In 1947 a group of famous people from the art world headed By an Austrian conductor decided to hold an intemational 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 studentsfirstly 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 yetas 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.

1.Point was the purpose of EdinBurgh Festival at he 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.

2.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.

3.Who joined the "Fringe" after it appeared?

A．they owned a puBlic house there

B．University students.

C．人rusts from around the world.

D．Performers of music and dance.

4.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

 

【答案】

1.A

2.D

3.B

4.D

【解析】

1.細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)，第一段最后一句The idea was to reunite Europe after the Second World War.可知，組織音樂節(jié)的目的是為了重新團結(jié)歐洲。故選A。

2.細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)，第二段的in the Belief that everyone should have the right to perform可知，他們不請自來是因為，他們認為人人都有權(quán)利進行表演。故選D。

3.細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)，第三段的groups of studentsfirstly from EdinBurgh University, and later from the universities of Oxford and CamBridge,Durham and Birmingham可知，后來加入的都是大學(xué)的學(xué)生，故選B。

4.主旨大意題。A項，未提及；藝術(shù)節(jié)一直以來都是演出戲劇、舞蹈等藝術(shù)形式，并未超出藝術(shù)范圍，B錯；文中只提到由eight administrators來全年工作和管理，故C錯；根據(jù)，最后一段的最后一句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.可知，藝術(shù)節(jié)發(fā)展的非常迅速，D項，符合題意，故選D。

 

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