Girls' Day or Doll Festival takes place on March 3rd every year in Japan．Its origins go back to China，which had the custom of making a doll and then putting the doll in a river in order to get rid of bad luck．

Girls' Day in Japan is celebrated on the 3rd of March．And from mid to late February，families with daughters put out dolls in the hope that their daughters will grow up healthy and happy．One superstition（迷信）related to this is that if they are late in putting away the dolls when the festival is over，their daughters will become old maids．Most displays have just a prince and a princess，but some more beautiful displays include the dolls，along with candy，rice boiled with red beans，white sake（清酒），peach blossoms，diamond-shaped rice cakes，toys，and tiny furniture．Traditionally，parents or grandparents will begin their first display for their daughter or granddaughter，called hatsu zekku，when she is just one year old，and some families have passed their dolls down from generation to generation．When a girl gets married，she usually takes her dolls with her to her new home．Aside from displaying dolls．Japanese people used to go to view the peach blossoms，drink sake with a blossom in it，and bathe in water with blossoms．

The festival developed into the form we see today during the Edo Period（1603--1867），and it is still possible for people to buy Girls' Day dolls made during that time as well as ones made in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in antique（古董）shops during the season．

1．What is this passage mainly about?

A．The development of Girls' Day in Japan．

B．A brief introduction to Girls' Day in Japan．

C．What Japanese people usually do on Girls' Day．

D．Why dolls are very important on Girls' Day．

2．Parents put out dolls in the hope that ________．

A．their daughters will hive a good marriage

B．the family will get rid of bad luck

C．their daughters will grow up happy and healthy

D．their daughters will not become old maids

3．According to the superstition mentioned in the passage，________．

A．the dolls should be put out on time

B．a(chǎn)ll the dolls should be put away by the end of March 3rd

C．the displays should only have dolls of a prince and a princess

D．parents should begin the first display when their daughter is one year old．

4．After reading the passage，we learn that ________．

A．Japanese people no longer celebrate Girls' Day

B．a(chǎn)ll the dolls for Girls' Day must be made by the girls' parents

C．the Doll Festival usually lasts from mid to late February

D．the history of Japanese Girls' Day can be traced back to ancient China．

5．What can we infer from the passage?

A．That all the girls should drink white sake on Girls' Day．

B．That all the dolls that have been displayed must be passed down．

C．That Japanese people first started to celebrate Girls' Day in 1603．

D．That peach blossoms used to platy an important role on Girls' Day．

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