Question

2．In 1947 a group of famous people from the art world headed by an Austrian conductor decided to hold an international festival of music，dance and theatre in Edinburgh．The idea was to reunite Europe after the Second World War．
  At the same time，the"Fringe"appeared as a challenge to the official festival．Eight theatre groups turned up uninvited in 1947，in the belief that everyone should have the right to perform，and they did so in a public house disused 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 1，500performances of theatre，music and dance on every one of the 21days it lasts．And years early as 1959，with only 19theatre 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 2004there were 200 places housing 1，695 shows by over 600different groups from 50different countries．More than 1，25 million tickets were sold．

40．Point was the purpose of Edinburgh Festival at he beginning？A．
A．To bring Europe together again．
B．To honor heroes of World War 11．
C．To introduce young theatre groups．
D．To attract great artists from Europe．
41．Why did some uninvited theatre groups come to Edinburgh in 1947？D．
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．
42．Who joined the"Fringe"after it appeared？B．
A．Popular writers
B．University students．
C．Artists from around the world．
D．Performers of music and dance．
43．We may learn from the text that Edinburgh Festival．D．
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

分析 本文屬于說明文閱讀，主要介紹了愛丁堡音樂節的形成和發展，文章按照時間順序描述，從創設目的，參與群體，發展規模等方面進行了簡要而準確的敘述，并帶領我們回顧了愛丁堡音樂節的發展歷程．

解答 40．A  細節理解題．由第一段"The idea was to reunite Europe after the Second World War．"可知這個主意是為了在二戰后重新團結歐洲．故選A．
41．D  細節理解題．由第二段"Eight theatre groups turned up uninvited in 1947，in the belief that everyone should have the right to perform，"可知這些隊伍認為每個人都有表演的權力，所以他們想要參加這個節日．故選D．
42．B  細節理解題．由第三段"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．"可知愛丁堡大學，后來的牛津大學、劍橋大學等都加入了，所以參與者是大學生．故選B．
43．D  推理判斷題．由最后一段"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．"可知愛丁堡音樂節發展的非常快，故選D．

點評 考查學生的細節理解和推理判斷能力．做細節理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句，和題干進行比較，再做出正確選擇．在做推理判斷題時不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實，要根據文章事實進行合乎邏輯的推理判斷．