1、必修Module 4 Carnival课下主题训练 不同民族文化习俗与传统节日.阅读理解AIn 1947 a group of famous people from the art world decided to hold an international festival of music, dance and theatre in Edinburgh. The idea was to reunite Europe after World War .It quickly attracted famous names such as Alec Guinness, Richard Burton
2、, 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 about 400,000 people yearly.At the same time, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe (the Fringe) appeared as a challenge to the official festival. Eight theatre group
3、s turned up uninvited in 1947, believing that everyone should have the right to perform, and they did so in a public house that had been disused for years.Soon, groups of students firstly from The University of Edinburgh, and later from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, Durham and Birmingham
4、 were making the journey to the Scottish capital each summer to perform theatre by littleknown writers of plays in small halls.Today the Fringe, once less embraced, has far outgrown the festival with around 1,500 performances of music, dance and theatre on every one of the 21 days it lasts. And yet
5、as early as 1959, with only 19 theatre groups performing, some said it was getting too big.A paid administrator (管理人员) 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 housi
6、ng 1,695 shows by over 600 different groups from 50 different countries.More than 1.25 million tickets were sold.语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了爱丁堡边缘艺术节的形成和发展。1What was the purpose of some famous peoples holding an international festival in 1947?ATo honor heroes of World War .BTo introduce young theatre groups.
7、CTo attract great artists from Europe.DTo bring Europe together again.解析：选D细节理解题。根据第一段中的“The idea was to reunite Europe after World War ”可知，一些名人建立国际节日是为了在第二次世界大战后使欧洲联合起来，故选 D项。2Why did some uninvited theatre groups come to Edinburgh?AThey came to take up a challenge.BThey thought they were also famo
8、us.CThey wanted to take part in the festival.DThey owned a public house there.解析：选C细节理解题。根据第三段中的“Eight theatre groups turned up uninvited in 1947, believing that everyone should have the right to perform”可知，这些未被邀请的团体认为每个人都有权利表演，所以他们想要参加这个节日，故选C项。3Who joined the Fringe after it appeared?APopular writ
9、ers.BUniversity students.CArtists from around the world.DPerformers of music and dance.解析：选B细节理解题。由第四段可知，先是爱丁堡大学的学生，后来是牛津大学、剑桥大学、达勒姆大学和伯明翰大学的学生，他们纷纷来到苏格兰首府表演。故选B。4Why are the numbers mentioned in the last paragraph?ATo prove different groups have come to the festival.BTo show administrators are busy
10、 in August.CTo prove the tickets of the festival sell well.DTo show the festival has grown rapidly.解析：选D推理判断题。根据最后一段可知，爱丁堡边缘艺术节发展很快，故选D项。BAustin City Limits (ACL) Music Festival is a music event that is held every year.It takes place at Zilker Park in Austin, Texas, and is hosted over two weekends i
11、n late September and early October, each lasting three days.It is an event that has grown in popularity since it began and now has as many as 450,000 people taking part in it.The festival was founded in 2002 and is produced by C3 Presents, which is an Austinbased company.At first, it was inspired by
12、 a weekly music series broadcast, filmed live by KLRU, the local Austin radio station, which is also called Austin City Limits.The first event was only two days long and 67 bands performed on five stages and the audience was around 25,000.By 2003, around 100 bands were taking part in ACL Music Festi
13、val and in 2004, the event grew to over eight stages and extended (延续) to three days.The top attendance at the event this year was 75,000 people.The festival even won the Pollstars Festival of the Year Award in 2005.This year became known as the“Dust Bowl”year as the festival crowd kicked up so much
14、 dust that it was difficult for festival goers to breathe.The organizers settled this problem by using watering devices on the site.With the exception of heavy rain in 2009, the festival continued over the next few years without any major dramas.In 2013, the organizers decided to extend the event ov
