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【題目】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 the 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 finish 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（馬鞍）. 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!

【1】The 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

【2】Before 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

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

A. first part B. last part C. middle D. whole

【4】This passage mainly tells readers _____.

A. how animals race on the first and the last days 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. what happens on the opening day of the Sahara Festival

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】B

【4】D

【解析】文章向讀者介紹撒哈拉節(jié)the Sahara Festival的開(kāi)幕日the opening day的活動(dòng)。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第一段的句子It is well attended by tourists, but even better attended by the locals.可知游客雖然也參加這個(gè)節(jié)日，但更多的是當(dāng)?shù)厝�，故選C。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第二段的內(nèi)容，可知在這個(gè)節(jié)日的開(kāi)幕式中參加活動(dòng)的有officials, camels and horses，horsemen，musicians and dancers以及參加表演的男士和女士；dogs 和hares 并沒(méi)有參加表演活動(dòng)，所以選項(xiàng)A,B,C要被排除。故選D。

【3】詞義猜測(cè)題。接近傍晚，the opening day 的活動(dòng)即將結(jié)束�？膳袛�“finale”的意思是最后一項(xiàng)。故選B。

【4】主旨大意題。通讀全文可知，文章重點(diǎn)講述的是the Sahara Festival的the opening day開(kāi)幕日活動(dòng)。故選D。