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This week, Kathmandu is a city of goats. Tens of thousands of goats — along with sheep and mountain goats — are a sign of the most important holiday of the year in Nepal: the 15-day festival of Dashain(德赛节). It’s the most important holiday of the year in Nepal. For the next five days, most parts of the country will close down. Newspapers stop publishing. Restaurants are closed. Hospitals stop to work, too.

Dashain is also a time for families to get together. Thousands of Nepali workers in the Middle East and students overseas come home, often visiting their elders in the villages. They eat ducks, chickens, pigs and, of course, goats, and they exchange gifts and money.

But this year’s Dashain, coming six months after an earthquake that killed 9,000 people and left millions of homeless people. Many Nepalis will be unable to travel for the holiday. The price of a goat has gone up to about $2 a pound. And, in general, people are feeling uneasy about the year ahead.

“This year we can’t buy a goat just for us, so we are sharing one with two other families,” said 42-year-old Keshav Thapa Magar. His house was destroyed by the earthquake. “Head soup is really good,” he explains. “We also cook the blood, very good with vegetables.”

1.How long is the festival of Dashain?

A 10 days.

B 15 days.

C 17 days.

D 19 days.

解析：选B。细节理解题。根据文章第一段第二句...the 15-day festival of Dashain.可知，故选B。

2.The story happens in _______.

A Japan

B Iraq

C Nepal

D Iran

解析：选C。细节理解题。根据文章第一段第三句It’s the most important holiday of the year in Nepal.可知，故选C。

3.Why didn’t Keshav Thapa Magar buy a goat?

A Because he didn’t like eating goats.

B Because he couldn’t buy one for the price of goat up to $2 a pound.

C Because his son didn’t return home in the Middle East.

D Because it was not safe to eat the goat.

解析：选B。细节理解题。根据文章第三段第三句The price of a goat has gone up to about $2 a pound. 可知，故选B。

4.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A Dashain is the most important holiday of the year in Nepal.

B Hospitals stop to work during Dashain.

C The earthquake killed 9000 people and made lots of people homeless.

D They eat beef, pork, chicken and vegetables during Dashain.

解析：选D。推理判断题。根据第二段最后一句They eat ducks, chickens, pigs and, of course, goats, and they exchange gifts and money..可知，故选D。

5.From the last paragraph, we can know Keshav Thapa Magar is a _______ man.

A optimistic

B cruel

C kind

D boring

解析：选A。推理判断题。根据文章最后一段最后两句“Head soup is really good,” he explains. “We also cook the blood, very good with vegetables.”可知，故选A。