My family moved from Taiwan to a small town in central Georgia, where my dad got a visa for his family and a job. I had just learned English, and from what little I could gather from my classmates, Santa Claus would come down one’s chimney and put toys in one’s stocking on Christmas Eve! What a great country, I thought. After I looked up “stocking” in my Chinese-English dictionary, I knew what I had to do.
On that fateful night, after everyone went to bed, I took my longest, cleanest knee sock and attached it to a nail already on the mantel(壁炉). Obviously, the previous owners of this house were no strangers to this Santa character.
I woke up before everyone else on Christmas Day and ran to the fireplace. To make a sob story short, I was hit with the reality of an empty sock and the biggest lie ever told. I burst into tears, quickly took down the sock, and stuffed it in the back of a drawer. Santa was dead.
Every December since then, the topic of Christmas memories would unavoidably come up, and I would amuse my friends with my poor-little-me story. I had to make it as funny as possible, or else I would cry.
How could I know that Santa was just late? Nine years ago, on Christmas Eve, an older man with a white beard and a red cap knocked on my front door. He said, “I’ve been looking for you for twenty-five years.” He handed me a bulging red stocking, winked, and left. On top of the stocking was a card. It read: “For Becky—I may have missed you in the second grade, but you’ve always lived in my heart. Santa.”
Through tear-blurred eyes, I recognized the handwriting of Jill, a friend I had met just two months before. I later discovered that the older man was her father. Jill had seen the hurt little girl underneath the thirty-something woman and decided to do something about it.
So now I believe that Santa is real. I don’t mean the twinkle-eyed character of children’s mythology or the creation of American holiday marketers. Those Santas annoy and sadden me. I believe in the Santa Claus that live inside good and thoughtful people. This Santa does not return to the North Pole after a crazy delivery but lives each day purposefully, really listens to friends, and then plans deliberate acts of kindness.
1.What does the underlined part “what I had to do” in Paragraph 1 refer to?
A. Waiting for Santa Claus.
B. Putting a stocking on the mantel.
C. Asking for gifts from her parents.
D. Looking up “stocking” in the dictionary
2.It can be inferred from the passage that the author’s parents ________.
A. didn’t love their child at all
B. didn’t know the previous owners of the house
C. didn’t know much about Christmas tradition
D. didn’t have enough money to buy the author Christmas presents
3.When the author told her friends about the story, she felt ________ in her heart.
A. proud B. amusing C. hate D. regret
4.The author of the passage is probably ________.
A. a teenager B. a primary school student
C. a middle-aged woman D. a native American
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My family moved from Taiwan to a small town in central Georgia, where my dad got a visa for his family and a job. I had just learned English, and from what little I could gather from my classmates, Santa Claus would come down one’s chimney(烟囱) and put toys in one’s stocking on Christmas Eve! What a great country, I thought. After I looked up “stocking” in my Chinese-English dictionary, I knew what I had to do.
On that fateful night, after everyone went to bed, I took my longest, cleanest knee sock and attached it to a nail already on the mantel(壁炉). Obviously, the previous owners of this house were no strangers to this Santa character.
I woke up before everyone else on Christmas Day and ran to the fireplace. To make a sob story short, I was hit with the reality of an empty sock and the biggest lie ever told. I burst into tears, quickly took down the sock, and stuffed it in the back of a drawer. Santa was dead.
Every December since then, the topic of Christmas memories would unavoidably come up, and I would amuse my friends with my poor-little-me story. I had to make it as funny as possible, or else I would cry.
How could I know that Santa was just late? Nine years ago, on Christmas Eve, an older man with a white beard and a red cap knocked on my front door. He said, “I’ve been looking for you for twenty-five years.” He handed me a bulging red stocking, winked, and left. On top of the stocking was a card. It read: “For Becky—I may have missed you in the second grade, but you’ve always lived in my heart. Santa.”
Through tear-blurred eyes, I recognized the handwriting of Jill, a friend I had met just two months before. I later discovered that the older man was her father. Jill had seen the hurt little girl underneath the thirty-something woman and decided to do something about it.
So now I believe that Santa is real. I don’t mean the twinkle-eyed character of children’s mythology(神话) or the creation of American holiday marketers. Those Santas annoy and sadden me. I believe in the Santa Claus that live inside good and thoughtful people. This Santa does not return to the North Pole after a crazy delivery but lives each day purposefully, really listens to friends, and then plans deliberate acts of kindness.
