题目内容
The Most Interesting Festivals around the World
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 ＊Raincoat Festival ......................15 ＊Roswell UFO Festival ................................................16 ＊Tomato Festival........................18 ＊Water Fighting Day ................................................19 ＊Wife Carrying Festival ................................................20 ＊World Body painting Festival ................................................22 | International Pillow 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. ----11---- |
1.The International Pillow Fight Day was first celebrated in _______
A. 2000 B. 2008 C. 2013 D. 2014
2.Nowadays the International Pillow Fight Day has become a way to ________.
A. collect pillows for the homeless
B. release energy and stress.
C. hit each other’s face
D. fight with others
3.The latest Guinness World Record of the largest pillow fight was set in ________.
A. New York B. Amsterdam C. Budapest D. Chicago
4.You may read about ______________ on the Page 19.
A. Baby Crying Day B. Color Throwing Festival
C. Water Fighting Day D. World Body painting Festival
A、 no longer B、 completely C、 compete D、 given up E、 encourage |
Though the sale of bottled water is still on the rise. Certain policy makers have taken steps to reduce it and 1. people to drink tap water. In September 2009, the Australian city of Bundanoon became the first city in the world to 2. stop bottled water from being sold in stores, building water fountains instead.
Among the cities in America that have taken action are San Francisco and Seattle, which 3. buy water for city use, and Chicago which adds a five-cent tax on each bottle. Several restaurants in those cities have also 4. bottled water for tap water. Other cities are also considering taking action.
