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A festival for the Dead is held once a year in Japan. This is a traditional festival in Japan and many1.(celebrate) are held. This festival is a cheerful occasion.2.this day, the dead are said to return to their homes and they are welcomed by the living. As they are expected to be3.(hunger) after their long journey, food is laid out for them. Specially-made lanterns are hung outside each house4.(help) the dead to find their way. All night long, people dance and sing. In the early morning, the food that has been laid out for the dead is 5.throw) into a river or into the sea as 6.is considered unlucky for anyone living to eat it. In towns 7.are near the sea, the small lanterns hung in the streets the night before are placed into the water when the festival is over. Thousands of lanterns slowly drift（漂）out to sea 8.(guide) the dead on their return journey to the other world. At 9.same time, crowds of people stand on the shore watching the lanterns drifting away 10.they can be seen no more.

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A Festival for the Dead 1. (hold) once a year in Japan. This festival is 2. cheerful occasion, for on this day, the dead are said 3. (return) to their homes and they are welcomed by the living. As they are expected to be hungry after their long journey, food is laid out for them. Specially-made lanterns are hung outside each house to help the dead to find 4. way. All night long, people dance and sing. In the early morning, the food that had been laid out for the dead 5. (throw) into a river or into the sea as it is considered 6. (luck) for anyone living to eat it. In towns that are near the sea, the tiny lanterns 7. had been hung in the streets the night before are placed into the water when the festival is over. Thousands of lanterns slowly drift out to sea 8. (guide) the dead on their return journey to the world. This is a 9. (move) spectacle, for crowds of people stand on the shore watching the lanterns drifting away 10. they can be seen no more.

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The 2020 summer Olympics will be held in Tokyo next year. Japan has made 5,000 medals for the winners. But this Olympic medals are more special than most----they are made entirely out of recycled electronics.

One new focus of the Tokyo Olympics is to make them “sustainable”----to avoid using too many natural resources, so that the games are environmentally friendly. As part of this goal, the organizers decided to make all of the Olympic medals out of metal recycled from old electronics. They needed gold for first place medals, silver for second, and bronze for third. You might not know it, but almost all electronics are made with small amounts of “precious” metals, like gold and silver. But collecting enough of these metals to make 5,000 medals is a huge challenge. That's because the amount of metal in each device is tiny. It would take about 20,000 cell phones to get just 2. 2 pounds (1kilogram) of gold.

Beginning in April 2017, organizers placed collection boxes around the country, and asked people to turn in their old electronic devices for the Olympic medals. Soon people began to fill up the boxes, turning in smart phones, digital cameras and laptops. By the end, 1,621 local governments had helped out with the collection process. The Japanese mobile phone company NTT Docomo collected 6.21 million used cell phones. In all, around 158,000,000 pounds (71,667,660 kilograms) of electronics were collected.

Then came the job of breaking those phones down into smaller pieces. This is a difficult job. It's also dangerous, because some of the metals and other things that go into electronics aren't safe for people to touch or breathe. That's why it's not a good idea to try something like this at home. Once the devices were broken down, the metals had to be carefully separated out. By the end of March, the organizers had hit their targets. The opening ceremony for the 2020 summer Olympics will take place in Tokyo on July 24,020.

1.What's special about the 2020 summer Olympics medals?

A.Shape. B.Material.

C.Meaning. D.Weight.

2.Why is it a challenge to collect enough metals for medals?

A.The Japanese people are unwilling to help.

B.Companies are recycling metals for profit.

C.The amount of metal in each device is small.

D.The amount of device with metals is limited.

3.What do the figures in paragraph 3 suggest?

A.The number of the used electronics is too large to deal with.

B.People in Japan are eager to get rid of their used electronics.

C.People in Japan are in great favor of the collecting process.

D.A number of metals are wasted to produce electronics in Japan.

4.What can we learn from the last paragraph?

A.The job of breaking down phones into pieces is tough.

B.The targets of collecting metals are hard to achieve.

C.The metals in the devices are easy to separate out.

D.The opening for the 2020 summer Olympics falls in June.

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Shopping in Singapore is really a pleasure for tourists. The Great Singapore Sale is held every year, usually during the summer months. Singapore’s famous shopping stores welcome a great number of visitors from all over the world. Their shopping hours last till midnight. During this time, nice and cheap goods are on sale for tourists to choose from. Tourists can also try delicious foods there and experience the Singaporean nightlife.

