India has many festivals, with some celebrations that last for weeks. However, none of them come even close to Holi, India’s most colorful and fun festival. Celebrated on the day following the full moon, this year’s festival happens to be on March 19th.
As with most Indian festivals, this one also has many different folk stories. Most of them center around the success of good over evil. The most popular one is about a king, who hates his son Prahlada for loving the creator of the Universe—Lord Vishnu. When every attempt to stop him fails, his sister, Holika believed to be immune(免疫的) to fire, joins in the effort by inviting the young boy to sit with her inside a huge fire. Helped by the power of Lord Vishnu, Prahlada escapes safely, while the evil Holika is burned to death. To remember this event, huge outdoor fires are lit in the night before Holi in order to clean the air of evil spirits and to celebrate the death of the evil.
So what’s so great about this day? While there are some fun parades(游行) and folk songs and dance performances, the most fun of all is walking to the streets and splashing(潑灑) people with water guns and dry colors and even covering them with entire buckets of colored water. On this day, everybody is fair game, no matter how old or how young.
At about midday, the splashing comes to an end and people living close to oceans or rivers usually take a bath in the water to clean themselves before going home to a delicious home-made big dinner and a well-deserved short sleep, following this full day of fun and activities.
小題1:Why does the king dislike his son Prahlada?
A．Because Prahlada doesn’t love him.
B．Because Prahlada is rude to Holika.
C．Because Prahlada loves Lord Vishnu.
D．Because Prahlada concentrates on his own success.
小題2:Prahlada gets out of danger __________.
A．with the help of Lord Vishnu
B．because of his good luck
C．by beating his aunt Holika
D．using his amazing talent
小題3:The underlined phrase “fair game” in Paragraph 3 refers to a person who __________.
A．fights against others fairly
B．enjoys splashing people
C．plays a trick on others
D．is the aim of splashing water
小題4:After the fun activities, people living close to oceans or rivers often take a bath because __________.
A．they have got dirty with dry colors and colored water
B．going home with colored water means bad luck
C．they believe clean water will bring good luck
D．taking a bath shows their true love for Lord Vishnu

小題1:C
小題2:A
小題3:D
小題4:A

試題分析：文章大意：本文介紹了印度的一個(gè)傳統(tǒng)的節(jié)日——胡里節(jié)（Holi）。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從第二段的句子The most popular one is about a king, who hates his son Prahlada for loving the creator of the Universe—Lord Vishnu.可知國(guó)王不喜歡他兒子Prahlada的原因。選C
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從第二段的句子Helped by the power of Lord Vishnu, Prahlada escapes safely, while the evil Holika is burned to death.可知由于Vishnu的幫助，Prahlada得以成功逃跑。選A
小題3:推理判斷題。根據(jù)前一句the most fun of all is walking to the streets and splashing(潑灑) people with water guns and dry colors and even covering them with entire buckets of colored water.可知fair game是潑水的目標(biāo)。選D
小題4:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章最后一段At about midday, the splashing comes to an end and people living close to oceans or rivers usually take a bath in the water to clean themselves before going home to a delicious home-made big dinner and a well-deserved short sleep, following this full day of fun and activities.可知其原因。選A
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