1. What does the underlined part “what I had to do” in Paragraph 1 refer to?
A. Waiting for Santa Claus.
B. Putting a stocking on the mantel.
C. Asking for gifts from her parents.
D. Looking up “stocking” in the dictionary
2. It can be inferred from the passage that the author’s parents ____.
A. didn’t love their child at all
B. didn’t know the previous owners of the house
C. didn’t know much about Christmas tradition
D. didn’t have enough money to buy the author Christmas presents
3. When the author told her friends about the story, she felt ______in her heart.
A. proud B. amusing C. hate D. regret
4. By writing the passage, the author speaks highly of ________
A. friendship B. parenting
C. religion D. culture
5. The author of the passage is probably ________.
A. a teenager
B. a primary school student
C. a middle-aged woman
D. a native American
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My family moved from Taiwan to a small town in central Georgia, where my dad got a visa for his family and a job. I had just learned English, and from what little I could gather from my classmates, Santa Claus would come down one’s chimney and put toys in one’s stocking on Christmas Eve! What a great country, I thought. After I looked up “stocking” in my Chinese-English dictionary, I knew what I had to do.
On that fateful night, after everyone went to bed, I took my longest, cleanest knee sock and attached it to a nail already on the mantel(壁炉). Obviously, the previous owners of this house were no strangers to this Santa character.
I woke up before everyone else on Christmas Day and ran to the fireplace. To make a sob story short, I was hit with the reality of an empty sock and the biggest lie ever told. I burst into tears, quickly took down the sock, and stuffed it in the back of a drawer. Santa was dead.
Every December since then, the topic of Christmas memories would unavoidably come up, and I would amuse my friends with my poor-little-me story. I had to make it as funny as possible, or else I would cry.
How could I know that Santa was just late? Nine years ago, on Christmas Eve, an older man with a white beard and a red cap knocked on my front door. He said, “I’ve been looking for you for twenty-five years.” He handed me a bulging red stocking, winked, and left. On top of the stocking was a card. It read: “For Becky—I may have missed you in the second grade, but you’ve always lived in my heart. Santa.”
Through tear-blurred eyes, I recognized the handwriting of Jill, a friend I had met just two months before. I later discovered that the older man was her father. Jill had seen the hurt little girl underneath the thirty-something woman and decided to do something about it.
So now I believe that Santa is real. I don’t mean the twinkle-eyed character of children’s mythology or the creation of American holiday marketers. Those Santas annoy and sadden me. I believe in the Santa Claus that live inside good and thoughtful people. This Santa does not return to the North Pole after a crazy delivery but lives each day purposefully, really listens to friends, and then plans deliberate acts of kindness.
1.What does the underlined part “what I had to do” in Paragraph 1 refer to?
A. Waiting for Santa Claus.
B. Putting a stocking on the mantel.
C. Asking for gifts from her parents.
D. Looking up “stocking” in the dictionary
2.It can be inferred from the passage that the author’s parents ________.
A. didn’t love their child at all
B. didn’t know the previous owners of the house
C. didn’t know much about Christmas tradition
D. didn’t have enough money to buy the author Christmas presents
3.When the author told her friends about the story, she felt ________ in her heart.
A. proud B. amusing C. hate D. regret
4.The author of the passage is probably ________.
A. a teenager B. a primary school student
C. a middle-aged woman D. a native American
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My family moved from Taiwan to a small town in central Georgia,where my dad got a visa for his family and a job. I had just learned English,and from what little I could gather from my classmates,Santa Claus would come down one’s chimney(烟囱) and put toys in one’s stocking on Christmas Eve! What a great country,I thought.After I looked up “stocking” in my Chinese-English dictionary,I knew what I had to do.
On that fateful night,after everyone went to bed,I took my longest,cleanest knee sock and attached it to a nail already on the mantel(壁炉).Obviously,the previous owners of this house were no strangers to this Santa character.
I woke up before everyone else on Christmas Day and ran to the fireplace.To make a sob story short,I was hit with the reality of an empty sock and the biggest lie ever told. I burst into tears,quickly took down the sock,and stuffed it in the back of a drawer.Santa was dead.
Every December since then,the topic of Christmas memories would unavoidably come up,and I would amuse my friends with my poor-little-me story.I had to make it as funny as possible,or else I would cry.
