Question

From March 12 to 17 of each year, hundreds of clowns(小丑)get together in the Bognor Regis town, UK. They all wear tall blue hats and big red noses with colourful faces. The first International Clown Festival was in 1987, UK. All the clowns from all over the world came together to celebrate the great festival in England.

During the festival, people can see clowns from the world. They are together for the world of clown shows. They try their best to please all the people for the festival. In the shows, they have big feet, funny noses and look really funny. They sing and dance in a strange way to make people laugh. All people for the festival can have great fun. Of course, children like this interesting festival best.

Now women can take part in the clown shows , and they are very popular. But in the old days, only men could be clowns.

There are different kinds of clowns like white faces, red faces, street clowns and clowns for children. All these clowns are popular with people.

1.All the clowns get together __________ for the International Clown Festival.

A. in London B. in a small town，UK

C. all over the world D. around the whole Europe

2.The first International Clown Festival was _____________.

A. in 1987 B. in the UK C. both A and B D. in London

3.The festival lasts __________________.

A. a month B. six days C. seven days D. five weeks

4.Which of the following is NOT true?

A. The clowns wear in a funny way.

B. The clowns dance in a strange way

C. The clowns try their best to make others laugh

D. Women clowns are not popular with people.

5.Which is the best title of the article?

A. The International Clown Festival

B. Men clowns and women clowns

C. Different kinds of strange festival

D. Different kinds of clowns in the festival

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.C

3.B

4.D

5.A

【解析】

試題解析：本文大意：每年的3月12日至17日,成百上千的小丑們聚集到英國的Bognor Regis鎮(zhèn)，來自世界各地的所有小丑們聚集到一起在英國慶祝節(jié)日，他們都身戴著藍(lán)帽子五顏六色的臉上有個大紅鼻子。第一屆國際小丑節(jié)1987年在英國�，F(xiàn)在女小丑能參加小丑表演，她們非常受歡迎，但在過去，只有男人能當(dāng)小丑。有各種小丑像白臉的、紅臉的，街道上的小丑和為孩子表演的小丑，所有這些小丑都受歡迎。

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