Certain stores offer discounts (折扣) of up to 70 percent or even higher if people use their credit cards. For tourists that hold a special Tourist Card, they can enjoy a lot of benefits, such as discounts on watches, jewelry and cosmetics (化妆品). The card also gives discounts when you visit local attractions such as the Singapore Zoo.

It is well worth checking out in the different shopping districts of Singapore during this 8-week Shopping Marathon. Orchard Road is surely the best place for shopping in the city. A large number of restaurants, clubs and cafes can be found in this area. Marina Bay includes both big department stores as well as small shops, so everything you would want to buy can be found here.

Advice for tourists planning to enjoy this festival of shopping: travel light and take a comfortable pair of shoes with you for you are sure to do a lot of walking and return with your bags much heavier.

53. You probably see the Great Singapore Sale when you go to Singapore in ______.

A. January                        B. August                     C. May                             D. November

54. We can learn from the passage that ______.

A. the Great Singapore Sale is held twice each year

B. the Shopping Marathon lasts for more than two months

C. Orchard Road is Singapore’s best shopping street

D. Marina Bay is a narrow street with small shops

55. Why are tourists advised to travel light if they intend to enjoy the shopping festival?

A. They will buy many goods and have to do lots of walking.

B. It is not safe for them to take heavy bags with them.

C. There is heavy traffic in the shopping districts of Singapore.

D. Travelling with too many things is not allowed in Singapore.

56. The author wrote this passage mainly to ______.

A. tell readers his or her experience and impression of visiting Singapore

B. help readers find the best shopping centres in Singapore

C. explain what has made Singapore popular around the world

D. introduce shopping in Singapore and attract more readers to go shopping there

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A recent experiment held in Japan shows that it is almost impossible for people to walk exactly straight for 60 metres. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology found 20 healthy men and asked them to walk as straight as possible to a target 60 metres away at normal speed. Each man had to walk on white paper fixed flat to the floor wearing wet colored socks. The footprints revealed（展现） that all walked in a winding rather than a straight line. Researchers found that people readjust（调整） the direction of walking every few seconds. The amount of the winding differed from subject to subject. This suggests that none of us can walk in a strictly straight line. We walk in a winding way mainly because of a slight structural or functional imbalance of our limbs (四肢). Although we may start walking in a straight line, several steps afterwards we have changed direction.

Eyesight helps us to correct the direction of walking and leads us to the target. Your ears also help you walk. After turning around a lot with your eyes closed, you can hardly stand still, let alone walk straight.

It’s all because your ears help you balance. Inside your inner ear there is a structure which contains liquids. On the sides of the organ are many tiny hair-like structures that move around as the liquid flows. When you spin (旋转) the liquid inside also spins. The difference is that when you stop, the liquid continues to spin for a while. Dizziness is the result of these nerves in your ear. When you open your eyes, although your eyesight tells you to walk in a straight line, your brain will trust your ears more, thus you walk in a curved line.

1.The experiment held in Japan proved that _______.

A. none of the participants finished the 60 metres

B. all the participants had a good sense of direction

C. the experiment was done in different ways

D. the participants kept readjusting（调整） their direction of walking

2.The underlined word “subject” in Para. 1 refers to ________.

A. a person with a functional imbalance

B. the subject one studies at school

C. a person chosen to be studied in an experiment

D. the direction of walking

3.The purpose of writing the article is to ________.

A. prove that ears and eyes help us to walk straight

B. point out the importance of noticing everyday science

C. explain why we can hardly walk in a strictly straight line

D. give background information about a latest study

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Are you fond of tomatoes? Bunol, a town in Spain, held its yearly tomato festival on the last Wednesday of August. Thousands and thousands of people made their way from all corners of the world to fight in it, the world’s biggest food fight. Tons of fully-grown tomatoes were thrown in the streets.

No one knows exactly how this event started. Maybe it came from a local food fight between friends, or a joke that was played on a bad musician.

On Wednesday, at 11am, the fight began. A cannon(大炮) shot was fired to start the fight. At first, people fought one another, but slowly they began to fight in groups. After exactly one hour, the fight ended when the cannon shot was fired once more. At this point, no more tomatoes could be thrown.

