1、多媒体语篇精读课阅读理解解题样板（ 三 ）山东天成书业有限公司02科技发明类阅读理解解题样板03文学与艺术类 04介绍说明类05饮食与健康类11生态环保类06人物故事类07学校生活类 08社会文化类09新闻广告类 10个人情况和日常活动类01个人情感与人际关系类阅读理解解题样板（三）文学与艺术类01精读语篇1 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 an
2、d theatre in Edinburgh. The idea was to reunite Europe after the Second World War.2 It quickly attracted famous names such as Alec Guinness, Richard Burton, Dame Margot Fonteyn and Marlene Dietrich as well as the big symphony orchestras (交响乐团 ) It became a fixed event every August and now attracts 4
3、00,000 people yearly.3 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.01精读语篇4 Soon, groups of students
4、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 littleknown writers of plays in small church halls to the people of Edinburgh.5 Today the “Fringe”， once
5、 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.6 A paid administrator was first employed only in 1971,
6、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.题目试做40 What was the purpose of Edinbu
7、rgh Festival at the beginning?A To bring Europe together again.B To honor heroes of World War .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?A They owned a public house there.B They came to take up a chal
8、lenge.C They thought they were also famous.D They wanted to take part in the festival.题目试做42 Who joined the “Fringe” after it appeared?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 _.A has become a nonofficial eventB has gone beyond an art festivalC gives shows all year roundD keeps growing rapidly
