Would you like to splash water on your friends on a hot summer day? The Water Festival iscelebrated in different places in the _1_. Let's take a look at _2_ some Asian countriescelebrate the festival.

    In China, the Water Festival is a big _3_ for minority groups(少数民族). During thefestival, they have a few days _4_ from work. People wear traditional costumes and take part indifferent activities,_5_ singing, dancing, splashing water and setting off firecrackers.

    Thailand's Water Festival marks(标志) the _6_ of its New Year. It is one of the largest7_ celebrations in the world. This festival attracts(吸引) more than one million _8_ everyyear. People play _9_ with elephants in the water.

    In _10_, the tradition of _11_ the Water Festival came from the following story. A wiseman asked a clever _12_ when the glory of men would appear. The boy answered that it appeared on the face in the _13_, on the chest(胸膛) at noon and on the _14_ at night. So, Indian people _15_ these body parts during their Water Festival to wash away their bad luck.

1. A. city B. country C. area D. world

2. A. how B. why C. when D. where

3. A. trip B. holiday C. show D. decision

4. A. in B. on C. off D. over

5. A. such as B. for example C. as well D. because of

6. A. end B. beginning C. party D. middle

7. A. fire B. water C. costume D. elephant

8. A. players B. visitors C. members D. friends

9. A. happily B. carefully C. luckily D. quickly

10. A. Russia B. Japan C. Germany D. India

11. A. saving B. getting C. using D. celebrating

12. A. man B. woman C. girl D. boy

13. A. morning B. afternoon C. evening D. daytime

14. A. arms B. ears C. feet D. neck

15. A. exercise B. keep C. help D. wash