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During my study in Czech, one of the things that I have learned is that Czech people are really good at celebrating and holding parties. Since I graduated this year，the greatest event for us was definitely the senior prom（毕业年级舞会）. Girls stared arranging their clothes a year beforehand. Graduating students also needed to give their "Midnight Surprise" (a group performance). One interesting thing was that students from every class were holding a huge colorful bag and people had to throw money into it. I didn’t get any sleep that night because we all went to an after-party with our teachers and friends.
At the end of April, we held the traditional activity called "The Last Ringing", which lasted for two days. Every class had a theme and seniors wore different costumes. We prepared tasty deserts to sell. We broke into one classroom after another asking students to give us money,which might seem insane but it is part of the tradition.
By the end of May,we had already finished all of the final exams and we started preparing for the graduation ceremony. It was held in the conference hall in our school. We got our graduation certificate from our teacher, and shook hands with the headmaster. When I received my certificate, I was close to tears —I didn't want to say goodbye to the people or to the school.
That wasn't the last celebration though. After four days, our class invited all of our teachers to come to a farewell dinner at an Italian restaurant. We used all of the money we collected from the prom and "The Last Ringing" to order pizzas and champagne. We all talked and ate together.
A year ago, we were all complaining and hoping that high school would end. But I felt sad when the time finally came. We have officially left our school. I keep telling myself that everything has an ending. This journey was amazing. Although it has come to an end, I will always keep the memories.
21. Why did students hold a huge colorful bag on the prom?
A. To raise money for the last celebration.
B. To store money from tickets for the prom.
C. To collect money to cover after-party fees.
D. To get money to prepare "The Last Ringing".
22.What does the underlined word "insane" in Paragraph 2 mean?
A. Violent B. Crazy
C. Dangerous D. Impossible
23. What's the author's purpose of writing the text?
A.To show the precious friendship in high school.
B.To express the sadness of graduating from high school.
C. To introduce Czech high school graduation celebrations.
D.To share wonderful memories of the senior year in high school.
