Canadian Geese are large blue and white birds. When autumn comes, they have to fly south where the weather is warmer. The winters are so cold in Canada that the birds will die if they stay there.

Last spring, Bill Lishman found sixteen young Canadian Geese on his farm. They had lost their parents. Bill thought, “These young birds won 't know what to do in the autumn.”He had a small plane and he decided to teach the birds to follow him. all through the summer, he went on short trips in his plane and the young geese flew after him.

When the cold weather arrived in the autumn, Bill flew to Virginia in the United States, 600 miles south of his home in Canada. The geese followed him all the way. Bill left the geese in Virginia and he returned home.

This spring, Bill was waiting for the birds to come back. They didn't arrive, so Bill flew to Virginia to get them. He looked for them for two weeks, but he couldn't find them. When he arrived back home, he found the geese waiting for him. They had found their way home without him!

1.Canadian Geese have to fly south when autumn comes because________.

A.they. want to find their parents

B.they like to travel from the North to the South

C.they want to find a new home

D.they will die in the cold winter in Canada

2.How many young Canadian Geese did Bill Lishman find on his farm?

A.14 B.15 C.16 D.17

3.According to this passage, we can see Bill Lishman is________.

A.outgoing B.kind C.interesting D.excited

4.Which of the following sentences is true?

A.Virginia is in Canada.

B.Bill looked for the young Canadian Geese for one week.

C.The young Canadian Geese had found their way home without Bill.

D. The young Canadian Geese came back to the farm in summer.

Contents

Introduction……………………………………………1

※ Baby Crying Day……………………………………2

※ Cheese- rolling Festival……………………………4

※ Color Throwing Festival……………………………6

※ Fish Swallowing Festival…………………………8

※ International Pillow Fight Day……………………11

※ International Twins Festival………………………13

※ Roswell UFO Festival……………………………16

※ Tomato Festival……………………………………18

※ Wife Carrying Festival……………………………20

※ World body Painting Festival……………………22

International Pillow (枕头) Fight Day

International Pillow Fight Day is held every April around the world-from Amsterdam.

Budapest, to New York. It has been celebrated since 2008. Hundreds of people go out with their pillows hitting each other’s face, back and chest. People dress up as superheroes and animals, laughing and fighting.

The festival used to be a game to release (释放) energy and stress.. Nowadays besides bringing fun, International Pillow Fight Day has become a way to quickly collect pillows for the homeless. In 2014, about 2,000 pillows were collected for the poor in Bronx and Brooklyn.

Rules: Bring your own pillows and don’t hit anyone without a pillow or with a camera.

The Guinness World Record: The latest record of the largest pillow fight was set on October 27, 2013 in Chicago, with 4,500 pillows and 3,813 people.

1.When is the International Pillow Fight Day held?

A.Every October. B.Every April.

C.Every March. D.Every July.

2.What is the International Pillow Fight Day for nowadays?

A.To fight with others. B.To buy new pillows.

C.To hit each other’s face. D.To collect pillows for the homeless.

3.How many pages are there about the information of International Pillow Fight Day?

A.Two. B.Three. C.Four. D.Eleven.

4.Which city was the latest Guinness World Record of the larges pillow fight set in?

A.New York. B.Amsterdam. C.Budapest. D.Chicago.

5.What will you read about on Page 19?

A.Baby Crying Day. B.Water Fighting Day.

C.Tomato Festival. D.Color Throwing Festival.

The sudden death of Sir Charles Baskerville made everybody sad as he was a nice and respected man and had made many friends in Dartmoor during the two years he was at Baskerville Hall.

Mr Barrymore, the butler(男管家), said that Sir Charles had been sad and stressed these days. He told Barrymore that he was planning to return to London the next day. Then, he went for his usual evening walk. He did not return, and at midnight, Barrymore went to look for him. He followed Sir Charles’s footprints along the path until he found his master’s body lying near the end of it.

A man called Murphy was on the moor at the time and said that he heard shouting, but he was drunk at the time and no one would believe what he said.

The report said that Sir Charles had a weak heart and died of a heart attack. And this made it clear that the stories of a huge hound should not be believed.

“Do you know anything more than what is in the newspapers?” said Holmes when Dr. Mortimer had finished.

“Yes indeed. Sir Charles would never go out onto the moor at night because he was in fear of being attacked. He asked me several times whether I had heard the hound howling at night, but I never had. I was there within an hour when he died. I went over to see his body. He lay face down on the ground with his arms out and his fingers dug into the ground. At the inquest, Barrymore said that he saw nothing else, but I did. I saw footprints, Mr Holmes.”

“Footprints?” said Holmes, leaning forward. “A man’s or a woman’s?”

Mortimer looked at us for a moment before replying. “Mr.Holmes, they were the footprints of a huge hound!”

1.What can we know about Charles Baskerville?

A.He had been in a good mood for a few days.

B.He was going back to London the next day.

C.He usually took a walk with Barrymore at night.

D.He could not get along with others and had few friends.

2.Which is the correct order of what happened?

①Mortimer arrived at the scene and checked the body.

②Mortimer found footprints of a huge hound.

③Barrymore saw a man called Murphy on the moor.

④Charles Baskerville went out for a evening walk.

⑤Barrymore went out to look for his master.

A.④③⑤②① B.③④⑤①② C.④⑤③①② D.④⑤①③②

3.The underlined word“this” in Paragraph 3 refer to ____________.

A.the cause of Charles’ death B.what Murphy said

C.Charles’s footprints D.the hound’s footprints

4.We can infer(推断) from the passage that _____________.

A.What Barrymore said was true B.Murphy saw who the murderer was

C.Sir Charles killed himself D.the murderer was playing a trick

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