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Have you ever been to a music festival? Well if you live in the UK, the answer is probably yes. The number of festivals has grown greatly over the last few years and now there are around 200 every summer. So let’s look at the history of four famous festivals.
The Glastonbury Festival is a five-day festival of contemporary(当代的) performing arts held most years in Somerset, in the south-west of England. There are a rock and pop stage, a jazz stage, the Avalon stage, a theatre comedy stage, a cinema tent, a dance tent and a circus(马戏团). The festival started in1970and about 120,000 people go to it every summer.
The Reading Festival is truly world-class with rock and pop bands(乐队) appearing from all over the world, particularly(尤其) the USA. About 80,000 music fans go to Reading every August Bank Holiday. The festival first came to its present site on the banks of the River Thames in Reading in 1971, when it moved from Plumpton in Sussex. It is still on the same site over 47 years later!
WOMAD stands for World of Music, Arts and Dance and was the idea of rock musician Peter Gabriel to promote(宣传) world music. The WOMAD Festival started in 1982 and takes place in July at Charlton Park, near Malmesbury in Wiltshire, and you can see different bands and musicians from all over the world. The festival welcomes over 26, 000 visitors each year.
The one-day Monsters of Rock Festival at the National Bowl in Milton Keynes was first held in 1980 and gave visitors the chance to hear the very best of hard rock and heavy metal. There were no festivals between 1996 and 2003 as a result of changing musical fashions, but now it has returned and grown into a two-day festival with a campsite for the 30,000 people who go there in summer days.
1. Which festival draws the largest number of fans every year?
A. The Reading Festival. B. The WOMAD Festival.
C. The Glastonbury Festival. D. The Monsters of Rock Festival.
2. What can we learn about the Reading Festival?
A. It mainly attracts rock music fans.
B. It is especially popular with local bands.
C. It is named after the place where it is held.
D. It has been held in the same site since it started.
3. What do the four festivals have in common?
A. All last five days. B. All are held in the summer.
C. All take place every year. D. All are held near the River Thames.
【答案】1. C 2. C 3. B
【解析】
【分析】这是一篇说明文。短文介绍了英国四个有名音乐节日的详情。
【1题详解】
细节理解题。由The Glastonbury Festival 中的“......about 120,000 people go to it every summer”可知，每年夏天约有12万人参加。由The Reading Festival中About 80,000 music fans go to Reading ……中和The WOMAD Festival中 The festival welcomes over 26, 000 visitors each year.The one-day Monsters of Rock Festival中 the 30,000 people who go there in summer days.参加人数对比可知， The Glastonbury Festival吸引了最多的粉丝。故选C项。
【2题详解】
推理判断题。由The Reading Festival 中的“About 80,000 music fans go to Reading every August Bank Holiday. 和The festival first came to its present site on the banks of the River Thames in Reading in 1971when it moved from Plumpton in Sussex”可知，1971年，该节日从苏塞克斯郡的普卢普顿搬到现在位于泰晤士河沿岸的雷丁。 所以判断出The Reading Festival是以举办地点命名的。故选C项。
【3题详解】
细节理解题。由第一段“The number of festivals has grown greatly over the last few years and now there are around 200 every summer”可知，在过去的几年里，节日的数量有了很大的增长，现在每年夏天大约有200个节日。再结合每部分细节The festival started in1970and about 120,000 people go to it every summer.……；go to Reading every August……；takes place in July ；…… who go there in summer days.提到的时间可知，这四个节日的共同特点是都在夏天举办。故选B项。
