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学科网 学科网 ZXXK CON)-网校通名校系列资料 上学科网,下精品资料! 第二部分:阅读理解(其两节,满分40分) 第一节(共15小题,每小题2分,共30分) 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 答题卡上将该选项涂黑 Pancake Day or Shrove Tuesday is a special day celebrated in many countries around the world. It is celebrated in English-speaking countries like the UK, Ireland, Australia and Canada. In some countries, like France and the USA. it is called"Mardi Gras"or"Fat Tuesday".In other countries, like Spain, Italy or Brazil. Shrove Tuesday is at the end of Carnival. On this y many people eat pancakes, a thin and flat cake made in a pan Pancake Day is always on a Tuesday in February or March. It is the day before Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent (Ai it). Lent is a period of 40 days before Easter when pcople often give up or stop eating things that are bad for them like chocolate or fast food. At the end of Lent is Easter. Easter takes place on a diflerent date each year because it depends on the moon. Easter Sunday is the first Sunday after the first full moon of spring. Traditionally, during Lent, people don't eat rich food like butter and eggs, so they make pancakes from these Ingredients on Shrove Tuesday Another tradition on Pancake Day in the UK is pancake racing. People run in a race with a pancake in a pan. As they run, they have to toss the pancake (throw the pancake in the air and catch it in the pan) several times In some pancake races people dress up in fancy dress costumes. The most famous pancake takes place in a town called Olney, in the middle of England. People say that Olney has been celebrating pancake races since 1445! 21. It can be inferred that Pancake Day A, always falls on a Tuesday before Lent B. is also called"Mardi Gras'' in Australia C. is celebrated in all English-speaking countries D. is celebrated at the end of Carnival in France 22. The underlined word"ingredient"in paragraph probably refers to A. fast food B, butter and eggs C chocolates D rich food 23. The pancake race in Olney is the most famous because of A. i