How could I know that Santa was just late? Nine years ago,on Christmas Eve,an older man with a white beard and a red cap knocked on my front door.He said,“I’ve been looking for you for twenty-five years.” He handed me a bulging red stocking,winked,and left.On top of the stocking was a card. It read: “For Becky—I may have missed you in the second grade,but you’ve always lived in my heart.Santa.”
Through tear-blurred eyes,I recognized the handwriting of Jill,a friend I had met just two months before.I later discovered that the older man was her father.Jill had seen the hurt little girl underneath the thirty-something woman and decided to do something about it.
So now I believe that Santa is real.I don’t mean the twinkle-eyed character of children’s mythology(神话) or the creation of American holiday marketers.Those Santas annoy and sadden me.I believe in the Santa Claus that live inside good and thoughtful people.This Santa does not return to the North Pole after a crazy delivery but lives each day purposefully,really listens to friends,and then plans deliberate acts of kindness.
1.What does the underlined part “what I had to do” in Paragraph 1 refer to?
A. Waiting for Santa Claus.
B. Putting a stocking on the mantel.
C. Asking for gifts from her parents.
D. Looking up “stocking” in the dictionary
2.It can be inferred from the passage that the author’s parents ____.
A. didn’t love their child at all
B. didn’t know the previous owners of the house
C. didn’t know much about Christmas tradition
D. didn’t have enough money to buy the author Christmas presents
3.When the author told her friends about the story,she felt ______in her heart.
A. proud B. amusing C. hate D. regret
4.By writing the passage,the author speaks highly of ________
A. friendship
B. parenting
C. religion
D. culture
5.The author of the passage is probably ________.
A. a teenager
B. a primary school student
C. a middle-aged woman
D. a native American
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My family moved from Taiwan to a small town in central Georgia, where my dad got a visa for his family and a job. I had just learned English, and from what little I could gather from my classmates, Santa Claus would come down one’s chimney and put toys in one’s stocking on Christmas Eve! What a great country, I thought. After I looked up “stocking” in my Chinese-English dictionary, I knew what I had to do.
On that fateful night, after everyone went to bed, I took my longest, cleanest knee sock and attached it to a nail already on the mantel(壁炉). Obviously, the previous owners of this house were no strangers to this Santa character.
I woke up before everyone else on Christmas Day and ran to the fireplace. To make a sob story short, I was hit with the reality of an empty sock and the biggest lie ever told. I burst into tears, quickly took down the sock, and stuffed it in the back of a drawer. Santa was dead.
Every December since then, the topic of Christmas memories would unavoidably come up, and I would amuse my friends with my poor-little-me story. I had to make it as funny as possible, or else I would cry.
How could I know that Santa was just late? Nine years ago, on Christmas Eve, an older man with a white beard and a red cap knocked on my front door. He said, “I’ve been looking for you for twenty-five years.” He handed me a bulging red stocking, winked, and left. On top of the stocking was a card. It read: “For Becky—I may have missed you in the second grade, but you’ve always lived in my heart. Santa.”
Through tear-blurred eyes, I recognized the handwriting of Jill, a friend I had met just two months before. I later discovered that the older man was her father. Jill had seen the hurt little girl underneath the thirty-something woman and decided to do something about it.
So now I believe that Santa is real. I don’t mean the twinkle-eyed character of children’s mythology or the creation of American holiday marketers. Those Santas annoy and sadden me. I believe in the Santa Claus that live inside good and thoughtful people. This Santa does not return to the North Pole after a crazy delivery but lives each day purposefully, really listens to friends, and then plans deliberate acts of kindness.
1.What does the underlined part “what I had to do” in Paragraph 1 refer to?
A. Waiting for Santa Claus.
B. Putting a stocking on the mantel.
C. Asking for gifts from her parents.
D. Looking up “stocking” in the dictionary
2.It can be inferred from the passage that the author’s parents ________.
A. didn’t love their child at all
B. didn’t know the previous owners of the house
C. didn’t know much about Christmas tradition
D. didn’t have enough money to buy the author Christmas presents
3.When the author told her friends about the story, she felt ________ in her heart.
A. proud B. amusing C. hate D. regret
4.The author of the passage is probably ________.
A. a teenager B. a primary school student
C. a middle-aged woman D. a native American
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When my family moved to America in 2010 from a small village in Guangdong, China, we brought not only our luggage, but also our village rules, customs and culture. One of the rules is that young people should always respect elders. Unluckily, this rule led to my very first embarrassment in the United States.
