Question

After ten years, the world' s largest music festival, Rock in Rio, returned to its hometown Rio de Janeiro for seven days of concerts from Friday, September 23rd, attracting 700,000 people over the whole week．

It is the 10th edition of the Rock in Rio festival, but only the 4th to be held in Rio as the organizers exported the festival to Lisbon and Madrid ten years ago．The first edition of the festival was in 1985 and the most recent edition in Rio was held in January, 2001．A total of 700,000 tickets were sold out for this year' s festival．

The festival consists of four stages with the participation of International stars including Elton John, Katy Perry, and bands Metallica, Evanescence and System of a Down．Several stars which performed in previous editions are also on the list this year．In addition, a number of local singers and bands will also join this year．

The performance site, named as Rock City, is a 150,000-square-meter area．Besides the concert area, the site also has a giant Ferns wheel, a roller coaster, and a small shopping mall．After the festival, the Rock City area will be converted into a leisure area to athletes in the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro

According to Rio' s tourism company Riotur, out of the 700,000 people expected in the festival, some 315,000 will be tourists, who raised the hotels' occupation rate to 98 percent．Riotur estimated that the Rock in Rio festival will bring 419 million U．S．dollars for the city and create 10,000 jobs．

The creator of the festival, Brazilian businessmen Roberto Medina, insisted on opening the Rock City gates himself, in the early afternoon, and greeted the first fans to enter the site．"We come to the gate because the Brazilian audience is even more important than the bands．We applaud them．They make the greatest show," he said．

1.The first edition of the festival may be held in ____．

A．Rio de Janeiro B．Lisbon

C．Madrid D．a(chǎn) place not mentioned

2.Up to now, the festival has been held in Rio for at least _____．

A．ten times B．four times

C．three times D．twice

3.The number of native people to attend the festival is probably ____．

A．700,000 B．315,000 C．10,000 D．385,000

4.From the passage, we can know ____．

A．Rock City is a great theatre

B．Only rock bands are invited to the festival?

C．The festival will improve the employment of Rio

D．The gate of Rock City was opened by the Brazilian audience

5.The purpose of the creator’s opening the Rock City gates was to _________.

A. prepare for the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro

B. applaud the International stars as well as local singers and bands

C. welcome the Brazilian audience who make the grand show

D. celebrate the returning of the music festival to Rio de Janeiro

Answer 1

1.A

2.B

3.D

4.C

5.C

【解析】

試題分析：十年后，世界上最大的音樂節(jié)日——里約搖滾音樂節(jié)返回了家鄉(xiāng)里約熱內(nèi)盧舉辦。持續(xù)約一周的盛宴吸引了超過70萬的人次參加。

1.A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段“After ten years, the world' s largest music festival, Rock in Rio, returned to its hometown Rio de Janeiro for seven days of concerts from Friday, September 23rd, attracting 700,000 people over the whole week．”可知音樂節(jié)將在里約熱內(nèi)盧舉行。故選A。

2.B細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第二段第一句“It is the 10th edition of the Rock in Rio festival, but only the 4th to be held in Rio as the organizers exported the festival to Lisbon and Madrid ten years ago．”可知，音樂節(jié)在里約熱內(nèi)盧舉辦了至少4屆。故選B。

3.D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由倒數(shù)第二段第一句“According to Rio' s tourism company Riotur, out of the 700,000 people expected in the festival, some 315,000 will be tourists, ”可知70萬人中旅客占了31.5萬人，其余的38.5萬人就是當(dāng)?shù)厝肆�。故選D。

4.C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由倒數(shù)第二段第二句“Riotur estimated that the Rock in Rio festival will bring 419 million U．S．dollars for the city and create 10,000 jobs．”可知音樂節(jié)為里約帶來了巨大的利潤和工作機(jī)會。故選C。

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