Question

  In 1947,a group of famous people from the art world headed by an Aus?trian conductor decided to hold an international festival of music,dance and theatre in Edinburgh. The idea was to reunite Europe after World War J .  

  It quickly attracted famous names such as Alec Guinness,Richard Bur-ton,Dame Margot Fonteyn and Marlene Dietrich as well as the big symphony orchestras (交響樂團(tuán)) .It became a fixed event every August and now attracts 400,000 people yearly.

  At the same time,the "Fringe" appeared as a challenge to the official fes?tival. Eight theatre groups turned up uninvited in 1947,in the belief that eve?ryone should have the right to perform,and they did so in a public house dis?used for years.

  Soon,groups of students firstly from Edinburgh University,and later from the universities of Oxford and Cambridge,Durham and Birmingham were making the journey to the Scottish capital each summer to perform theatre by little-known writers of plays in small church halls to the people of Edinburgh.

  Today the "Fringe", once less recognized,has far outgrown the festival with around 1,500 performances of theatre,music and dance on every one of the 21 days it lasts. And yet as early as 1959,with only 19 theatre groups performing,some said it was getting too big.

  A paid administrator was first employed only in 1971,and today there are eight administrators working all year round and the number rises to 150 during August itself. In 2004 there were 200 places housing 1,695 shows by over 600 different groups from 50 different countries. More than 1. 25 million tickets were sold,

1. What was the purpose of Edinburgh Festival at the beginning?

   A. To bring Europe together again.

   B. To honour heroes of World War H .

   C. To introduce young theatre groups.

   D. To attract great artists from Europe.

2. Why did some uninvited theatre groups come to Edinburgh in 1947?

   A. They owned a public house there.

   B. They came to take up a challenge.

   C. They thought they were also famous.

   D. They wanted to take part in the festival.

3. Who joined the "Fringe" after it appeared?

   A. Some little-known writers of plays.

   B. University students.

   C. Artists from around the world.

   D. Performers of music and dance.

4. We may learn from the text that Edinf) urgh Festival     .

   A. has become a non-official event

   B. has gone beyond an art festival

   C. gives shows all year round

   D. keeps growing rapidly

Answer 1

[文章大意]本文是一篇說明文，主要介紹了愛丁堡藝術(shù)節(jié)的來歷。

1. A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第一段的最后一句"The idea was to reunite Europe after World War 1”可知，愛丁堡藝術(shù)節(jié)起初的目的是將二戰(zhàn)后的歐洲重新聯(lián)合起來。故選A項。

2. D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段的最后一句"...everyone should have the right to perform…"可知，這些未被邀請的劇團(tuán)認(rèn)為每個人都有表演的權(quán)利。故選D項。

3. B細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第四段中的"Soon,groups of students firstly from Edinburgh University..."可知B項正確。

4. D推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章最后兩段的內(nèi)容可知D項正確。