高二英语阅读理解强化训练附解析Day 108

高二英语阅读理解强化训练附解析Day 108

Passage 1

Here is Booked, net's selection of the strangest events worldwide.

Elephant polo (象球)

The title is self-explanatory, but elephant polo is more interesting than the traditional alternative played on horses. Elephants make the game slower, and, because of this the field is only three-quarters the length of a standard polo field. The elephants carry two people and are guided by mahouts (看象人). The player hits the ball and tells the mahout which way to go. The Kings Cup Elephant Polo Tournament is the sixth largest event in the Thai calendar.

Volcano de Lodo El Totumo

If you are in Colombia at the end of March, you should make Cartagena part of your journey ---here between December and March every year, is the opportunity to get dirty, Bathing in mud from the V olcano de Lodo El Totumo can best be described as a primitive experience. The volcano is diminutive (微小的), looking more like a little hill rising about 10 to 15m from the ground. If you climb a wooden staircase to reach the very top, you will discover a pit (大坑) of gray mud. It is believed that the mud has a curing effect, purifying your skin.

La Tornatina

It is possibly the most famous and most specific food fight in the

world. If you think tomatoes are only for salads you are on a wrong track. Just a visit to Valencia, or more precisely, a small Spanish village named Bunol in August can totally change your perception. There, on the last Wednesday of August every year, trucks dump 120 tons of tomatoes in the streets of the town, and tomato juice and pulp (果肉) flow from there.

Balloon Fiesta

Have you ever been taken to the skies in a hot-air balloon? The annual Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta in America gives you the chance to enjoy a bird's eye view of the city and countryside. Since 1972, perfect October weather, blue skies and wind patterns have combined to allow balloonists to control and retrace their route thanks to the direction of the winds. This is the only place in the world to enjoy a mass rise of balloons floating in the blue skies each October.

1. Where can visitors experience bathing in mud in February?________

A. In Thailand

B. In Colombia

C. In Spain

D. In America

2. Visitors to Bunol in August can________ .

A. attend the annual balloon fiesta

B. watch volcanoes erupting in person

C. take part in the game of elephant polo

D. witness the most specific food fight in the world

3. Which of the following groups of people are likely to be interested in