High schools usually choose one boy and one girl from the senior class to be the “Homecoming King” and “Homecoming Queen”. The students usually choose a boy and a girl who have done a lot for the school.
Most schools have a Homecoming parade(游行). The school band will often lead the way, followed by many different cars and trucks. Most schools also have a football game for Homecoming—and, of course, tailgate parties. A tailgate party is a group of people drinking and eating around the back, or tailgate, of someone’s pick-up truck.
There are many other activities that might be a part of the Homecoming celebration. There might be a school-wide picnic one day; another day, there may be plays, concerts, competitions or games, all depending on a school’s traditions.
Homecoming celebrations nearly always end with a dance and/or a great dinner. The school is decorated beautifully, and a band is paid to come and play. Students dress up: guys in suits and girls in beautiful dresses.
【小题1】Homecoming in the USA _____.
| A．is held only in high schools |
| B．is held to celebrate the birth of schools |
| C．might be prepared for students only |
| D．might last from one day to one week |
| A．their contributions (贡献) to the school |
| B．their healthy bodies |
| C．their excellent grades in study |
| D．their good-looking faces |
| A．a parade | B．a football game |
| C．a picnic | D．an exam |
| A．a play or concert | B．a dance or a dinner |
| C．a picnic or a dance | D．a competition or a game |
The Fallas Festival (法雅节) in Spain
It is sometimes strange how world-famous festivals are started.
Centuries ago, the city’s carpenters would empty their houses of all the old wood they had saved over the winter and burn it all in the local square. Over time, the carpenters began to use their old wood to carve different images.
The Fallas Festival is now one of the most popular festivals in Spain.
The Fallas Festival always bring communities together. On the final night, all the sculptures are collected and put on a bonfire (大火堆) in the main Valencia square. The fire is lit and all the year's hard work comes to an end in towers of flames.
| A．The Fallas Festival is an exception. |
| B．Everyone would participate in carving. |
| C．This is especially true with the Fallas Festival. |
| D．A competition is run where the best sculptures are chosen. |
| E．It also attracts people from the world to watch and take part. |
| F．Sometimes they would create funny images of famous people. |
| G．Everyone watching says goodbye to winter and welcome to spring. |
In Britain，it's bottoms up from the week before Christmas till the last firework explodes in the sky announcing the new year,．The last Friday before Christmas popularly known as‘Mad Friday’—is one of the busiest periods for the country’s pubs and clubs．
But it's not just the bars that get busy．Ambulances and A&E departments around Britain get packed out too．Head injuries,，cuts，falls…it's easy to end up hurting yourself or others when self-control disappear and your head is spinning due to alcoho1．Revelers(纵酒狂欢的人)have been warned by the health authorities about the dangers of deadly drinking but drinking crazily seems to be part of the festivities for some．
The charity Alcohol Concern is running a campaign of restriction by encouraging people to have a dry January．
Jackie Ballard，the charity’s Chief Executive，believes the campaign has been successful in recent years．She says：“More than two-thirds of people even six months later are drinking at reduced levels having had a month off drink．But also a study has shown the impact it has on people’s health reducing their blood pressure and blood sugar levels．”
The study by the University of Sussex followed up nearly 900 participants in Alcohol Concern’s Dry January campaign and found out that 72％of them had kept harmful drinking sessions down and 4％were still not drinking．
Moderation(适度)seems to be the key to everything．The official recommendation for women is not to regularly drink more than 2 to 3 units of alcohol a day．The limit for men is 3 to 4 units of alcohol—no more than a pint of 5．2％ABV lager，beer or cider．
【小题1】The last Friday before Christmas is called．“Mad Friday”because_________．
| A．people stay up too late |
| B．people go out and drink a lot |
| C．firework explodes in the sky |
| D．people go shopping madly |
| A．The atmosphere of the bars． |
| B．The effect of drinking too much． |
| C．The customs of the festivities． |
| D．The importance of the health authorities． |
| A．many people stop drinking |
| B．people drink more than before |
| C．people can improve their health |
| D．people’s blood pressure increases |
| A．Women shouldn’t drink any alcoho1． |
| B．People should stay away from alcoho1． |
| C．Men may drink 3 to 4 units of alcohol at least． |
| D．Moderate alcohol drinking can be accepted． |
For people in the Netherlands, April 27 is the date of the biggest party of the year — and an excuse to dress all in orange.
The King’s Day celebrates the birthday of King Willem-Alexander, the current king of the Netherlands. It is the country’s national day, and its people take their task of enjoying themselves very seriously.
There is even a special word in Dutch for the crazy events that happen during the festival: “oranjegekte”, which means “orange madness”. The color is special to Dutch people because it’s the color of their country’s royal family.
So what do people do to celebrate? The go-to food is herring (鲱鱼). The fish stored in salty water and eaten with onions and pickles (腌菜) can be found at one of the many fish shops around the country.
On the day, people wear as much orange as possible. Everyone wears huge orange hats, orange dresses and fake orange hair. Even pets are dressed up in orange clothes to celebrate.
The King’s Day is a day of shopping too, especially in the Netherlands’ capital city. “As a city built on trade, Amsterdam loves to bargain,” CNN explained. “The free market gives everyone the chance to sell their second-hand things on the streets and parks of Amsterdam, creating one of the world’s largest flea markets.”
Dutch people are known around the world for being laid-back and sometimes a little crazy. And the Netherlands’ King’s Day celebrations certainly show off this side of its people. Compare it to the birthdays of other countries’ kings and queens. In the UK, for example, Queen Elizabeth II’s birthday isn’t usually celebrated, except for special birthdays like her 90th last year. Many people don’t even know when her birthday is. In the Netherlands, however, the king or queen’s birthday has long been a national excuse for a lighthearted day of orange fun.
【小题1】What can we know about the King’s Day from the passage?| A．It is celebrated in memory of the country’s first king. |
| B．It is a holiday celebrated in the Netherlands and the UK. |
| C．People attach great importance to the celebration ceremony. |
| D．The color of orange has an unusual meaning to Dutch people. |
| A．Getting themselves dressed up in orange clothes. |
| B．Shopping for second-hand things without bargaining. |
| C．Buying herring fish and then keeping it in salty water. |
| D．Hosting a flea market to create a commercial atmosphere. |
| A．show great respect to their king |
| B．tend to show off their cultural traditions |
| C．feel little concerned about others’ opinions |
| D．consider the day a good occasion to have fun |
| A．To illustrate the history of the King’s Day. |
| B．To introduce Netherlands’ traditional festival. |
| C．To indicate the differences in festival celebrations. |
| D．To stress the importance of maintaining social customs. |
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