安徽省合肥市第一中学2023-2024学年高一上学期素质拓展训练(三)英语试题（原卷版）

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合肥一中 2023-2024 学年度第一学期高一英语

素质拓展训练(三)

第一部分阅读(共两节，满分 50 分)

第一节阅读理解(共15 小题;每小题 2.5 分，满分 37.5 分)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

Four unusual festivals around the world

The Wife Carrying World Championships — Sonkajärvi, Finland

Although the exact origins of the tradition are unknown because of its long history, but today, wife carrying is

practiced around the world. Participants are allowed to carry their wives in various ways, including a piggyback or

a fireman’s carry (over the shoulder). The prize for winning the race is the wife’s weight in beer.

The Monkey Buffet (自助餐) Festival — Lopburi, Thailand

You may consider how a monkey would taste, but this is a buffet for monkeys. The local monkeys in Lopburi

are gifted with a feast of tons of fruits, vegetables, cakes, and candies every November. After the monkeys are

given the treats, youths dressed up as monkeys perform dances. The festival first took place in 1989, run by a local

businessman to boost tourism in Lopburi. Luckily for him and the monkeys, it worked.

The Boryeong Mud Festival — Boryeong, South Korea

The festival first took place in 1998, and it was originally created as a marketing event for Boryeong mud

cosmetics (化妆品). The mud from Boryeong is considered rich in natural minerals and is used to make beauty

products. Popular activities include mud swimming, mud slides and mud skiing.

The La Tomatina Festival — Buñol, Valencia, Spain

The festival has been organized annually in August in Buñol since 1940s, when a noisy crowd take the

tomatoes from a vegetable stall and start a food fight. The hour — long tomato fight used up about 145,000 kg of

tomatoes in 2015. Since 2013 it has been a ticketed event to limit participants to just 20,000.

1. What will you get if you win the Wife Carrying World Championships?

A. A treat. B. Lots of beer.

C. Lots of money. D. A pig.

2. What is the purpose of creating the Monkey Buffet Festival?

A. To taste the monkey. B. To sell out tomatoes.

C. To promote mud makeup. D. To develop tourism.

3. Which festival is likely to have the shortest history?

A. The Boryeong Mud Festival. B. The Monkey Buffet Festival

C. The Wife Carrying World Championships. D. The La Tomatina Festival.

It was the day before Thanksgiving and Kaleb Benham was wandering around outside his home in Noring

California. His 90-pound pit bull, Buddy, was playing around nearby, doing what dogs do: getting into trouble.

And this time, Buddy was getting into a whole lot of trouble.

The unmistakable sound that no one wants to hear alone in the woods caught Benham’s attention. It was the

deep, strange roar of a black bear. Benham wheeled around to see the beast, which Benham figured weighed

around 350 pounds, some 100 feet away. In an instant, the bear fastened on to Buddy’s head and started dragging

him away.

Benham, a thin, fit 24-year-old, took off after them. “Honestly,” he told CBS13, “the only thing I could

think of was ‘save my baby’.” Sprinting, he lowered his shoulder and plowed into the bear. But it only tightened

its grip on Buddy. Benham grabbed the bear by the throat. Nothing. He tried getting its mouth open, but the jaw

was locked tight. Benham resorted to street fighting—punching the bear over and over around its snout and eye.

It worked. The bear dropped the dog and ran off into the woods.

Buddy was in bad shape. His face was bloodied and ripped up. His ears were dangling. He had a bite mark

clear through his lip and one that barely missed an eye.

“My first thought was that I was going to lose him,” Benham said. He scooped up Buddy, put him into his

car, and sped off to a nearby veterinarian. Buddy’s surgery took nearly four hours. Benham watched the

procedure through a window. “I just stood there,” he said, watching as Buddy’s ears were stapled back on and

skin flaps were stitched, and tubes were inserted into his head to drain fluid.

This was the second time Benham had rescued Buddy, says CBS13. The first was from a shelter a few years

ago. “If it was your kid, what would you do?” he asked. Nodding toward Buddy, he added, “That’s my kid.”

4. What is the text mainly about?

A. A demanding surgery. B. A regular routine.

C. A fearless pet dog. D. A daring rescue.

5. Why did the author mention the weight of the bear in paragraph 2?

A. To show the difficulty of the rescue.

B. To indicate the obesity of the bear.

C. To prove the excitement of Benham.

D. To describe the fear in Buddy’s heart.

How was the dog finally saved from the bear?

A. Benham bumped into the beast with dropped shoulder.

B. Benham forced open the beast’s mouth with locked jaw.

C. Benham crushed the beast’s mouth and nose repeatedly.

D. Benham finally conquered the beast by grabbing its throat.

7. Which word can best describe the relationship between Benham and Buddy?

A. Complicated. B. Close.

C. Romantic. D. Healthy.

This is a typical (典型的) day for Yang Jinlong.

At 9 a. m., he drives to primary schools and middle schools in Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, to teach students

about Shaanxi kuaiban. It is a traditional Chinese form of storytelling to the rhythm (节奏) of bamboo clapper (响

板), which the art form is named after. Sometimes, he helps students prepare for competitions. Usually, his classes

run until about 6 p. m. and then he returns home to prepare classes for the next day.

On June 10, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism announced 325 national intangible cultural heritage (非物质

文化遗产) items in Beijing, increasing the list to1, 557 items. Shaanxi kuaiban, which appeared during the late

Qing Dynasty, has been included. The form has been introduced to local schools as part of their art education.

Yang has been teaching young people the art form since 2003 after graduating from the National Academy of

Chinese Theatre Arts in Beijing. He studied quyi there. Quyi is a general term for Chinese folk art forms, including

storytelling crosstalk and clapper talk.

“Art education is important for students in China. Just as many students learn to play Western musical

instruments like the piano and vioiin, there are many people learning traditional Chinese folk arts, including

Shaanxi kuaiban, which I’ll work for my whole life,” he said.

Kuaiban is popular in northern China, including Beijing and Tianjin. According to Yang, Shaanxi kuaiban was

influenced by the art of different areas. The art form can be played by a group of players or only one. With one or

two pairs of kuaiban of different sizes in hand, the players speak in the local dialect (方言) while telling stories,

which are usually about heroes. The player tells stories while playing kuaiban, and it’s easy for the watchers to

remember the stories since all the lines rhyme.

Thanks to artists like Yang, this traditional Chinese form of storytelling is passed on and stays alive in our

country.

8. Why is today a typical day for Yang Jinlong?

A. He is teaching students about kuaiban as usual.

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