15、er two weekends.Another important fact about this year was that the event was canceled on the third day of the second weekend due to heavy rain causing floods.In recent years, there have been many excellent actors performing at the festival.Other than that, there are many other attractions at ACL Mu
16、sic Festival.These include Austin Eats and ACL Art Market.Furthermore, there is an ACL Cares section (区) at the festival that allows festival goers to give something back to the community.语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了奥斯汀城市极限音乐节的发展史。5Where did the organizers get inspiration of ACL Music Festival?AFrom a stage
17、play.BFrom a radio program.CFrom a wonderful film.DFrom a performance by 67 bands.解析：选B细节理解题。根据第二段中的“At first, it was inspired by a weekly music series broadcast, filmed live by KLRU, the local Austin radio station”可知，这个音乐节的产生受到了一个电台广播节目的启发。故选B项。6What happened to ACL Music Festival in 2005?AIts tick
18、et didnt sell well.BIt was canceled for the bad performance.CIt was ruined by the dust blown by the wind.DIt met some trouble brought by the festival crowd.解析：选D推理判断题。根据第三段中的“This year became .to breathe”可知，在2005年的音乐节上，观众太多引发了一些麻烦。故选D项。7Whats the change of ACL Music Festival in 2013?AIts time was ex
19、tended.BIts organizer was replaced.CIts drama style was changed.DIts performance form was fixed.解析：选A细节理解题。根据第四段中的“In 2013, the organizers decided to extend the event over two weekends.”可知，在2013年组织者决定将音乐节的时间延长。故选A项。8What is the best title for the text?AThe future of ACL Music FestivalBThe attraction
20、s at ACL Music FestivalCThe rise and fall of ACL Music FestivalDThe development of ACL Music Festival解析：选D标题归纳题。根据本文内容可知，文章主要介绍奥斯汀城市极限音乐节的发展史。所以D项最适合作文章标题。.阅读七选五We shouldnt judge a person by their appearance but we do.In fact, experts say that when we meet someone for the first time we make a decisi
21、on about what that person is like in three seconds._1_ One of the most important things we look at is clothes, but it isnt the brand of clothes that people wear that is important.The important thing is to wear the right clothes for the right places.Schools have always understood this and a lot of th
22、em ask their students to wear a uniform.Why？A lot of teachers think a uniform makes students feel that they are part of their school and that their uniform helps them to be serious about their studies. _2_ If all the students wear uniforms, they cant judge each other because of their clothes.It also
23、 stops gossips about who or what is fashionable._3_ We all have fixed ideas about what the people in a certain job should wear.If we visit a doctor, we hope to see respectable clothes under the doctors white coat._4_ Police officers wear uniforms to make themselves easily identifiable.In fact, a lot
24、 of companies have dress codes for their staff (员工) because they know that the customers hope to see them dressed in certain types of clothes.But can our clothes really tell people what we are like？_5_ When people see us in the right clothes, they think we are serious about what we are doing.Further
25、more, if we are clean, smart and polite, people will believe us a lot.AMaybe not, but they can show our attitude to what we are doing at the moment.BSome of the teachers hold different opinions.CBut what do we look at?DTeachers say that uniforms can help in other ways too.EOur clothes stand for our
26、attitude.FIt is not only schools that want people to dress in a certain way.GWhen we go into a bank, we expect the staff to wear suits or dresses.语篇解读：本文是一篇议论文。文章论述了服装对人们的影响。1选C根据空后一句中的“One of the most important things we look at is clothes”可知，这里讨论的是我们看的是什么。故C项符合语境。2选D本段讲述的是校服的作用，而D项符合这一主题。3选F第二段讲述的是学校会要求学生穿校服。而本段讲述的是除了学校，还有很多工作和场所要求员工穿相应的工作服。F项起到了承上启下的作用。4选G本段讲述的是其他行业穿工作服的情况，而G项是有关银行工作人员穿工作服的事情，符合本段的主题。5选A本段论述的主题是穿着对我们的影响。A项的句意符合该主题。