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Some Unusual Celebrations

Some holidays are well-known all around the world. Among them are New Year’s Eve celebrations. Also common are days in honor of love and friendship,like Valentine’s Day. Each country has its own special holidays, too, often to mark important events in its history. Schools, banks, and government offices all close on days like these. (46) A few of them are really very strange.
Of course, they are not strange to the people who celebrate them. Perhaps that is because the celebrations have long traditions. Consider April Fool’s Day, for example. No one knows when or why it began. Today it is celebrated in many countries—France, England, and Australia, among others. On this day,people play practical jokes. (47) The ones who laugh are the ones playing the jokes. The people they fool often get angry. Does celebrating this day make sense to you
Dingus Day in Poland seems strange,too. O

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Some holidays are well-known all around the world. Among them are New Year’s Eve celebrations. Also common are days in honor of love and friendship,like Valentine’s Day. Each country has its own special holidays, too, often to mark important events in its history. Schools, banks, and government offices all close on days like these. (46) A few of them are really very strange.
Of course, they are not strange to the people who celebrate them. Perhaps that is because the celebrations have long traditions. Consider April Fool’s Day, for example. No one knows when or why it began. Today it is celebrated in many countries—France, England, and Australia, among others. On this day,people play practical jokes. (47) The ones who laugh are the ones playing the jokes. The people they fool often get angry. Does celebrating this day make sense to you
Dingus Day in Poland seems strange,too. O

[单项选择]In support of the unusual warm clothes some people wear, what can we infer from such a phenomenon（　）.
A. They are in poor health condition.
B. They may want to attract others’ attention.
C. They may be homesick or feel insecure.
D. They have a poor taste in dressing.

[单项选择]Most famous people have some unusual story associated with their names. Casanova, for example, was a legend in his own time. He was the epitome of the gallant adventurer and lover. However, he spent thirteen years of his life as a librarian!
Thomas Edison, the brilliant inventor, was deaf from the age of twelve. The young Edison’s hearing loss was long believed to have been caused when he tried to catch a moving train and a conductor grabbed him by the ears to pull him on board. Edison himself liked to tell this story. No one is really sure how he did lose his hearing.
Great writers and artists often require various types of inspirational warm-up before they create. Rudyard Kipling could not write unless his pen was filled with black ink, and only black ink. Ludwig van Beethoven poured icy cold water over his head before he composed his music. He felt that the cold water would refresh his brain. The author Charles Dickens always faced north when working or sleeping. Tycho Bra
A. scientists
B. personalities
C. composers
D. leaders

[填空题] Some doctors are taking an unusual new approach to communicate better with patients—they are letting (31) read the notes that physicians normally share only with each other. After meeting with patients, doctors typically jot (32) notes on a range of topics, from musings about possible diagnoses to observations about (33) a patient is getting along with a spouse. The notes are used to justify the bill, and may be audited. But the main idea is to have a written record (34) insights into the patient’s condition for the next visit or for (35) doctors to see. A study currently under way, (36) the OpenNotes project, is looking at what happens (37) doctors’ notes become available for a patient to read, usually (38) electronic medical records. In a report on the early (39) of the study, published Tuesday in the Annals of internal Medicine, researchers say that inviting patients to review the (40) can improve patients understanding of their own healt