Those who attend this event are encouraged to wear protective glasses. And they must press the tomatoes before throwing so that they won’t hurt others. Another rule is that no one is allowed to take anything — such as a glass bottle — into the fight. Although it is forbidden to tear(扯破) another person’s clothing, the crowd seems to tear the shirt of any clothed person, whether they are men or women.

Fire trucks are used to clean the streets after the fight with water provided from a Roman channel (海峡). The government seems more concerned with cleaning up the town than the visitors, and people go to the Bunol River for a wash.

1.What do we know about the tomato fight?

2.When the cannon shot is fired the second time, ____.

3.Which is NOT one of the rules of the tomato fight?

4.After the tomato fight, the town government ____.

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Once a year, a race is held for old cars. A lot of cars entered for this race last year and there was a great deal of 1. (excite) just before it began. One of the most handsome cars was a Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost. 2. most unusual car was a Benz 3. had only three wheels. 4.(build) in 1885, it was the oldest car taking part. After a great many loud explosions(轰响), the race began. Many of the cars 5.(break) down on the way, so some drivers spent 6.time under their cars than in them! A few cars, 7., completed the race. The winning car reached a speed of forty miles an hour — much faster than any of8.(it) rivals. It sped downhill at the end of the race and the driver had a lot of trouble 9.(try) to stop it. The race gave everyone a great deal of pleasure. It was very different 10. modern car races but no less exciting.

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The Carnival of Brazil is an annual festival held 46 days before Easter, especially famous for the Carnival in Rio de Janeiro. Carnival celebrations are believed to have roots in the festival of Saturnalia, which, adapted to Christianity, became a farewell to bad things in a season of religious discipline to regret and prepare for Christ’s death and coming back to life.　　　　 Modern Brazilian Carnival dates back to Rio de Janeiro in 1641. It originally copied the European form of the festival, later taking in elements of Native American and African cultures.　　 In the late 19th century, the strings (弦乐器) were introduced in Rio de Janeiro. These were pageant (游行) groups that paraded through city avenues performing on instruments and dancing. Today they are known as blocks, consisting of a group of people who dress in costumes or special T-shirts with themes or logos. Blocks are generally connected with particular neighborhoods; they include both a music group and a lot of revelers(狂欢者).　　　 Block parades have become an expressive feature of Rio’s Carnival. Today, they number more than 100 and the groups increase each year. Blocks can be formed by small or large groups of revelers with a clear title. Before the show, they gather in a square, then parade in sections of the city, often near the beach. Carnival time in Rio is very interesting, but is also the most expensive time to visit Rio. Hotel rooms and other lodgings (住宿) can be up to four times more expensive than the regular rates. There are big crowds at some locations and life is far from ordinary in many parts of town.

1.What can we infer from the first paragraph?

A. The Carnival of Brazil is often held after Easter.

B. The Carnival of Brazil comes from Easter and Saturnalia.

C. The Carnival of Brazil is mainly to celebrate the birth of Christ.

D. The Carnival of Brazil is a festival to regret and begin a new life.

2.How long is the history of the people’s celebrating modern Brazilian Carnival?　

A.About 100 years.　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. Less than two centuries.

C. Over five centuries.　　　　　　　　　　 D. About 370 years.

3. We can infer from the fourth paragraph that_______

A. block parades become bigger and bigger.　　

B. block parades can only be formed by big groups of revelers.

C. the theme of blocks must be serious.

D. blocks always parade only on the beach

4.What is the passage mainly about?

A. The famous carnivals in the world.

B. How the carnival was introduced in Brazil.

C. The happy life of the people in Rio de Janeiro.

D. The carnival in Rio de Janeiro.

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The Carnival of Brazil is an annual festival held 46 days before Easter, especially famous for the Carnival in Rio de Janeiro. Carnival celebrations are believed to have roots in the festival of Saturnalia, which, adapted to Christianity, became a farewell to bad things in a season of religious discipline to regret and prepare for Christ’s death and coming back to life.

Modern Brazilian Carnival dates back to Rio de Janeiro in 1641. It originally copied the European form of the festival, later taking in elements of Native American and African cultures.

In the late 19th century, the strings (弦乐器) were introduced in Rio de Janeiro. These were pageant (游行) groups that paraded through city avenues performing on instruments and dancing. Today they are known as blocks, consisting of a group of people who dress in costumes or special T-shirts with themes or logos. Blocks are generally connected with particular neighborhoods; they include both a music group and a lot of revelers.

