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

Answer the questions (根据以下内容回答问题)

There once was a king who wanted to find the answers to what he considered the three most important questions in life. The three questions are : when is the right time for every action, who are the most important people , and what is the most important thing to do? The king consulted learned men, promising he would richly reward anyone who could answer the questions, but their answers didn’t satisfy him. In the end, he decided to visit a wise hermit who lived in the woods. The hermit would speak only with common people, so the king put on simple clothes.

When he got close to the hermit’s hut, he ordered his bodyguards to wait behind. He approached the place and found the hermit digging. He asked the wise man his three questions, but the hermit didn’t respond. Seeing how old and weak the hermit was, the king began helping him dig. The king dug for hours, but the hermit never answered his questions. Just as the king was about to leave, a wounded man came running to the hut and fainted before them. Then the king carried the wounded man to Hermit’s hut and took care of him. The king was exhausted and fell asleep as well. When he awoke, he talked with the man, who said that he had wanted to kill the king but was wounded by his bodyguards. He asked for forgiveness and promised to serve the king faithfully.

Afterwards, the king went outside and repeated his questions to the hermit once more. The hermit replied, “If you had not helped me dig earlier, you would have left and been killed by the man. So, the most important man back then was me, and the most important time was when you were digging. The most important thing to do was to be kind to me. When the wounded man arrived, he was the most important person, and saving him was the most important thing. By doing so, you made peace with an enemy.”

The king finally had his three answers. The most important time is the present, as it’s the only time we have the power to act. The most important person is the one you are with, and the most important thing is always to 92

1.Was the king satisfied with the answers given by learned men?

2.Where did the hermit live?

3.Why did the king help the hermit dig?

He thought the hermit________.

4.Who was the wounded man?

5.What best fits the blank in the last sentence?

6.What were the king’s rewards after he helped the hermit and the wounded man?

He______ and________.

Let’s Explore(探究) the Nature!

Are you interested in animals and nature? Want to enjoy your winter holiday and learn something interesting and useful?

Here comes your chance! Youth Explorer has prepared you with a three-day program! You can meet with live animals—giraffes. pandas, tigers, and so on!

More information about the program is as follows:

Age: Students aged 8-16

Groups: There are 2 programs for you to choose from. Each program needs at most 15 students.

Program A

Date:14-16 February, 2018

Time:10:00a.m.~4:00p.m.

Program B

Date: 1-3 March 2018

Time:10:00a.m.~4:00p.m.

Program cost:¥230 for members;¥250 for non-members(非会员)

How to do: Simply come to get an application form(申请表)and hand it in before 11 th February, 2018.

Notes:

1.No free lunches are provided because people have different tastes. You may either bring a lunch-box or pay for lunch at our restaurants.

2. Both programs will start one day later if there is a rainstorm(暴风雨). COME AND JOIN US NOW! DON’T MISS THE CHANCE!

1.Two members and one non-member should pay _____ for the program.

A.¥690 B.¥710 C.¥730 D.¥750

2.Why aren’t free lunches provided?

A.Because the lunches cost too much. B.Because they may bring lunch-boxes.

C.Because there are many restaurants. D.Because people have different tastes.

3.If there is a rainstorm on 14th February, Program A will start on _____.

A.15th February B.17th February C.2nd March D.4th March

4.Which of the following is TRUE about the activities?

A.You must fill in the application form.

B.You can see many great plants during the holiday.

C.You can hand in your application form on 12th February,2018.

D.A seventeen-year-old student from Canada is able to take part in the program.

5.What can we know from the passage?

A.Youth Explorer is the name of the program.

B.More than 15 students are wanted in each program.

C.You need to hand in an application form for the program.

D.We can only see three kinds of animals in the program.

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