Question

Have you heard of throwing festivals? People throw different things in different countries, but they all throw them for fun not for a fight.

Every spring, Indians celebrate a color throwing festival called Holi. At first, people threw red flour on each other. They believed it would bring luck to all. Now, they use many color flour, white, red, yellow, green and so on. Holi is known as the happiest Indian festival.

In fall,Spainthrows tomatoes in the town of Bunol on the last Wednesday of August. Thousands of people watch or take part in the tomato fighting and they use about 100 tons of tomatoes every year. When it is over, some people begin to clean the street. It is clean again in an hour.

In Thailand, people throw water at friends, family and passers-by at the Songkran (宋干节) festival. It begins on the 13th April and ends on the 15th April. People throw water to each other to wish for good luck. There's a throwing festival, Tunarama(图纳拉玛节)in January in Lincoln, Australia. But people don't throw things to each other. They throw a tuna(金枪鱼).Players throw a 22-pound frozen tuna as far as they can. The winner is the one who throws the farthest and he will get the prize.

1.   Which is WRONG about Holi? 

A.   Indians celebrate Holi in spring every year.

B.    People only throw red flour on each other at Holi now.

C.    You can see many colors at Holi.

D.   Holi is the happiest Indian festival.

2.   The Spanish tomato fighting happens _____________ every year.

A. in spring       B. in January

C. in August       D. in April

3.   People throw _____ to each other in Thailand at the Songkran festival.

A. water    B. flour      C. milk        D. fish

4.   Who is the winner at Tunarama inAustralia? 

A.   The one who runs the fastest.

B.    The one who throws the most fish.

C.    The one who gets the most water.

D.   The one who throws the fish farthest.

5.   From the passage we know____________ . 

A.   all the people throw things for fun

B.    people all throw things to each other on the four festivals

C.    the four throwing festivals all happen in autumn

D.   all the people clean the streets after the throwing festivals

Answer 1

 1—5 BCADA