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The Sahara Festival is a celebration of the very recent past.The three?day event is not fixed to the same dates each year，but generally takes place in November or December.It is well attended by tourists，but even better attended by locals.

During the opening ceremonies，after the official greetings from the government leaders，people who attend the festival begin to march smartly before the viewing stands，and white camels transport their riders across the sands.Horsemen from different nations display their beautiful clothes and their fine horsemanship.One following another，groups of musicians and dancers from all over the Sahara take their turn to show off their wonderful traditional culture.Groups of men in blue and yellow play horns and beat drums as they dance in different designs.On their knees in the sand，a group of women in long dark dresses dance with their hair：their long，dark shiny hair is thrown back and forth in the wind to the rhythm of their dance.

The local and visiting Italian dogs are anxious to run after hares.The crowd is on its feet for the camel races.Camels and riders run far into the distance and then return to the finishing line in front of the cheering people.

Towards the evening，there comes the grand finale of the opening day，an extremely exciting horserace.All the riders run very fast on horseback.Some riders hang off the side of their saddles.Some even ride upside down—their legs and feet straight up in the air—all at full speed.Others rush down the course together，men arm in arm，on different horses.On and on they went.So fast and so wonderful!

1The Sahara Festival is a festival which ______.

A．has a very long history in North Africa

B．is held in the same place on the same day

C．is attended mainly by the people in the Sahara

D．is celebrated mostly by travelers from different countries

2Before the races begin，______ take part in the activities during the opening ceremonies.

A．musicians，dancers，horses and hares

B．camel riders，musicians，dogs and hares

C．horsemen，dancers，camels and dogs

D．musicians，officials，camels and horses

3The underlined word “finale” in the fourth paragraph most probably means the ______ of the opening day.

A．first part B．middle

C．last part 　D．whole

4This passage mainly tells readers______.

A．what happens on the opening day of the Sahara Festival

B．how people celebrate during the three?day Sahara Festival

C．what takes place at the closing ceremonies of the Sahara Festival

D．how animals race on the first and the last days of the Sahara Festival

1. 解析：细节理解题。由第一段的最后一句话“...better attended by locals”可知，此处better为提示词。

答案：C

2. 解析：细节理解题。由文章第二、三、四段可知，答案为D项。

答案：D

3. 解析：猜测词义题。从本句的时间状语以及后面的内容可以推断出。即：在将近傍晚时，会有开幕式这一天中较为宏大的最后一部分：一场精彩的马术比赛。故C项符合题意。

答案：C

4解析：主旨大意题。从文章的第二段、第三段以及最后一段的首句可以总结出答案为A项。

答案：A

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C. Wild addaxes cannot support themselves any longer.

D. Humans cannot survive without enough addaxes.

39. It can be inferred that the writer of the passage might be ____.

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