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阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项 涂黑。

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Tens of thousands of tourists flooded into Brazil this summer for the biggest sporting event in the world—the Olympic Games. But apart from the sporting excitement, there are plenty of other things for people to explore in the south American country. Below, we have picked three interesting aspects of frazil. Let’s take a look.

Music& Dance

The most popular form of music and dance is no doubt samba. With its special rhythm and style of dance, it is viewed as Brazil’s national musical style. If you want to experience real samba then go to Rio de Janeiro, where the music and dance styles have been growing since 1917. As the birthplace of samba, the city is always the best place to enjoy it. Every year, during the carnival, the samba parade is held and 12 of the top local samba schools try their best to win the championship title. Brazilians’ love for samba is so great that even the way they play soccer is believed to be similar to samba.

Food

Just as interesting as its culture, Brazilian food shares characteristics with food from Portugal, some other European countries and other cultures. But Brazilian food is also different in each region. In the northern part, people use more spices, seafood and fruits in their food; meanwhile, southerners eat more pasta and meat due to the Italian influence.

When talking about Brazilian dishes, many local people may recommend feijoada, calling it national dish. Feijoadais a thick bean stew with pieces of beef and pork added to it. This dish is usually served with rice and peeled and sliced oranges. Because of its heavy ingredients and rich flavors, feijoada is also called Brazilian soul food. But there are some differences in this Brazilian dish depending on where you eat it.

Customs

A very useful tip for travelers is “When in Rome, do as the Romans do' Otherwise, you might get into some unnecessary trouble. Therefore, just do as the Brazilians do while traveling in Brazil. A common feature of Brazilian customs is that the custom is not the same for both genders.

The differences in customs between men and women exist in many different aspects of life. Take dressing up as an example. Brazilians take dressing well very seriously and have different dress codes for men and women. Men wear dark-colored business suits and dress conservatively. As for women, they wear beautiful, feminine dresses and are expected to have manicures and pedicures. So if you travel to Brazil, make sure you are aware of the dress code there and bring suitable outfits.

21.According to the article, which of following statements is TRUE about samba?

A .Brazilians love samba music and dancing more than soccer.

B. Portuguese culture has had a great influence on the style of samba.

C. Rio de Janeiro is the best place for visitors to enjoy samba.

D. Any samba school can compete for the championship title during the Rio carnival.

22. We can conclude from the article that______.

A. the food in southern Brazil has been influenced by Italian culture

B. Brazilians in the north eat more meat than those in the south

C. The main ingredients of feijoada are meat and oranges

D. Feijoada cooked with black beans is the most popular dishin Brazil

23. Which of the following is NOT an example of following Brazilian customs?

A. Women having a manicure before meeting a friend.

B. Men wearing colorful shirts and short pants.

C. Women wearing fancy dresses in public places.

D. Men wearing black business suits when travelling.

B

When you think of children’s literature, endless picnics with lots of strawberry jam and ginger beer might pop into your mind. But British author Roald Dahl went down a different path, satisfying children’s appetite for the dark, violent and greedy.

Sept 13 marked what would have been Dahl’s 100th birthday. To date, his books are estimated to have sold more than 250 million copies worldwide. In 2013, he beat Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling to be named the best children’s author of all time by British parents and their children. And movie adaptations of his works continue to hit the big screen, including US director Steven Spielberg’s take on The BFG (《吹梦巨人》），which will come out in China on Oct 14th.

According to The Independent newspaper, Dahl’s books have been successful in part because he wrote from the viewpoint of children and allowed them to lead the stories, act on their own and even act against the wishes of adults.

His dark descriptions appeal to young readers, although there is also dark humor in the books. For example, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, one of Dahl’s famous stories, is a black comedy with the naughty children having terrible revenge(复仇）taken on them. In The BFG, there is a witching hour, which he wrote is “a special moment in the middle of the night when every child and every grown-up was in a deep sleep, and all the dark things came out from hiding and had the world all to themselves” .

The darkness came from Dahl’s own life, “He lost his father young. Then his mother sent him away to boarding school where he was badly beaten,” British author Michael Rosen told the BBC. He was then a naughty child and sometimes even a troublemaker. Dahl would later describe his school years as “days of horrors” that were filled with “rules and still more rules to be obeyed”. His own experience inspired some of his dark fiction.

And he was a fighter pilot during World War II. “Very few people have quite that fierceness，”British book critic Amanda Craig told the BBC. “He’s one of the few children’s authors who’s actually killed people. That is going to have an effect on how you see people and the world: ”

“His books reflect the everyday injustices that people see and experience, ” Jocelyn Schmidt, vice president of the Penguin Young Readers book company, told the TNS website. “Yet through invention and a little bit of mischief, the kids in the books win the day. They’ re courageous, they’ re inventive and they're the ones who are empowered . ”

24. What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?

A. Differences between Roald Dahl and J. K. Rowling.

B. The great achievements of Roald Dahl.

C. Roald Dahl’s impact on the film industry.

D. Steven Spielberg’s The BFG.

25. Dahl’s books appeal to young readers partly because .

A. they involve a lot of dark humor

B. they were written from the point of view of children

C. they tell stories of Dahl9s own experiences

D. they tell children that they should act on their own

26. What do the books Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The BFG have in common?

A. They are both about revenge.

B. They are both light comedies.

C.They both contain dark descriptions.

D. Their plots are both based on Dahl’s life.

27. In which column of a newspaper could we find this passage?

A. Art B. Life C. Story D. People
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