阅读理解(一)文学与艺术类.ppt

多媒体语篇精读课 ——阅读理解解题样板（一） 山东天成书业有限公司 01文学与艺术类 阅读理解解题样板 02饮食与健康类 03个人情感与人际关系类 04人物故事类 05学校生活类 06逸闻趣事类 07社会文化类 08社会热点类 09新闻广告类 10个人情况和日常活动类 11社会生活类 12生态环保类 阅读理解解题样板（一） 文学与艺术类 01精读语篇 [1] 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. [2] It quickly attracted famous names such as Alec Guinness, Richard Burton, 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 400,000 people yearly. [3] 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. 01精读语篇 [4] 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. [5] 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 yet as early as 1959, with only 19 theatre groups performing, some said it was getting too big. [6] 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. 题目试做 40．What was the purpose of Edinburgh Festival at the beginning? A．To bring Europe together again. B．To honor heroes of World War Ⅱ. C．To introduce young theatre g