfully rebuilt the city with everyday objects.
D．Nobody had lived in the city ever since the volcano erupted.
小題3:What do we know about the Pompeians who lived 2000 years ago?
A．They lived more or less the same as Italians now do .
B．They liked women wearing all kinds of makeup.
C．They enjoyed a lazy life with drinking and eating.
D．They went back to Pompeii after the eruption in AD79.

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