Ⅴ.阅读理解
(2014·淮北一中高一期末)
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(泼洒) 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 homemade big dinner and a welldeserved short sleep, following this full day of fun and activities.
文章大意：本文介绍了印度的一个传统的节日——胡里节(Holi)。
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.
答案：C 细节理解题。从第二段的句子The most popular one is about a king, who hates his son Prahlada for loving the creator of the Universe—Lord Vishnu.可知国王不喜欢他儿子Prahlada的原因。选C。
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
答案：A 细节理解题。从第二段的句子Helped by the power of Lord Vishnu, Prahlada escapes safely, while the evil Holika is burned to death.可知由于Vishnu的帮助，Prahlada得以成功逃跑。选A。
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
答案：D 推理判断题。根据前一句the most fun of all is walking to the streets and splashing(泼洒) people with water guns and dry colors and even covering them with entire buckets of colored water.可知fair game是泼水的目标。选D。
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
答案：A 细节理解题。根据文章最后一段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 homemade big dinner and a welldeserved short sleep, following this full day of fun and activities.可知其原因。选A。
