Several festivals throughout Asia celebrate the elephant，but none are quite as colorful as the Painted Elephant Parade in Jaipur，India.
   Every year in March，the air is filled with excitement and delicious smells of food are flowing around.The parade is the first event of Holi，an ancient Hindu celebration which marks the end of winter and the beginning of spring.
   The parade's four main colors are red，blue，yellow，and green.With all this joyful color，the painted elephants play an important role in it.While it's not that easy to paint the elephants.Work clothes，paintbrushes，and water are needed for sure.Painters must be extra careful because their canvas tends to move and has extremely heavy feet.Thus，a soft voice，gentle hands，another person to help，and some tasty snacks for the elephants are also important.
   The painters often plan the theme，or designs，for days before they even touch their canvas.Designs are drawn on paper or computers，and then enlarged.Once the artist is ready to paint the elephant，it will be cleaned.The designs are usually outlined in white paint across the elephant before they are filled in with the fancy colors.Hours later，the moving models are dressed with special jewelry.Their noses are painted with gold and decorated with rings.It's an eye-catching line of color as these huge moving canvases walk down the street.
   Gathering alongside the streets，people sing and dance to welcome the colorful elephants，praying for luck and blessing.Hand-made silk umbrellas and the white vencamaran can be seen everywhere，which also express their deepest sincerity.Many tourists come to the parade for the wildest part，that is，sprinkling colorful powder on others no matter if you are strangers.It's said that the more colorful you are，the luckier you will be.So why not come and try your luck？

（1）According to the passage，the Painted Elephant Parade

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A．is followed by Holi
B．is held in most Asian countries
C．is a symbol of spring
D．is a newly developed celebration
（2）What is the right order of painting elephants？

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a.Get the elephants completely cleaned.
b.Plan and decide the theme or designs.
c.Color the designs with different colors.
d.Draw on the elephants with white paint.
A．badc
B．bcbd
C．dabc
D．dcbd
（3）We can learn from the passage that

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A．painting the elephants is individual work
B．it usually takes weeks to paint an elephant
C．tourists come to the parade for colorful powder
D．local people and tourists join the parade together
（4）The main purpose of the passage is to

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A．tell us the ways to celebrate spring
B．show us how to paint the elephants
C．introduce us the history of the parade
D．invite us to enjoy the elephant parade