I had a part-time job as a waiter in a Chinese restaurant. One time, when I was serving food to a middle-aged couple, the wife asked me how the food could be served so quickly. I told her that I had made sure they got their food quickly because I always respect the elderly. As soon as I said that, her face showed great displeasure. My manager, who happened to hear what I said, took me aside and gave me a long lecture about how sensitive Americans are and how they dislike the description “old”. I then walked back to the table and apologized to the wife. After the couple heard my reason, they understood that the problem was caused by cultural differences, so they laughed and were no longer angry.
In my village in China, people are proud of being old. Not so many people live to be seventy or eighty, and people who reach such an age have the most knowledge and experience. Young people always respect older people because they know they can learn from their rich experience.
However, in the United States, people think “growing old” is a problem since “old” shows that a person is going to retire or that the body is not working well. Here many people try to keep themselves away from growing old by doing exercises or jogging, and women put on makeup, hoping to look young. When I told the couple in the restaurant that I respect the elderly, they got angry because this caused them to feel they had failed to stay young. I had told them something they didn’t want to hear.
After that, I changed the way I had been with older people. It is not that I don’t respect them any more; I still respect them, but now I don’t show my feelings through words.
By Jack
1.Jack brought the couple their food very fast because _______.
A. the manager asked him to do so B. he respected the elderly
C. the couple wanted him to do so D. he wanted more pay
2.When Jack called the couple “elderly”, they became _______.
A. nervous B. satisfied C. unhappy D. excited
3.In Jack’s hometown, _______.
A. people dislike being called “old”
B. people are proud of being old
C. many people reach the age of seventy or eighty
D. the elderly are the first to get food in restaurants
4.After this experience, Jack _______.
A. lost his job in the restaurant
B. made friends with the couple
C. no longer respected the elderly
D. changed his way with older people
5. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. The more Jack explained, the angrier the couple got.
B. Jack wanted to show his feelings through words after his experience.
C. The manager went back to the table and apologized to the couple.
D. From this experience, Jack learned more about American culture.
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Castle Dale is a small town in central Utah. My grandpa’s farm is a few miles to the north. I grew up there. Milking a cow, feeding the chickens and cutting firewood were daily routines. Grandpa had me carrying a broom to do snow cleaning when it was actually taller than I was. This was the work kids like me learned to do at a young age.
I was tall, very tall at a really young age. My unusual height caused people to look, ask questions, laugh, tease, and sometimes even challenge me to fight. I was teased cruelly as a kid. It wasn’t fair, I knew, but that was just the way it was. Luckily, I was taught at a very young age a very important lesson. I am different and that’s Okay—I’m unique and I matter. No one could ever take that away from me. I knew this then, and I know this now. That alone helped me through the frustrations and heartaches of normal life.
When I was in junior high school, I realized something else that helped me cope. Most teasing came from one of two places—people who were either jealous or ignorant (愚昧). I couldn’t change the way they were, but I could change the way I felt. I was not going to feel bad because of their ignorance or jealousy. It wasn’t worth it. Realizing this didn’t stop them, or change the fact that these comments hurt. It did, however, give me a way to understand these people and deal with their treatment in a way that was okay for me.
These things still happen today. It will probably happen the rest of my life. I will always be 7 feet, 6 inches (2.29 meters) tall. I wouldn’t change that for anything. People will always look because it is not every day that you see someone that tall. I learned that at a young age and I now try to teach my own children that they are unique and they matter. That is the message I give to you. Regardless of your race, religion, background, or circumstances ... Being different is okay.
1.The author mentioned his hometown to show us _______
A. he is from an ordinary family B. his grandpa is strict with him
C. he loves this lovely small town D. he had to do a lot of labor work
2.The author was often teased because _______
A. he grew up in a small town B. he was much taller than others
C. he fought with people easily D. he didn’t want people to watch him
3.What was the author’s attitude towards being teased?
A. He accepted the fact of being different and let it go.
B. He felt angry failing to change others’ opinions.
C. He felt hurt hearing people’s negative comments
D. He hated people’s ignorance and jealousy.
4.Which of the following may best describe the theme of the passage?
A. Everything comes to the man who waits.
B. It is the first step that is troublesome.
C. Speech is silver, silence is gold.
D. Keep your head up.
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As the train started to move, I looked around in the car from my seat. Small bags hung from the luggage shelves, swinging from side to side along with the moving of the train. The lights were weak. The smells of oils, sweat, tobacco, socks and toilets filled the car. The window curtains seemed to have been picked up from a garbage can. Black and yellow marks dotted them. The wooden edge of the window by my seat had come. Black and yellow marks dotted them. The wooden edge of the window by my seat had come off and was oily like a butcher’s counter. Brown and dry apple bites, bread bits and melon seeds mixed with beer out of the can lay on the small table in front of me, so was a used newspaper beside one used chopstick.
