The 2nd World Cup Live Painting Competition
Brief Introduction
The 2nd Youth World Cup Live Painting Competition is a global charity event hosted by Canada Youth Arts Development Foundation and supported by UNICEF. It is a global painting Olympic of the world’s children and youth, and also a global charity event aiming to help poor children worldwide.
We don't have ready formulas, but we believe in action. The Youth World Cup Live Painting Competition aims to change things for the better. The competition will be a platform to raise awareness for the welfare of poor children. We hope that this annual competition and charity event will grow into an annual celebration of painting, the Olympic of cultural and artistic exchange.
All participants are separated into four groups
●Children Group 1 (Age 4-7)
●Children Group 2 (Age 8-12)
●Youth Group 1 (Age 13-17)
●Youth Group 2 (Age 18-25)
Main categories for this edition are
●Friendship
●Dream
●Environmental Protection
Tools
Pen, pencil, oil, water color, any painting tools and materials are welcome.
Size
A3 size (43cm x 28cm)
Entry fee
There is no entry fee.
Eligibility(資格)
This competition is open to anyone worldwide aged 4-25 years old.
Deadline
June 30, 2014
Prize
●The Committee will issue one First Award (Gold Medal), three Second Awards (Silver Medals), six Third Awards (Bronze Medals), and Best Innovation (革新) Award, Best Color Award, Best Structure Award, Best Method Award, Best Quality Award.
●First Award will receive the Golden Cup and $500 CAD, Second Award—Silver Cup and $300 CAD, Third Award—Bronze Cup and $100 CAD.
●All winners of the First Award, Second Award and Third Award from each group will have the opportunities to attend the final competition for live painting competition, which is to be held in Richmond Olympic Oval, Richmond, Canada on August 12th, 2014. All participants in the final competition will receive a certificate, which will be delivered directly from the Organizing Committee.
小題1:Which of the following can we know from the Brief Introduction?
a. The competition’s goal.
b. The competition’s history.
c. The competition’s sponsor.
d. The competition’s participants.
A．a(chǎn)bcB．a(chǎn)cdC．bcdD．a(chǎn)bd
小題2:According to the passage, the competition _________.
A．is a global painting Olympic for students worldwide
B．is a platform to find out children who have a gift for painting
C．is held once every four years like the Olympic Games
D．a(chǎn)ims to help poor children throughout the world
小題3:Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?
A．Contact information.
B．Main categories.
C．Entry requirements.
D．The prize types.
小題4:It can be known from the passage that ________.
A．there are no given themes for all the participants
B．participants must use special tools to paint their entries
C．the groups are divided by the age of the participants
D．the larger the painting is, the more welcomed it is
小題5:If you took part in the competition and won the second prize, what will you get?
A．A silver medal, $300 CAD and certification
B．A certificate, $300 CAD and painting materials
C．$100 CAD, a certificate and a silver cup
D．Final qualification, certification and a bronze medal

小題1:B 
小題2:D
小題3:A
小題4:C
小題5:A

試題分析: 本文介紹了第二屆世界杯青少年現(xiàn)場繪畫大賽的一些情況，這是一項全球性公益活動，主題是“每人每年為世界貧困兒童捐一元錢”，該項活動是由加拿大青少年藝術(shù)發(fā)展基金會主辦，由慈善捐款收益機構(gòu)聯(lián)合國兒童基金會支持舉辦的。
小題1:B 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段的介紹中The 2nd Youth World Cup Live Painting Competition;……supported by UNICEF;…… of the world’s children and youth等字眼我們可知這項比賽是第二次舉行，贊助者是UNICEF，參與者是兒童和青少年，故選C。
小題2:D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從文章第一段and also a global charity event aiming to help poor children worldwide.可知答案選D。
小題3:A從文章中的小標(biāo)題Eligibility(資格) ，Prize，Main categories for this edition are可以判斷A選項內(nèi)容文中沒有涉及。
小題4:C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中All participants are separated into four groups可以判斷比賽是按年齡組劃分的，選C。
小題5:A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中Second Award—Silver Cup and $300 CAD可知二等獎獲得者會得到證書，$300和繪畫材料的獎勵，選A。
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