You might have noticed a lot of celebrities watering themselves with buckets of ice water recently – what’s that all about?

That is called the “Ice Bucket Challenge”. It was created by the ALS Association, who are working to fight Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). According to the game rules of “Ice Bucket Challenge”, participants（参与者） have to pour a bucket of ice water over the head, and people who are invited to the challenge and do not do the pouring within 24 hours should donate 100 US dollars to ALS Association to help patients.

The campaign went throughout social media and has made a growing number of celebrities worldwide, including Bill Gates, Stephen King, Christiano Ronaldo, and Lady Gaga and so on.

On August 20, 2014, the former US President George W. Bush joined a growing list of celebrities across the world to take “Ice Bucket Challenge” and nominated(提名) his predecessor（继任者） Bill Clinton to do it next. “Now it’s my privilege(荣幸) to challenge my friend Bill Clinton to the ALS Challenge,” he said. “Yesterday was Bill’s birthday and my gift to him is a bucket of cold water.”

Hong Kong’s popular artists such as Andy Lau, Miriam Yeung and Eason Chan also took the “Ice Bucket Challenge”. They recorded the whole process of pouring and shared videos on the social media platforms like Facebook.

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1.The rule of the “Ice Bucket Challenge” is ____.

A pouring yourself with a bucket of ice water

B invited another one to join in

C donate 100 US dollars if you refuse to join in

D all of the above

解析：选D。D 细节理解题。从第二段可知，冰桶挑战赛的规则是：你把往自己头上倒桶冰水的视频上传，然后公开挑战你的朋友在24小时内做同样的事情，或者向ALS（肌肉萎缩性侧面硬化病）公益协会捐款，可见A、B、C选项均是它的规则内容，故选D。

2.From Paragraph 2, the “Ice Bucket Challenge” is meant to ____.

A help cancer patients

B help ALS patients

C introduce some famous people

D introduce a new popular activity

解析：选B。B 推理判断题。从第二段冰桶挑战赛的规则可判断出，这项活动的目的是帮助肌肉萎缩性侧索硬化症患者，故选B。

3.Bill Clinton’s birthday is on ____.

A 42235

B 42236

C August 21

D 42238

解析：选A。A 推理判断题。从第四段可知，布什是8月20日接受挑战并发表言论，在他的言论中提及比尔•克林顿的生日是在“昨天”，故可推算出比尔•克林顿的生日是8月19日，故选A。

4.How many famous people are mentioned in the passage?

A 6

B 7

C 8

D 9

解析：选D。D 细节理解题。从最后三段可知，文章共提到9位知名人士，故选D。

5.What did Hong Kong’s artists do when they took the “Ice Bucket Challenge”?

A They donated much money.

B They sang and danced.

C They recorded the process and shared videos.

D They asked more people to join them.

解析：选C。C 细节理解题。从最后一段They recorded the whole process of pouring and shared videos on the social media platforms like Facebook可知，故选C。