I looked down. Five or six passengers sat on the floor, and one child even lay under a seat, sticking his feet out. Moving around the car would become a disaster. Even a brilliant ballet dancer on her tiptoe might find it hard to put her feet on. Most of those sitting on the floor were asleep, or half-sleep. From time to time they opened their eyes, taking a look at their luggage, and moved their bodies to keep their territory (领地) inviolate.
There were also noses. There was laughter and arguments of four men in their poker game. Two women, standing beside quarreled. A boy, excited, blew his whistles hard. An old lady seemed to lecture her grandson, who tore a hole in his trousers.
Suddenly, the train came to a stop. An apple flew away from a hanging bad, bounced off a woman’s shoulder, and hit the head of a man sitting on the floor. Bottles were broken. Swearing, crying and shouting all came into an explosion.
1.Which of the following can best describe the environment on the train?
A. Warm, comfortable but noisy.
B. Messy, dirty and crowded.
C. Quiet, harmonious but smelly.
D. Bright, busy and pleasant.
2.What did the author see on the coach?
A. A ballet dancer standing on the floor.
B. A table shaped like a butcher’s counter.
C. A newspaper and a chopstick lying on the table.
D. The train curtains picked up from a trash can.
3.How does the author develop the passage?
A. By describing real scenes.
B. By following space order.
C. By comparing different behaviors.
D. By following time order.
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My father was born in a small town in the US. He wasn’t sure what he wanted from ______, but something told him to ______ and begin a new adventure.
He began that adventure traveling to cities in the US before going on to Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines. He took my mother and us three daughters with him and went wherever the road ______ him.
It’s easy to feel ______ when you’re on the road. We made lots of new friends on our trip - most of them are mechanics, since we often ______ hours in repair shops. But that was a way much ______ than sitting by the roadside while waiting for the engine to ______ when it was 40℃ outside.
Getting along well sometimes seemed ______. There were always a lot of ______, especially among us back-seat passengers about who had to ______ in the middle. But even if it was hard, we learned a lot about ______. When we were traveling in the Philippines, we drove to Quezon City one day. It should have been an hour’s drive but was nearly three thanks to bad roads and ______ traffic. “Did you put our suitcases in the car?” my father asked my mother as we arrived there. From the back seat, we saw her ______ turn toward my father. “No,” she said. “I thought you did.” That was how a seven-hour car trip turned into a 16-hour one, which was mostly spent in ______.
On occasions like that, we had to learn to let go of our anger because we were ______ in a rolling box with the same people for the rest of the ______. Even if I sometimes felt like opening the car door and ______ one of my sisters out, I kept my feelings to myself.
This is why road trips were like ______ universities to us. We ______ our PHDs(博士学位) in how to get along with other people just by traveling in our old car.
If we were ______ given a second chance at life, we would do it all over again. Only this time would I put the suitcases in the car myself.
1.A. move B. life C. experience D. belief
2.A. live up B. struggle on C. get out D. walk around
3.A. took B. drove C. served D. controlled
4.A. anxious B. upset C. helpless D. lonely
5.A. wasted B. worked C. spent D. chatted
6.A. better B. easier C. safer D. cleverer
7.A. breakdown B. cool off C. clear up D. turn over
8.A. available B. alternative C. necessary D. impossible
9.A. arguments B. fights C. embarrassments D. amusements
10.A. settle B. rest C. sit D. watch
11.A. sharing B. respect C. communication D. tolerance
12.A. light B. thick C. local D. fast
13.A. suddenly B. sensitively C. calmly D. slowly
14.A. silence B. vain C. panic D. disappointment
15.A. buried B. crazy C. stuck D. impatient
16.A. holiday B. journey C. exploration D. march
17.A. dragging B. pushing C. helping D. sending
18.A. unusual B. common C. free D. mobile
19.A. earned B. expected C. missed D. valued
20.A. somewhere B. anytime C. somehow D. anyway
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My father was born in a small town in the US. He wasn’t sure what he wanted from _______, but something told him to _______ and begin a new adventure. He began that adventure traveling to cities in the US before going on to Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines. He took my mother and us three daughters with him and went wherever the road _______ him.
