Unit 3 Celebration 巩固练 Ⅰ. 阅读理解 A The people of Reykjavik are used to lying down for the winter, when each day brings with it only a few hours of sunlight. February coming, they’re more than ready to wake up from hibernation(冬眠)and welcome the first signs of spring. The local authorities decided this was a good time of a year to try to raise people’s spirits, and in 2002 they set up the Winter Lights Festival. Starting out as Museum Night, when museums waived their fees and stayed open until midnight, the festival has grown to an event that marks the coming return of daylight. For a few days, the city comes alive with bright lights, street performances, theater, dances, and live music. Shops, cafés, outdoor hot pools and the museums stay open until 12: 00 p. m. and they’re all free of charge, with free bus services provided. Here are another two things about Reykjavik that will help you celebrate the coming end of winter. The Blue Lagoon is Iceland’s most famous tourist attraction. Being an amazing place at any time of day, it is magical at dusk, when the steamy, ice-blue waters shine in color. Little wooden bridges and walkways connect smaller pools with a larger pool, which contains geothermal(地热的)seawater heated from 37℃ to 39℃. The Lava Restaurant has great views over the waters. Basic entrance to the lagoon costs $44. The Imagine Peace Tower, Yoko Ono’s memorial to John Lennon, was first lit by Ono on October 9, 2007, Lennon’s birthday, and shone until December 8, the date he was killed in 1980. It’s lit on the same date every year, as well as New Year’s Eve and the spring equinox, which in 2013 is on March 20. The tower contains 15 searchlights that send a column of lights 4, 000m up into the night sky. Guided tours are available(可获得的)with pick-up from your hotel for $39. 1. The Winter Lights Festival was set up to_____. A. attract tourists B. light the city up C. cheer people up D. wake people up 2. The underlined word “waived” in the first paragraph probably means “_____”. A. kept B. gave up C. raised D. cut off 3. According to Paragraph 2, what can we know A. You can only visit the Blue Lagoon at dusk. B. The water of the Blue Lagoon is beautiful. C. The Lava Restaurant is Iceland’s most famous restaurant. D. $44 can cover all the costs when you visit the Blue Lagoon. 4. When did John Lennon pass away A. On October 9, 2007. B. On March 20, 2013. C. On December 8, 1980. D. On New Year’s Eve in 1980. B British chemist David Evans has become an overnight celebrity on Chinese social media. His chemistry experiments have attracted over 2 million followers in just a few months. Evans is a chemistry professor at the Beijing University of Chemical Technology. The 60-year-old always wears a white lab coat, a pair of safety goggles (护目镜), and smiles often. Some web users say he looks just like the “grandpa of KFC”. Evans has posted videos of various experiments. His most popular experiments have attr ... ...
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