Interesting Festivals in the World
| Tuna(金枪鱼)Throwing Festival—Australia The Tuna Festival celebrates a good fishing harvest. It is on January 26 in Port Lincoln, Eyre Peninsula. The most exciting part of the festival is a special competition—the tuna throwing. It attracts a lot of local people and tourists to take part in and watch. |
| London Pillow Fight—England London Pillow Fight happens on the first Saturday in April. It is a good way to deal with the pressure(压力). So ladies and gentlemen in London are turning to pillow fights to relieve their stress（减压）. Once the fight begins, the pressure is gone |
| Ottawa Winterlude(冰雪节)—Canada Winterlude is a festival that celebrates winter. It usually starts in February and lasts for three weekends. Winterlude is a very large festival of outdoor activities including public skating, music concerts, largest ice playground, and so on. |
| White Squirrel(松鼠)Festival—America White Squirrel Festival usually comes in May in Brevard. It's a festival for some special wild animals, the white squirrels. This fun street festival is a perfect way to experience two-and-a-half days of live music. Best of all, it's FREE. |
1.When is Tuna Throwing Festival?
A.In January. B.In April. C.In February. D.In May.
2.Which festival can help people deal with the pressure?
A.Ottawa Winterlude B.Tuna Throwing Festival
C.London Pillow Fight D.White Squirrel Festival
3.Where will you go if you want to experience public skating?
A.Canada B.England C.Australia D.America
A Musical Astronaut
Brenda Bongos was a happy, artistic girl. She had one big dream—to play the drums in a band. But one big problem lay in her way. To be good enough to play in a band, Brenda had to _______a lot, but she lived next-door to a lot of old people. Many of them were sick. She knew that the sound of beating drums would really make them _______. So, she had tried playing in the strangest places: a basement(地下室), a kitchen, and even in a shower. However, there was always someone it would annoy(打扰). To practice as much as she could, Brenda spent most of her time playing on books and boxes, and looking for new places to practice.
One day, while watching a science documentary on TV, she _______ that sound cannot travel in space, because there's no air. At that moment, Brenda Bongos decided to become a sort of musical astronaut.
With the help of a lot of time, books and work, Brenda _______ a space bubble. This was a big glass ball connected to a machine which sucked out(吸出)all the air inside. Only a set of drums and a chair would be _______ inside the bubble. Brenda also made herself a space suit. She put on the suit, entered the bubble, turned on the _______, and played those drums like a wild child.
Soon Brenda Bongos became very famous. Many people came to see her play in her space bubble. Then she came out of the bubble and started giving concerts. As her fame(名气)spread_______, the government suggested that she should be part of a special space journey.
Finally, Brenda was a real musical astronaut, and had gone far beyond her first dream of playing drums in a band.
Years later, when asked how she had achieved all this, she thought for a moment, and said: "If those old people next-door hadn't mattered so much to me, I wouldn't have found a(an)_______, and none of this would have ever happened. "In the face of difficulties, Brenda showed her kindness, she worked hard and never stopped trying.
1.A.practice B.learn C.talk D.smile
2.A.unreal B.unfriendly C.uncomfortable D.unlucky
3.A.hoped B.thought C.guessed D.heard
4.A.drew B.built C.bought D.found
5.A.sold B.changed C.left D.remembered
6.A.machine B.computer C.light D.screen
7.A.slowly B.widely C.quietly D.secretly
8.A.introduction B.invention C.explanation D.solution
—Mary, could you tell me________?
—Sure, next week.
A.when will Mr. Brown come back B.when Mr. Brown will come back
C.when did Mr. Brown come back D.when Mr. Brown came back
Alice is my classmate. She ________ in our school since 2017.
A.studies B.studied C.has studied D.is studying
—What did you do last Sunday, Bill?
—I ________my grandparents with my sister.
A.visit B.visited C.will visit D.was visiting
—Lily, what is your mum doing?
—She ________flowers in the garden now.
A.watered B.waters C.will water D.is watering
