Question

       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 1,500 performances of theatre, music and dance on every one of the 21 days it lasts. And years early as 1959, with only 19 theatre 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 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.

40. What was the purpose of Edinburgh Festival at the beginning?

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?

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?

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 non-official event

B. has gone beyond an art festival

C. gives shows all year round

D. keeps growing rapidly

Answer 1

【語(yǔ)篇解讀】本文是一篇說(shuō)明文，題材是娛樂(lè)內(nèi)容。作者介紹了Fringe的起源和發(fā)展過(guò)程。

段落		關(guān)鍵詞、句	大意推測(cè)
過(guò)去的Fringe音樂(lè)節(jié)	第一部分（Para. 1）	In 1947 a group of famous people；hold an international festival；unexpectedly；reunite	1947年以?shī)W地利指揮家為首的一組世界藝術(shù)名人在愛(ài)丁堡舉行一次音樂(lè)節(jié)，目的是為了使二戰(zhàn)后的歐洲團(tuán)結(jié)起來(lái)。
	第二部分（Para. 2）	Fringe; a challenge to the official festival; Eight theatre groups turned up uninvited in 1947	與此同時(shí)， Fringe音樂(lè)節(jié)挑戰(zhàn)官方音樂(lè)節(jié)而出現(xiàn)。1947年8個(gè)戲劇組織沒(méi)有應(yīng)邀而出現(xiàn)。
	第三部分（Para. 3）	Soon; groups of students; uncomfortable; make the journey to the Scottish capital; perform theatre	不久，一些大學(xué)的學(xué)生也組織起來(lái)，去愛(ài)丁堡表演戲劇。
現(xiàn)在的Fringe音樂(lè)節(jié)	第四部分（Para. 4）	Today；far outgrown； getting too big；	今天的Fringe音樂(lè)節(jié)蓬勃發(fā)展，音樂(lè)組織變得很龐大。
	第五部分（Para. 5）	A paid administrator；1971；today there are eight administrators；	1971年成立第一家收費(fèi)管理機(jī)構(gòu)，現(xiàn)在多大8家管理機(jī)構(gòu)。

【解析】

40. A。細(xì)節(jié)理解題。難度：易。本題命題設(shè)置采用了同義句表達(dá)的方法。文章第一段中的The idea was to reunite Europe after the Second World War和A選項(xiàng)To bring Europe together again是同義句。

41. D。推理判斷題。難度：中等。根據(jù)文章第二段中的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可知，這些沒(méi)有被邀請(qǐng)的戲劇組織認(rèn)為每個(gè)人都應(yīng)該有權(quán)利進(jìn)行表演，所以他們用廢棄了多年的公共劇院演出。所以他們的目的只是為了參加這個(gè)活動(dòng)。故選D。

42. B。細(xì)節(jié)理解題。難度：易。根據(jù)文章第三段中的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可知，不久，一些大學(xué)的學(xué)生也組織起來(lái)，去愛(ài)丁堡表演戲劇。故選B。其他三項(xiàng)無(wú)中生有。

43. D。推理判斷題。難度：中等。根據(jù)第四段中的Today the “Fringe”, once less recognized, has far outgrown the festival with around 1,500 performances和some said it was getting too big可知，F(xiàn)ringe音樂(lè)節(jié)發(fā)展很快，音樂(lè)組織變得很龐大。故選C項(xiàng)。

【難句學(xué)習(xí)】

1. 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.

翻譯：1947年8個(gè)戲劇組織沒(méi)有應(yīng)邀而出現(xiàn)，他們相信每個(gè)人都有權(quán)利進(jìn)行表演，所以他們用廢棄了多年的公共劇院演出。

分析：句中and連接兩個(gè)并列分句，前一個(gè)分句含有一個(gè)that引導(dǎo)的同位語(yǔ)從句。

2. 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.

翻譯：不久，首先來(lái)自Edinburgh大學(xué)和后來(lái)來(lái)自O(shè)xford and Cambridge, Durham and Birmingham大學(xué)的學(xué)生組織每年都到蘇格蘭的首府在小教堂里給愛(ài)丁堡市民表演不怎么知名的作家寫(xiě)的戲劇。

分析：句中g(shù)roups of students是主語(yǔ)，介詞短語(yǔ)firstly from Edinburgh University, and later from the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, Durham and Birmingham作定語(yǔ)，to perform theatre by little-known writers of plays in small church halls to the people of Edinburgh作目的狀語(yǔ)。