Question

【題目】 For five days, Edmonton’s Downtown Park is transformed into one huge stage where artists are able to share their talents, and where people are able to celebrate and enjoy themselves. Since its beginning in 1980, the Edmonton Folk Music Festival has been commemorating the true feeling of what folk music is all about and that’s the traditional togetherness(友愛) that is felt when people gather to share stories and feelings through songs.

This year will be the sixth year when volunteer Riedel will be offering up her time to the festival. “People coming off a busy spring and summer have a moment of relaxation,” Riedel said. “It’s really easy to relax, and it’s great seeing family and friends have fun together.” These families and friends come from all different kinds of musical tastes. People who take pleasure in Blues are there, so are people who love Bluegrass. This festival does its best to develop everyone’s musical interests.

With so many years of experience, the festival has become a well-oiled machine, and does whatever it can to make attendees feel as comfortable as possible. There are free water stations throughout the venue(舉辦地) for people to fill up their travel cups. When people buy food, reusable dishes are given a $2 plate fee, but that is returned when the plate is brought back.

The festival has completely sold out of tickets, and in record time. But with big names such as Van Morrison and Jakob Dylan, it’s easy to see how that was going to happen. There is no parking area during the festival, so using the Park & Ride system or Edmonton Transit is highly recommended. A bike lock-up area is provided and will be available Thursday until Sunday one hour before the gates open until 45 minutes after the gates close.

The Edmonton Folk Music Festival begins on Wednesday, Aug. 4 with Van Morrison playing the special donation fund concert, and will finish up on Sunday, Aug. 8.

【1】The Edmonton Folk Music Festival is held mainly to _______.

A.gather people with different musical tastes

B.remind people of the real sense of folk music

C.exhibit the good voices of great talents in folk music

D.collect old stories of folk music

【2】Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A.Riedel has volunteered for the festival for at least 5 years.

B.It’s hard for people to appreciate Blues.

C.It costs people a little to fill up their cups from water stations.

D.People have to pay $2 for a plate of food.

【3】We can learn from the passage that _______.

A.people can get tickets easily for the festival

B.the Edmonton Folk Music Festival is well organized

C.driving one’s own car to the festival is highly recommended

D.bikes are available at the festival from Wednesday to Sunday

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】B

【解析】

這是一篇新聞報道。文章介紹了著名的埃德蒙頓民間音樂節(jié)的各種情況和信息。

【1】

細節(jié)理解題。第一段中“the Edmonton Folk Music Festival has been commemorating the true feeling of what folk music is all about and that’s the traditional togetherness that is felt when people gather to share stories and feelings through songs.”埃德蒙頓民間音樂節(jié)是為了紀(jì)念民間音樂的真諦，也就是人們聚在一起通過歌曲分享故事和感受的傳統(tǒng)團聚�？芍�，舉辦埃德蒙頓民間音樂節(jié)主要是為了提醒人們真正的民間音樂。故選B項。

【2】

細節(jié)理解題。第二段第一句“This year will be the sixth year when volunteer Riedel will be offering up her time to the festival.”今年將是第六年，志愿者里德爾將拿出她的時間來參加這個節(jié)日。說明這是她第六年當(dāng)志愿者，故她至少當(dāng)了五年的志愿者了。故選A項。

【3】

細節(jié)理解題。第三段第一行“With so many years of experience, the festival has become a well-oiled machine, and does whatever it can to make attendees feel as comfortable as possible.”有了這么多年的經(jīng)驗，這個節(jié)日就像一臺運轉(zhuǎn)良好的機器，盡其所能讓參加者感到舒適。說明這個活動已經(jīng)舉辦多年，經(jīng)驗豐富，有很好的組織。故選B項。

細節(jié)理解題主要考查考生對某句話或某幾句話的理解，同學(xué)們?nèi)裟芨鶕?jù)題干內(nèi)容從原文中找到相關(guān)的句子，然后進行比較和分析，便可確定最佳答案。多數(shù)情況下，作者不會明確的呈現(xiàn)一個事實，讀者需要根據(jù)已有的信息進行處理，讀出言外之意。還要特別注意文章的時間順序、故事發(fā)生的地點、情節(jié)的發(fā)展和人物之間的關(guān)系。例如，第2題文章中說明這是他第六年做志愿者，故他至少做了五年的志愿者，故選A項。