It’s easy to feel _______ when you’re on the road. We made lots of new friends on our trip — most of them are mechanics, since we often _______ hours in repair shops. But that was a way much _______ than sitting by the roadside while waiting for the engine to _______ when it was 40℃ outside.
Getting along well sometimes seemed _______. There were always a lot of _______, especially among us back-seat passengers about who had to _______ in the middle. But even if it was hard, we learned a lot about _______. When we were traveling in the Philippines, we drove to Quezon City one day. It should have been an hour’s drive but was nearly three thanks to bad roads and _______ traffic. “Did you put our suitcases in the car?” my father asked my mother as we arrived there. From the back seat, we saw her slowly turn towards my father. “No,” she said. “I thought you did.” That was how a three-hour car trip turned into a nine-hour one, which was mostly spent in _______.
On occasions like that, we had to learn to let go of our anger because we were _______ in a rolling box with the same people for the rest of the _______. Even if I sometimes felt like opening the car door and _______ one of my sisters out, I kept my feelings to myself.
This is why road trips were like _______ universities to us. We _______ our PHDs in how to get along with other people just by traveling in our old car.
If we were _______ given a second chance at life, we would do it all over again. Only this time would I put the _______ in the car myself.
1.A.move B.belief C.experience D.life
2.A.get out B.struggle on C.live up D.walk around
3.A.drove B.took C.served D.controlled
4.A.anxious B.upset C.lonely D.helpless
5.A.wasted B.spent C.worked D.chatted
6.A.easier B.safer C.better D.cleverer
7.A.break down B.turn over C.clear up D.cool off
8.A.impossible B.alternative C.necessary D.available
9.A.discussions B.arguments C.embarrassments D.amusements
10.A.settle B.rest C.watch D.sit
11.A.tolerance B.sharing C.communication D.respect
12.A.light B.quick C.thick D.fast
13.A.sadness B.silence C.panic D.disappointment
14.A.buried B.crazy C.impatient D.stuck
15.A.journey B.holiday C.exploration D.march
16.A.dragging B.sending C.helping D.pushing
17.A.unusual B.common C.mobile D.free
18.A.expected B.earned C.missed D.valued
19.A.somewhere B.anyway C.anytime D.somehow
20.A.suitcases B.phones C.boxes D.books
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The Wife-carrying World Championship has been celebrated in a small town in central Finland since 1992.In 1992, the people of the town decided to restart some long-forgotten traditions.Back in the late 1800s, there was a robber called Rosvo-Ronkainen in that area.He was said to only accept men as members of his gang who proved their worth in challenges.At that time, it was also a common practice to steal women from neighboring villages.
This event is becoming increasingly popular.A large number of competitors, people, and journalists from Finland to Canada attend the Wife-carrying World Championship every year.
The event is famous for its warm and humorous atmosphere.The Wife-carrying World Championship is held on a 253.3 meters long official track.The track has two dry obstacles (障碍物)and a water obstacle, about a meter deep.
There are a few basic rules and the winner is the couple who complete the course in the shortest time.The wife to be carried may be your own, or your neighbor’s.The minimum weight of the wife to be carried is 49 kg.If she is less than 49kg, the wife will be given a heavy bag to carry.Each time a competitor drops his wife, that couple will be fined 15 seconds.
Alongside with the Wife-carrying World Championship, there is also a team competition.The distance is the same but three men in the team carry the wife in turns.At the exchange point the carrier has to drink official “wife-carrying drink”.Then he may continue the race.A special prize is awarded to the team with the best costumes.
While the Wife-carrying World Championship is being held, there are bands playing music, a wife-carrying dance and other forms of entertainment.
1.The Wife-carrying World Championship is famous because ________.
A.it is held on a 253.3 meters long official track
B.many competitors take part in it
C.it has a pleasant atmosphere
D.the winner will be awarded a lot of money
2.If a husband drops his wife 3 times in the competition, he will be fined ________.
A.15 seconds B.30 seconds
C.45 seconds D.60 seconds
3.Compared with the Wife-carrying World Championship, the team competition ________.
A.is more exciting B.has a special prize
C.has a different track D.has three teams altogether
4.The passage is written mainly to ________.
A.warn people that the competition is dangerous.
B.attract more visitors to the Wife-carrying World Championship.
C.introduce how the Wife-carrying World Championship has become popular.
D.tell us something about the Wife-carrying World Championship.
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