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共用题干 Some Unusual CelebrationsSome holidays are well-known all around the wo...

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Some Unusual Celebrations

Some holidays are well-known all around the world.Among them are New Year’s Eve celebrations.
Also common are days in honor of love and friendship,like Valentine's Day?Each country has its own spe-
cial holidays,too,often to mark important events in its history.Schools,banks,and government offices all
close on days like these. ________ (46)A few of them are really very strange.
Of course,they are not strange to the people who celebrate them.Perhaps that is because the
celebrations have long traditions.Consider April Fool's Day,for example.No one knows when or why it be-
gan.Today it is celebrated in many countries一France,England,and Australia,among others.On this
day,people play practical jokes._________(47)The ones who laugh are the ones playing the jokes.The
people they fool often get angry,Does celebrating this day make sense to you?
Dyngus Day in Poland seems strange,too.On this day,it is traditional for boys to pour water over the
heads of girls.Here is the strangest part:They do it to girls they like.
Other unusual celebrations take place in a single city or town.A holiday called La Tomatina is celebrated
in Bunol,Spain.Every year,in late August,big trucks carry more than 200,000 pounds of tomatoes into
this little town. __________ (48)For two hours,people in the streets throw tomatoes at each other. Every-
one ends up red from head to toe.
August 10 marks the start of the Puck Fair,an Irish festival with a very unusual tradition.People from
the town of Killorglin go up into the mountains and catch a wild goat. __________.(49)
There are also some celebrations that are really strange.In the United States,sometimes one person
gets an idea for a new holiday and tries to get others to accept it.Whose idea was Public Sleeping Day?That
one is on February 28.It may seem strange,but it sounds like more fun than the one on February 9.
__________ (50)
Do you like the idea of inventing a new holiday'1 If you do,then you will want to mark March 26 on
your calendar. That is Make Up Your Own Holiday Day.
选项 __________ (48)
A:Some of the days people celebrate,however,are less serious.
B:Jokes are supposed to be funny,but these jokes do not make everyone laugh.
C:Some people have fun imagining new holidays.
D:They bring him back to town,put a crown on his head,and make him king for three days.
E:Then begins the world's biggest food fight.
F:That is supposed to be Toothache Day.
答案E
解析由此空前后两句的语境可知，前面讲的是世界范围内的节日，空后讲的是有一些节日 真的很奇怪。由此可推知，空处应是一些没有像传统节日那么严肃的节日。
此空处主要讲的是愚人节的事情，再看选项中与愚人节有关就是与人开玩笑了，所以 正确答案为B。
此空前后主要讲的是人们互掷番茄的节日，番茄是一种食物，并且这场战争持续两个 小时，说明这是世界上最大的食物战争。
空前讲的是人们在山上抓到一只白山羊，由此可推知接下来人们该让白山羊做些什么，所以选D（人们带他回来，给他戴上皇冠，让他做三天国王）正确。
空前讲的是1月28日的睡觉日，后面又出现了一个比它更有趣的节日，到底是什么节日呢？根据选项内容判断可知选F。第行部分：完形填空
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