people attending the festival are German"可知答案。

　　2．Why did Exit Festival begin?

　　A．For political reasons.　 B．For personal reasons.

　　C．To help stop a fight. D．To offer help to the poor.

　　解析：选A　细节理解题。由Exit Festival, Serbia部分中的"the festival began as a way to show people's dissatisfaction with the government.These days it's less political (政治的)"可知，该音乐节最初是为了抗议政府产生的。

　　3．What makes Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival different from the others?

　　A．It falls in summer.

　　B．It is a live music festival.

　　C．It teaches people Scottish dances.

　　D．It invites the most famous bands.

　　解析：选C　细节理解题。由Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival, Scotland部分中的"The most enjoyable part of the weekend is the ceilidh (traditional Scottish dance and party)"和"the band teaches you each dance"可知，在该音乐节，人们可以学跳苏格兰舞蹈。

　　B

　　The origins of the Christmas traditions are the most fascinating of any holiday.All our favorite activities can be traced (追溯) back to specific points in history, and knowing how these things came about just makes celebrating Christmas much more wonderful.

　　The original Nicholas was born in 280 AD in the small country of Lycia, which is now part of modern Turkey.Nicholas became first a priest (牧师) and then a bishop (主教) in the early Christian church.The first paintings of him show Nicholas wearing the clothes of a Christian bishop - red decorated with white.When we see Santa's suit today, we're still seeing the two kinds of colors.

　　Nicholas became famous for gift­giving.In the early fourth century, a legend began to spread about Nicholas coming at night to the home of three poor girls who did not have money and therefore could not get married.While the girls slept, Nicholas left gold coins in their stockings, which were drying by the fire.That's how the tradition of Santa filling stockings got its start.

　　In 1841, Santa first appeared at a department store in Philadelphia.This Santa tried to climb down a chimney to impress the children who were watching, but he got stuck halfway down.In 1890, department store Santas began appearing all over America, especially on the East Coast around Boston.Parents in other countries joined together and hired passenger trains to take their families to see these Santas.

At the same time, Ralph E．Morris of the New England Telephone Company suggested that strings of lights be hung on Christmas trees.After all, lights would be much safer than candles.Our