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Directions: Read the passage and choose the best answer to each question. What makes a tradition—and why do people keep traditions alive? Photographer Daniel Ochoa de Olza has spent his career documenting various Spanish traditions. His work on a bullfighter Juan Jose Padilla won a World Press Photo Award in 2013. This year he presents the portraits from Las Mayas. Las Mayas, a tradition in the Spanish village of Colmenar Viejo, has been around for many years to mark the beginning of new season. Each spring, festival officials keep a running list of girls typically between the ages of seven and eleven. However, only about four or five of them will have the honor of being chosen as the year's stars of "Las Mayas". There are no written rules—everything has been passed down orally from generation to generation. The participating families are honored if their daughter is selected from the dozens of young girls who apply to participate in this local tradition with ancient roots. They spend weeks building and decorating altars （祭坛）with fresh flowers gathered from the surrounding countryside. On the festival day, the Mayas, dressed in costumes, are to sit perfectly still on the altars on the streets of the village tor two hours as the people living in the village pass by, admiring and commenting on the displays. A band of musicians move from altar to altar, and 10 to 15 other girls wearing long while dresses and black jackets serve as the attendants, asking for coin from passers-by in exchange for cleaning their jackets with brushes. For the entire day, the Mayas are the center of attention. After the festival, the Mayas come down and head to church to attend evening mass with community. The magic of being a Maya tends to fade as the girls grow beyond childhood. As teenagers, onetime Mayas tend to laugh off their past participation, projecting an air of coolness by denying their youthful enthusiasm. And yet, as the former Mayas have daughters of their own, the tradition continues. "The pictures are very simple," Daniel says, "but it's another way of telling the story of my country. " The Maya girls create the compositions in which they star. While the portraits are not photographically daring, they, in some sense, make us aware that even in one's own country, there are always customs and traditions to discover—practices with vigor and beauty. "We are all doing strange things in all parts of the world, " Daniel continues. "And I find it interesting in the 21st Century we are still doing these festivals—it is a way to see where we are going and where we have come from—looking back to look forward. " （1） According to the passage, Daniel Ochoa de Olza kept the Spanish traditions by _________. A . painting the festive scenes B . taking pictures of the festivals C . working for festival officials D . writing about various festivals （2） Which of the following about Las Mayas is TRUE? A . The rules of how they are chosen are kept in a written form. B . They are selected by a vote of people on the village streets. C . They have a fixed band of musicians performing at the altars. D . The festival ends when they start to clean jackets for passers-by. （3） The word "project" in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to _________. A . plan B . estimate C . present D . cast （4） Daniel Ochoa de Olza is most likely to agree that traditions are kept alive because _______. A . it is a good way to tell the story of a country B . there is pretty much to discover in traditions C . regional differences are shown via traditions D . traditions carry a country's history and future 答案： B A C D

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