CARDIFF,Wales—Poets,singers and musicians from across the globe gathered in Wales to celebrate the tradition of storytelling.

“It might seem strange that people still want to listen in age of watching television,but this is an unusual art form whose time has come again,” said David Ambrose,director of Beyond the Border,an international storytelling festival(節(jié))   in Wales.

“Some of the tales,like the Inuit from Canada,are thousands of years old. So our storytellers have come from distant lands to connect us with the distance of time,” he said early this month.

Two Inuit women,both in their mid-60s,are among the few remaining who can do Kntadjait,or throat singing,which has few words and much sound. Their art is governed by the cold of their surroundings,forcing them to say little but listen attentively.

Ambrose started the festival in 1993,after several years of working with those revivingC coming back into use or existence) storytelling in Wales.

“It came out of a group of people who wanted to reconnect with traditions,and as all the Welsh are storytellers,it was in good hands here,” Ambrose said.

1. Ambrose believes that the art of storytelling         .

   A. will be more popular than TV

   B.  will be popular again

   C.  started in Wales

   D.  is in the hands of some old people

2. From the tales told by the Inuit,people can learn         .

   A. about their life as early as thousands of years ago

   B.  why they tell the stories in a throat-singing way

   C.  how cold it has been where the Inuit live

   D.  how difficult it is to understand the Inuit

3. According to the writer,which of the following is NOT true?

   A. Storytelling once stopped in Wales.

   B.  Storytelling has a long history in Wales.

   C.  Storytelling is always well received in Wales.

   D.  Storytelling did not come back until 1993 in Wales.

4. The underlined phrase “in good hands” means “         ”

   A. controlled by rich people

   B.  grasped by good storytellers

   C.  taken good care of

   D.  protected by kind people

1. B推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第二段中“…butthisisanim-usual art form whose time has come again ”可以推知這種講故事的傳統(tǒng)會再度受到歡迎。

2. A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第三段可知此題答案為A.

3. D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中倒數(shù)第二段“Ambrose started the festival in 1993 …”可知,Ambrose 在 1993 年創(chuàng)辦了 這個節(jié),但并不等于說講故事的傳統(tǒng)在1993年才恢復(fù)。故選 D.

4. C 詞義猜測題。從“…as all the Welsh are storytellers …” 可以推斷出in good hands是“照顧得好或舉辦得好”的意思,故選   C.

題目來源:2015全品作業(yè)本高中英語必修2新課標(biāo)外研版 > Period One Introduction&Vocabulary and Reading

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