Block parades have become an expressive feature of Rio’s Carnival. Today, they number more than 100 and the groups increase each year. Blocks can be formed by small or large groups of revelers with a clear title. Before the show, they gather in a square, then parade in sections of the city, often near the beach.

Carnival time in Rio is very interesting, but is also the most expensive time to visit Rio. Hotel rooms and other lodgings (住宿) can be up to four times more expensive than the regular rates. There are big crowds at some locations and life is far from ordinary in many parts of town.

1.What can we infer from the first paragraph?

A. The Carnival of Brazil is often held after Easter.

B. The Carnival of Brazil comes from Easter and Saturnalia.

C. The Carnival of Brazil is a festival to regret and begin a new life.

D. The Carnival of Brazil is mainly to celebrate the birth of Christ.

2.How long is the history of the people’s celebrating modern Brazilian Carnival?

A. About 100 years.     B. Less than two centuries.

C. About 370 years.     D. Over five centuries.

3.Which of the following statements is TRUE about the blocks in Rio de Janeiro?

A. They are always wearing costumes or special T-shirts with themes or logos.

B. They always parade through countryside villages singing and dancing.

C. There are no more than 50 blocks today.

D. They don’t parade before the show.

4.What is the passage mainly about?

A. The famous carnivals in the world.

B. How the carnival was introduced in Brazil.

C. The carnival in Rio de Janeiro.

D. The happy life of the people in Rio de Janeiro.

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Literary festivals across the world

London Book Fair

Time: held annually in April for 3 days

Place: London, UK

The London Book Fair is a part of the London Book Screen Week.

Visitors include anyone who is involved with the creation, distribution, sale or treatment of content. Authors, talent scouts, editors, designers, and digital gurus all walk the floor- meeting, talking, observing, discovering. It’s a great opportunity to meet all kinds of people.

BookExpo America

Time: held annually in May or June for 4 days

Place: various cities in the US

Unlike most book fairs, Bookexpo America doesn't have a base city. It moves to different places every year-- mostly big cities such as New York, Washington, Los Angeles and Chicago.

It is the largest gathering in the United States of librarians, booksellers and industry professionals, as well as a great place to discover the latest trends in technology while networking with others in the business, go to autograph and book signing sessions with your favorite authors, and participate in panel discussions with top writers while you enjoy breakfast. With hundreds of participating authors, there's lots to do, see and read.

Frankfurt Book Fair

Time: held annually in October for a week

Place: Frankfurt, Germany

The Frankfurt Book Fair is the world's biggest and oldest book event with more than 500 years of history, yet it never stops developing with time.

Thematic tours are provided, during which trade visitors and the general public can learn more about the Frankfurt Book Fair. Led by experts, these topical tours take interested groups to stands and other locations around the fair that are relevant to specific themes, such as education, science, kids. With our Book Fair app, visitors have the possibility to take a time-independent, thematic tour.

Tokyo International Book Fair

Time: held annually in September for 3 days

Place: Tokyo, Japan

Being Asia's leading book fair, the Tokyo International Book Fair has several sub categories, including the Natural Sciences Book Fair, the Humanities Social Sciences Book Fair, and the Children’s Books Fair.

One of the highlights of the event is the e-books expo, which shines a spotlight on the fact that people's reading habits are switching from printed books to digital books.

Besides book products, the newest e-learning software and digital publishng technologies are also presented.

1.The largest and oldest book fair in the world is held in___________.

A. April　　 B. May or June

C. October　　 D. September

2.How is BookExpo America different from the other three book fairs?

A. It is held in different cities every year.

B. It attracts many famous writers.

C. It displays the latest trends in technology.

D. It is the longest annual book fair.

3.According to the passage, you are more likely to have a discussion with your favorite author in _________.

A. the UK and Japan

B. the US and Germany

C. the US and Japan

D. the UK and the US

4.Which book fair provides tours of specific themes?

A. The London Book Fair

B. BookExpo America

C. The Frankfurt Book Fair

D. The Tokyo International Book Fair

5.What do we know about the Tokyo International Book Fair?

A. It is the most popular book fair in Asia.

B. It is a great place for e-book lovers.

C. It mainly focuses on natural science books.

D. It mainly displays printed books for schools.

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