GotoanyIrishcityortownon17thMarchandyou'llseeastrangesight:peopledressedingreen,wearingtheshamrockontheirclothesandmarchinginparades(游行).What'sitallabout?It'sStPatrick'sDay,ofcourse!Irishpeople

Question

　　Go to any Irish city or town on 17th March and you'll see a strange sight: people dressed in green, wearing the shamrock on their clothes and marching in parades(游行). What's it all about? It's St Patrick's Day, of course!

　　Irish people all over the world celebrate(庆祝) St Patrick's Day and big parades take place in New York, Chicago and Boston in the USA because lots of Irish people live there.
　　Green is the main color on St Patrick's Day as that is the national color of Ireland. Thanks to the great amount of rainfall, Ireland is a very green, rural country with some places seeing rain for 225 days in a year.
　　The tradition began by accident after a worker, who was using dye(染料) to test leaks(泄漏) into the river, discovered his orange dye turned green when mixed with water. City officials decided to add dye to the river to celebrate St Patrick's Day.

Many of Irish people ________ on March 17.

• A

  take part in parades
• B

  plant lots of trees
• C

  travel to the USA

We can learn from this passage that it's quite often ________ in Ireland.

• A

  snowy
• B

  windy
• C

  rainy

St Patrick's Day started by accident when a worker used the ________ dye in his job one time.

• A

  green
• B

  orange
• C

  blue

The best title of this passage is “________”.

• A

  A green country
• B

  A green dye
• C

  A green holiday

Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

• A

  St Patrick's Day is celebrated only in Ireland.
• B

  The shamrock is St Patrick's favorite plant.
• C

  The river turns green because of the heavy pollution.

Answer 1

【分析】1. 考查细节观察。由第一段可知。2. 考查细节理解。由第三段最后一句话“... seeing rain for 225 days in a year.”可知。3. 考查细节理解。由第四段“... discovered his orange dye turned green when mi...